Concrete and fraud

So, we gave this man (JOHN WRAY) £800 deposit and off he went. When I phoned him up to let him know the concreting was done, he said great and that he would have it done for the end of the month.

A few weeks later I phoned back and he said there was a problem. Apparently his father was poorly and he was selling his business.

Now, if I had any sense at all I would have said WHAT ABOUT MY MONEY. But I didn't. He said he was selling to a friend and that he would come back with friend and check out the situation. And they turned up. Friend (Dave) said it was all possible and that he would give me a quote - "can't you do it for the price previously agreed?" I asked. "Well," says he, "material prices will have gone up in the last 6 months." Hmmm.

Dave phoned to say that materials were up, but in fact John had got the price wildly wrong. I suggested he contact John and sort it out between them. It was at this point that things took a downward turn.

John disappeared. And yes, with our money.

Dave says he's left his address and we know his mobile phone number no longer works.

On a positive note he had bought the windows and doors, which Dave now had. Apparently they only came to about £500. And Dave gave us a new quote - £6,500.
That's (including our doors etc) £3000 more than John.

Thanks, John.

Thon.

So I have got another couple of quotes. A guy (Paul) has been in to give us a quote for loft and shed. And I've sent all the bumf to another company for a shed quote.

So we wait over the weekend to see if and what Paul will quote us on Monday.