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Paid a guy to fix my chimney, I find out a month later all he did was spray paint it and took a picture where the crack wasn't to make it appear he did something. Should I drag him to small claims for $375, he's obviously a psychopath that knows where I live. He could come back some night and do some vandal revenge costing me 10 times that much easily. Then again, he needs to be outed.

The kicker is Better Business Bureau recommended the guy!

Paid a guy to fix my chimney, I find out a month later all he did was spray paint it and took a picture where the crack wasn't to make it appear he did something. Should I drag him to small claims for $375, he's obviously a psychopath that knows where I live. He could come back some night and do some vandal revenge costing me 10 times that much easily. Then again, he needs to be outed. The kicker is Better Business Bureau recommended the guy!

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[–] • 13 pts

The BBB is a pay-to-play scam. It is not a consumer protection entity. They give favorable recommendations to businesses that pay the annual fee.

Write it off. He can do more harm than it's worth.

[–] • 1 pt

This is correct, I've been a member for over thirty years and have won many 'awards.'

They're basically just a business like anything else, it's an incestuous operation.

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When I bought an Amana portable air conditioner from Amazon (back when I used to deal with Bezos' BS), they did not include any of the window fitments it was supposed to come with. Amazon flipped me off, and repeated email bitchings to Amana were ignored. I contacted the BBB in the city Amana is headquartered, and filed a complaint. A month later all my emails to Amana was suddenly answered all at once, the window accoutrements was sent, and in the last email the company spokesman asked if I would pretty please tell the BBB that the case was closed. I cannot say if that was an anomaly, but the BBB came through for me.