Please advise - it's all gone SO wrong

niccatw

Mike, get yourself the £1 Cineworld ticket before the masses descend when they read Martin's email tomorrow. Another cheap outing for me . You can even sneak in you evap milk as an extra treat .

I'm supposed to be asleep now, not still reading! I have to get up earlier than I like to!

Happytogetdebtfree

get to bed

SouthernBellE*

Hi Mike,

Just read your response to post from wantabetterlife.

I don't think you can get over the response you've had from people, it's as though you don't feel worthy of the attention.

The way I see it, there are so many people out there (myself included) that have had bad experiences with builders or tradesmen, we'll moan & complain about it, it can leave us out of pocket or in a mess and often means paying out a second time to get things put right. Anyone that has had a bad experience would love to see those responsible pay for what they've done. That said, how many of us get to do anything about it.

Maybe it's just me, maybe I was too lazy to look into ways to complain. I have told one to stop what he was doing because he'd made a right pigs ear of things. Job half done (and would need undoing & redone) so I told him I was only prepared to pay part of the agreed fee. Although it grieves me to say, he wanted more than the offer and threatened to take ME to the small claims court. I don't know the law for such circumstances but the thought of being taken to court freaked me out so I caved and handed over the money!!

Hindsight...I should have said I'm not paying you a penny & be happy to let a small claims court decide a fair amount!!!

This wasn't a one off, I could give you a long list of jobs done badly that I paid for & never officially complained about but you'd choke on your evaporated milk!

Your circumstances have been extreme and had a massive impact on health, finances & living conditions. Despite everything, you've fought harder than anyone I've ever known to make a builder take responsibility for the chaos he's caused. I know you've had to, you had little choice but MOST would have folded by now..I'd have been banging of the doors of the nearest mental institution and begging them to take me in!

It's a legal minefield, who else would enter into it without knowledge of the system, who else could afford a solicitor to do it all for them after taking such a financial hit.

Re-read your thread and look at what you have done and see what we see.

Remarkable!

wicked sense of humour too!

lisawaters

SouthernBellE* wrote: »

...you'd choke on your evaporated milk!

EEEeeuw !

lisawaters

niccatw wrote: »

Erm, Buffy, I'm a bit concerned as to what your smiley's are doing? Jumping on top of each other?!

I thought that too. A brief moment of excitement in my dull life. Thanks for that.

x

aaronm_2

Such a long post. Sorry I don't read all that long. But no matter what has happened, I wish everything will be all right with you.

lisawaters

saxysarah wrote: »

Mike thank goodness i didn't ur post about chat and comparing antique joists etc earlier or i would have prob spent the day on here instead of trying to be more productive!

You say that like it's a bad thing...


The Carnation Kid x

lisawaters

aaronm wrote: »

Such a long post. Sorry I don't read all that long. But no matter what has happened, I wish everything will be all right with you.

Thanks, and thanks for posting.

Mike

Happytogetdebtfree

Morning and good night, off to bed for rest and back on the nights wooo 1 down 2 to go

saxysarah

lisawaters wrote: »

You say that like it's a bad thing...

Would be highly entertaining lol but i wouldnt have got much on my list done! :DOr my essay started! (488/3000 words so far!) Today i'm planning to plant some carrots in my building site of a garden! don't have a veg plot but they're going in a big ole plastic box I found! wonder what carrots dipped in evaporated milk will taste like???? :eek::eek::eek:omg i remember eating that straight from the tin mmmmmmmmmmmm:eek::eek::eek:
Have a fun day xx