Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
Obviously there was some sort of disconnect with Eric Stansell and myself during Monday's conversation.
It should go as no surprise that the conversation got heated quickly as we both discussed what was and wasn't done. I was there with my wife from start to finish and witnessed everything; and I'm absolutely willing to go on record for it. He commented that he had field notes and an accurate detailed invoice. Several times, he made abrupt comments stating "what do you want?" with a seemingly angry notation I was out to rip off his company. My reply was simple, "Make it right. There are things on the bill that are absolutely false."
(please note: I had already emailed and had several phone discussions with Jorge Murillo about these discrepancies and have sent him an annotated copy of the invoice in question)
We finally got to a point in the conversation when he said "I really hate how people use yelp as an extortion tool, what can I do to fix this, what do you want from me?" which transitioned to, "how about if I zero out the account, will you be happy then?" My comment was simple and again restated, "I will pay what I owe. I want things to be right and fair. There are many things invoiced that were not done and I'm being charged for it, that's wrong." I then replied " is that what you think is fair?" he then said "if you go on yelp and leave a positive review of this experience, I would zero out the account, nothing would be owed." We both agreed.
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I said that I would hang up and post a yelp review within a few minutes. I did as I stated and sent him a screen shot for verification.
In rebuttal to the extortion remark, I said " I have already left the workers a positive customer service comment via email and one called to thank me, look it up." I also stated, "I'm obviously not out to slander the company, they did good work." I also made a remark to Eric that, "the employees and I had some fantastic conversations, about school and me helping the plumbers brother." After our call, I immediately talked with Jorge Murillo about the news. He too can attest that I was under the impression, my bill was zeroed out.
Now directly to the point: When someone offers to "zero out the account," that means zero. Not "ok, well just take off your $200+" lets' call it a day. I would of never agreed to just $200.00, especially when there was more than $200.00 of fraudulent charges. That makes no sense. What I said exactly was, " This needs to be made right, I will pay for what THEY DID, NOT DIDN'T DO." If this is a honest misunderstanding fine, but that's not what was presented. "zeroed out means exactly that." When I'm paying for a $1k deductible, I'm going to make sure the work is actually done and done right. It should be plainly obvious. 1. I'm not out to get something for nothing 2. I'm not going to sit idle when someone commits fraud against me.
So for now, after today's call, I'm fighting this to the end. If Eric Stansell wants to pay a game of semantics and think for one second I would give in for $200+, he's gravely mistaken. I am a professional and do not play games. I took his commitment to " zeroing out the account" as a clean slate and a starting point to double check and reassure all clients will be billed accurately. That this event would go down in the Cut n Dry history as simple accounting anomaly. That he would talk with his employees and re-train as needed. And that a customer service rep would actually call their client to make sure everything was done to their satisfaction, not just to sign over a check.
In closing, I stand by my families integrity as we are witness to what was done and not done. I will review my interior video surveillance for additional evidence. I will also continue to critique the detailed invoice to dates and times with my exterior video surveillance to solidify my claims. Tomorrow afternoon, I will be calling the California Department of Insurance to find out what my next steps are to possible solutions.
Please note: I will only be discussing this matter via email communication.
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California Department of insurance
Inland Empire Regional Office
Joe Chavez, Captain
9674 Archibald Avenue, Suite 100
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
Phone: (909) 919-2200
FAX: (909) 980-2196
Fraud@insurance.ca.gov
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