HIRED STEVE FROM TIP TOP ON APR 20 GIVING HIM 8, 000 DOLLARS CASH FOR A 16, 000 DOLLAR JOB. FOR THE EXTERIOR OF MY MOM AND DAD HOME.. WHO ARE IN THEIR 80'S, MOM HAS DEMENCIA AND DAD HAS HEART PROBLEMS, . I AM A WIDOW, AND MOVED HOME TO TEND TO MY PARENTS, TRYING TO GET THEIR HOME IN ORDER.. THIS MAN PROMISED THE JOB WOULD BE DONE IN A WEEK... ON JUNE 13, AFTER NOT SHOWING FOR NUMEROUS DAYS... SAID HES NOT COMING BACK, AS HE HAS NO MORE SUPPLY MONEY AND I HAD TO GIVE HIM 4, 000 MORE DOLLARS TO FINISH.. HE HAD WELL ENOUGH MONEY FOR ALL THE SUPPLIES WHICH HE USED SOMEWHERE ELSE, AS THE CONTRACT STATES HE HOLD THE MONEY IN ESCROW UNTIL THE JOB IS COMPLETE... WHERE IS MY MONEY;.. SO HE BREACHED HIS CONTRACT AND NEVER CAME BACK, LEAVING ME TO HIRE ANOTHER CONTRACTOR AND COSTING ME ANOTHER 10, 000 TO FINISH, WHICH TOP LINE CONTRACTORS HAS TO REPAIR WHAT DAMAGE TIP TOP DID, AND REDO THE HOME... THIS MAN OUT AND OUT ROBBED MY ELDERLY PARENTS... STEALING THERE MONEY... I CONTACTED THE BETTER BUSINESS AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, BUT YOU CANT TELL ME THIS MAN TO DATE HASNT CALLED, MOVED HIS BUSINESS AND JUST LEFT, EVEN HIS LADDERS ARE STILL HERE... I HOPE MAYBE YOU CAN HELP MY PARENTS IN THIS SITUATION... THE STRESS IS MAKING US ILL, AND THE HOUSE IS EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS AND GETTING WORSE... THE NEW CONTRACTOR CANT START FOR 2 MORE WEEKS... NOW HES THREATENING, I OWE 8, 000 MORE FOR THE BALANCE OF THIS JOB... >>>>>>> I DONT UNDERSTAND, , , HE MOVED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AS HE OWED RENT TO THE LANDLORD..
I FIND OUT AFTER I SIGNED THAT HE JUST BOUGHT TIP TOP 2 YEARS AGO, THE ORIGINAL OWER DIED.. HE SAID HE WAS HIS SON... THE SALESMAN LICENCE AND THE HOME IMPROVEMENT LICENSE ARE DIFFERENT, , , AND HIS NAME IS STEVE, HE SIGNED AS MCM???????? SO I FEEL I REALLY GOT SWINDLED... THANKS MS. PHILIPS... HOPING YOU CAN BE OF SOME ASSISTANCE BEFORE HE STEALS OTHER ELDERLY PEOPLES MONEY WHO DOESNT HAVE CHILDREN TO HELP THEM FIGHT... THANKING YOU AGAIN IN ADVANCE, MARIA JACOVINO