09-03-2008, 07:37 AM
[
] my thought exactly, Hope.
As an update to all this, I decided this morning not to be the kind of victim who simply writes it off. I sent him a letter asking for reparation, and as the chances of him seeing reason are roughly equal to the chance we will see cockroaches become extinct in our lifetime -- I told him I would take it to Small Claims, and I will.
If nobody does anything, that's just sending the message that it's OK to act like a bully and leave people in the lurch. Going to court should at least provide a disincentive to keep operating in that mode.

As an update to all this, I decided this morning not to be the kind of victim who simply writes it off. I sent him a letter asking for reparation, and as the chances of him seeing reason are roughly equal to the chance we will see cockroaches become extinct in our lifetime -- I told him I would take it to Small Claims, and I will.
If nobody does anything, that's just sending the message that it's OK to act like a bully and leave people in the lurch. Going to court should at least provide a disincentive to keep operating in that mode.