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Beware of ‘Fontanería Vives’ plumber.

Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2021 5:23pm
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Jigsaw1030

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Fontanería Vives 



please be aware. He has recently after doing a few jobs for me, decided he would keep my 300e he was paid to purchase and install a new door. He was paid 300e to cover the door expense and start. He after receiving the money through Bizium did not do the job. He ignored messages for weeks.  Then replied he would do the job and apologized or refund money.  I like to give the benefit of the doubt and said please just do the job as discussed. He never did the job and then ignored all messages. I have had to contact a lawyer who reached our to him and he said ‘take me to court ‘. 

Stay away from this criminal. I will not have to pay to file in court.  I have all the bank records and messages for anyone to view. Emails from layer etc.  It’s unfortunate I even offered to settle allowing him to keep 100e to simply solve. Now I will spend kore to goto court and make sure he doesn’t rip off another Sax community member!   
killjoy

Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2021 7:12pm

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Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2021 7:12pm

Taking this b***** to a court will easily cost you more than the 300,- and take 2 years or more. And even then there is no guarantee that you will get your money. Crooks now that and will even laugh at you. I have repeatedly warned in this forum: always ask for a written estimate and NEVER pay anything upfront or accept partial payments before completing the job. Mistrust any one and anything, sad but true.

Jigsaw1030

Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2021 7:19pm

Jigsaw1030

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Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2021 7:19pm

killjoy wrote on Sun Nov 21, 2021 7:12pm:

Taking this b***** to a court will easily cost you more than the 300,- and take 2 years or more. And even then there is no guarantee that you will get your money. Crooks now that and will even laugh at you. I have repeatedly warned in this forum: always ask for a written estimate and NEVER pay an...

...ything upfront or accept partial payments before completing the job. Mistrust any one and anything, sad but true.

He was good for 2 jobs prior. Fast, I never asked for a lower price. Always paid his quote.  Then he started having endless excuses and slow response times. Yes ,my lawyer said if will cost money, but at this point other than this point I’m tired of letting scum bags rip people off.   

Jigsaw1030

Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2021 7:21pm

Jigsaw1030

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Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2021 7:21pm

killjoy wrote on Sun Nov 21, 2021 7:12pm:

Taking this b***** to a court will easily cost you more than the 300,- and take 2 years or more. And even then there is no guarantee that you will get your money. Crooks now that and will even laugh at you. I have repeatedly warned in this forum: always ask for a written estimate and NEVER pay an...

...ything upfront or accept partial payments before completing the job. Mistrust any one and anything, sad but true.

Hopefully people will see this and think twice before hiring this scum bag.   

Irishgigilo

Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2021 9:18pm

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Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2021 9:18pm

Good on you ! I hope you can shame him and prevent him from repeating this crime and giving genuine tradesmen bad press !

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Pix Elated

Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2021 9:33pm

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Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2021 9:33pm

Jigsaw1030 wrote on Sun Nov 21, 2021 7:19pm:

He was good for 2 jobs prior. Fast, I never asked for a lower price. Always paid his quote.  Then he started having endless excuses and slow response times. Yes ,my lawyer said if will cost money, but at this point other than this point I’m tired of letting scum bags rip people off.  ...

... 

You will never get justice in this country, its rotten to the core.

Jigsaw1030

Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2021 9:40pm

Jigsaw1030

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Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2021 9:40pm

Irishgigilo wrote on Sun Nov 21, 2021 9:18pm:

Good on you ! I hope you can shame him and prevent him from repeating this crime and giving genuine tradesmen bad press !

Hopefully he won’t rip people off. I found him on google, thinking using a legit tradesmen woule be a safe option.   Little did I know that a low life can still own a business and rip you off.  It’s a warning  to prevent others from loosing their time and money like I did trusting a local business.      Anyone can message me for more info (photos of chats and email ) if they still have doubts about him.  

Jigsaw1030

Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2021 9:42pm

Jigsaw1030

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Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2021 9:42pm

Pix Elated wrote on Sun Nov 21, 2021 9:33pm:

You will never get justice in this country, its rotten to the core.

Sadly.   Its disgusting how people feel it’s ok to rip off others who simply hire them at their rates in their profession.  I just don’t get it. I hear endless horror stories from so many.  So I’m happy to share my ongoing experience with the thief. 

Stevec61

Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2021 9:15am

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Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2021 9:15am

Jigsaw1030 wrote on Sun Nov 21, 2021 9:42pm:

Sadly.   Its disgusting how people feel it’s ok to rip off others who simply hire them at their rates in their profession.  I just don’t get it. I hear endless horror stories from so many.  So I’m happy to share my ongoing experience with the thief. 

If you know his name, let us all know ?!

Martyn1986

Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2021 10:08am

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Posted: Mon Nov 22, 2021 10:08am

Thats the problem with using British tradesmen in spain. Cost more, worse job.... But atleast they speak English so you know they're trust worthy, unlike the spanish who end up correcting their work and earning less 

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