ver0776
Active Member
I had my new landscaper (Silverlawn in KS http://www.silverlawn.com/) come out to give me a bid on laying some paving stones on my porch which was already prepped for them. He sent about a 22-year old boy to come bid it. He looked at the work and quickly said "oh, that is no problem, you have all of the supplies and tools. I can knock that out for $100" He came two days later and did the work in 1 hour and 45minutes. Not a great deal, but I was happy with it.
This morning I get a $400 bill. I call the company and talk to the boss (Dave Woodring), he says it is what I was quoted and it was fair and I had to pay it. I explain the guy quoted me exacly $100 and that it took less than 2 hours using my own packer, levels etc. He argued and fought with me over it, had me talk to the guy who did the work, threatened small claims court and everything. I asked the laborer: "You did see the cameras, right?" He said yes and still argued.
Then the boss says the guy was just on break an came back later and relaid them. I was really steaming at this point an explained that I have 24-hour survellience of the entire property at 30-fps and I will go check to see whether he came back. I confirmed that people were arriving as he left, he never returned and that he was lying.
The owner confessed the problem at that point and said the laborer billed him 7 hours for the job and wanted to reach a comprimise price. I told him to f' himself and the price is $100 and a penny more would be criminal and I would gladly accept his inventation to court and would destroy him with my rock solid evidence.
He accepted this and called it good.
Without my cameras I would have been raked over the coals. So there are other types of theft other than just being broken into and robbed and we have to be open minded when it comes to the value and benefits of security and camera systems. This saved me $300 and exposed a thief. My $150 diginet card and the $60 cameras in the front were paid off by this one little incident alone.
Vaughn
I feel safe in my virtual crib =)
This morning I get a $400 bill. I call the company and talk to the boss (Dave Woodring), he says it is what I was quoted and it was fair and I had to pay it. I explain the guy quoted me exacly $100 and that it took less than 2 hours using my own packer, levels etc. He argued and fought with me over it, had me talk to the guy who did the work, threatened small claims court and everything. I asked the laborer: "You did see the cameras, right?" He said yes and still argued.
Then the boss says the guy was just on break an came back later and relaid them. I was really steaming at this point an explained that I have 24-hour survellience of the entire property at 30-fps and I will go check to see whether he came back. I confirmed that people were arriving as he left, he never returned and that he was lying.
The owner confessed the problem at that point and said the laborer billed him 7 hours for the job and wanted to reach a comprimise price. I told him to f' himself and the price is $100 and a penny more would be criminal and I would gladly accept his inventation to court and would destroy him with my rock solid evidence.
He accepted this and called it good.
Without my cameras I would have been raked over the coals. So there are other types of theft other than just being broken into and robbed and we have to be open minded when it comes to the value and benefits of security and camera systems. This saved me $300 and exposed a thief. My $150 diginet card and the $60 cameras in the front were paid off by this one little incident alone.
Vaughn
I feel safe in my virtual crib =)
If you did have to go to court, I'm curious on how your evidence would have held up as you were basically showing a "lack" of appearance, something that could have easily been "fixed" on a video.
