The $75,000 Home Improvement Bill
You're not going to believe what you're about to read,
but this could happen to you. It didn't happen to me and I really don't
know for sure that it ever happened, but you'll get a kick out of
reading it. $75,000 for a home improvement, come on you got to be
kidding me. What was it made out a silver and gold?
A home improvement contractor over billed one of his clients, by
mistake. It's a simple mistake and it's happened to me before. One time
I sent one of my credit card payments, to the credit card company for
$8,625 and they made a mistake and only entered in $86.25. Everyone
makes mistakes every once in a while and when they fix them as soon as
possible without creating a lot of problems, it's even better.
This wasn't exactly what happened with the $75,000 home improvement
bill. The contractor made a mistake entering an extra zero into his
credit card billing machine. Instead of entering $7,500, he put another
zero into it. I can't even imagine the look on the homeowners face, when
they received their credit card bill which had a $100,000 limit on it
and seen a charge for $75,000.
Could you imagine the look on the contractor's face, when he seen his
banking statement with a $75,000 deposit in it. The contractor didn't
leave town or was never heard from again. He's the one who contacted his
client and told them what happened.
They resolved the situation, even though that wasn't the last time that
this particular contractor made a mistake like that. Maybe he needs to
go in for an eye examination or have someone else bill is clients. If
you're in the construction business, stuff like this happens all the
time, hopefully it's just not happening to you.