Some of you might know I recently had to have a repair made to our electric meter. So I called around for quotes and made the mistake of calling one "Quality Electric" out of Wabash (Also known as Wabatucky). The guy wasn't very helpful and couldn't give me a quote or date and time he could do it but wanted to talk to our utility company to find out when they could be out to turn off the power so they could work on it. I never talked to them again.
An hour or so later I found an electrician who could make the repair and start on it before I got home for work.
TWO DAYS LATER...
I walk out the front door to go to work only to find Quality Electric on my porch.
"I didn't tell you guys to come out... I'm waiting for you to call back! And I already found someone who made the repair."
"I didn't tell you guys to come out... I'm waiting for you to call back! And I already found someone who made the repair."
Service man tells me thats ok, no problem... Yeah no problem until I got a $96 bill in the mail!
I wrote a nice letter explaining the situation to the owner and how I never once told them it was ok to come out and make the repair and apologized for the misunderstanding. He replied with small claims court.
So I went to court this week. . .
I love/hate court. I think it stems to a teenage condition in which I am expecting them to say "While you are here... We found this warrant! And you fit the description on a few cases..."
I walked in, checked in with the court clerk like you are suppose to, sat in the lobby and waited.
Before court starts an old guy walks in and yells into the clerk "Hey Sue!" she replied "Morning Larry!"
"I hope thats not Larry the owner of Quality Electric... If so this may not bode well for me."
In the court room I am the 2nd person called (alphabetical order and all) but the Judge pauses looking at the file and then says "Umm, why don't you sit back down, we are going to do this one later."
Come to find out Quality Electric was taking 3 other people to court that day! The Judge even joked that it was "Quality Electric Day" which he and Larry had a good chuckle over. When it finally came time for me to have my day in court... We explained our sides of the story, which was the same actually.
"So you never spoke to me again?"
"No I did not, I tried your cell phone all day."
"I don't have a cell phone."
"Well I left a voice mail."
"I never got a voice mail."
"I left one."
"At what number?"
"260-471-1886.
"My office number???"
Judge: "Well how many people are in your office, two?"
"Try 52."
Judge: "I find it unacceptable that you couldn't do the courtesy of returning a voice mail in almost 48 hours. I find in favor of the plaintiff."
"Your honor can I respond to that?"
Judge: "No... well you can but it won't change my mind."
Wait it gets better! I left the court room PISSED! As the door shut behind me I can hear the two talking and laughing. So I try to go back in the court room but the door is locked. I waited in the lobby for 10 minutes before I went to the car. That's right, Larry is a member of the chamber of commerce in Wabatucky and pals with the judge!
In short... Please pass along what a cheat Larry Hoover and Quality Electric are! Also don't ever get your self into a court room in Wabash!
XOXO - Trying to not vomit in rage!
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