Have any of you gone to receive a service, paid in full before it’s fully completed, and then had the job so fouled up that you basically have to stop mid-service but then have to recover your payment? How do you go about it? What if the service provider feels that they are entitled to all of the funds because of the work done thus far? Perhaps they ordered a part from an outside vendor and will now be stuck with it? I have such a hard time with these things and am in a real pickle right now. I either have to use the current sucky provider or forfeit about $2k and pay it AGAIN to someone else. This service cannot be put off and I have to find a new provider ASAP. The current provider will know that I’m in this bad spot. I’d appreciate any tips people might have to offer me.
Archive for June 25th, 2007
Pat Buchanan’s such a punk
Did anyone else catch Pat Buchanan on Sunday’s Meet the Press? He was “debating” the immigration bill with Rep. Luis Guttierez. Apparently Mr. Buchanan debates by interrupting and talking over anyone who doesn’t agree with him and making points that are completely unrelated to those his opponent is making.
This quote from Mr. Buchanan’s side of the debate pretty much says it all:
The real reason the Democrats want this — I keep saying this, and I know this sounds harsh to some people, but — is liberal Democrats don’t like many of the traditions and institutions, the guardrails, the fences, that have made this country great….
Man, there are some happy Germans just waiting up in Heaven to high five him on that comment.
Rep. Gutierrez countered with: “The same argument that Pat makes today are the arguments that have been made in the past — they were wrong then, they are wrong today.” He pointed out that the problems just will not get solved until people put their differences aside and work on a SOLUTION rather than just finger-pointing and name calling. Unfortunately the moderator ultimately had to cut Buchanan’s racist tirade off so obviously Gutierrez’s reasoning didn’t penetrate Buchanan’s thick skull.
