Originally Posted by oatw13
I am so sorry for your horrible experience. It is a shame that there are people out there like that who will take advantage of people. Unfortunately, it is a civil situation and there isn't really anything the police can do to help.
Do you have a local TV network with a consumer advocate? Our local networks have them and they will help people with problems like this for no cost. They usually get good results because they publish the stories.
I hope you get this resolved quickly.
I agree with this. I think the TV station would be more effective than a lawyer. I live outside Phila. and they do that all the time. Lots of exposure for little cost to you. We have a local vac & sew (supposedly) place where I went to get vacuum cleaner parts one time. The woman who I assume was either the owner or the wife of the owner was very rude to think I was going to repair the vacuum myself and not bring it in. She said, " don't expect me to fix it after you break it." Obviously I never went back there and never will.