Joe, I¹m a lawyer, and no one appreciates how horrible legal proceedings are better than a lawyer the sensible ones among us avoid them like the plague. It¹s often our clients who are enamored of lawsuits, but we get blamed for being litigious. I¹ve let this go this long because I appreciate that I do not want to resort to that.
You are right, it would be better to have a less expensive option. Unfortunately, those options (arbitration, for example) inevitably end up being stacked in favor of the moneyed business interests and against the consumer. Nevertheless, I appreciate your idea of some sort of community accountability. Which is why I finally broke down and posted my post to these lists. I¹ve been considering it for a long time, and I finally chose this as a last resort to suing. I¹ve raised my grievance with our community. I¹m a lawyer, Joe. I fully appreciate that the threats I¹ve made here will be passed on to Mr. Schopp. I am hoping that there are people on this list who have relationships with Greg Schopp who will kick him in the ass and say ³Pay attention!² The last thing in the world we want to do is sue Greg Schopp, but unfortunately, under the circumstances, I¹m not sure we have much alternative. At least to get hi to take us seriously, or to be properly compensated for this delay. Kimm On 9/4/10 1:39 AM, "Joe Clarke" <[email protected]> wrote: > Kimm, I don't know anything about your encounter with Greg, I only know of > his craftsmanship, which can be seen at several houses of people I know. I > know that that isn't the issue with him, as you have said. You deserve your > money back at least and some resolution of the contract. It would be great if > we had some mediation in these types of matters, especially when the vendor is > a community member themself. It would be less expensive all around and > perhaps be an effective means, with out resorting to the lawyers, of > maintaining some cohesive Good faith with others in the community. > > Joe Clarke > > On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 1:21 AM, Kimm Tynan <[email protected]> wrote: >> I urgently need a good recommendation for a porch contractor. Please do not >> recommend Greg Schopp. We signed a contract with Greg Schopp approximately a >> year ago. He was supposed to start in February. Then the snow happened, >> which I could understand, and he said May. Then he said ³When I finish the >> job down the street.² We haven¹t seen any progress on the job down the >> street for months. I¹m going to go have a chat with them this weekend. We >> paid this asshole a big upfront fee, he bought some materials. I¹m sick to >> my stomach, we refi¹d to pay this guy, our porch has deteriorated for a year. >> We are probably going to have to sue him and may pursue criminal charges. >> Seth Williams is an old friend of ours. >> >> If you are a homeowner, do not do business with this man. He came to us >> highly recommended through the lists and others in the neighborhood. >> >> We hired him because he said he was going to do a historically-accurate >> replacement with high-quality materials (wood instead of fiberglass). From >> what we have heard he is a master craftsman. When we took exception to using >> mahogany and insisted on sustainably-forested woods, he went to enormous >> lengths to work with us on that. >> >> But he took our money and has largely disappeared, and our porch is getting >> more dangerous by the day after all this time. And I don¹t feel like I can >> cancel the contract and sue his ass until I have someone else waiting in the >> wings to step in. >> >> Please recommend someone good who will step in and take over this job >> quickly. I will impose on my husband to take unhistorical fiberglass and >> features (we won¹t take eco-unfriendly woods.) We tried to get this job done >> well. That didn¹t work. Now we need to get it done quickly. Please help. >> >> Kimm >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ucneighbors mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.asc.upenn.edu/mailman/listinfo/ucneighbors >> > >
