Jason Miller may be an adequate door installer; I have no idea. Unfortunately, Jason has fallen on…read morehard times, lost his shop, is trying to launch a new business dealing with cars, and has resorted to scamming seniors living on Social Security, like me, to fund his grand ideas.
I contracted with Jason to supply and install 7 doors for $7490. He wanted half or $3745 down for materials. He directed me to "Miller Interiors" on the Contractors State Licensing Board (CSLB.CA.Gov) to give me a false sense of security. Don't count on it. The business address on CSLB is a P.O. Box, and the phone number is for Sir Handyman, another of Jason's failed businesses: https://www.yelp.com/biz/sir-handyman-hayward . You need to prove you tried to work things out with Jason to CSLB, and with no business or residential (keep reading) address, good luck finding him once he's done getting as much as he can from you. The police won't be able to help. It's a civil matter. They told me to hire a lawyer and sue him.
But even with all his false assurances, I asked to see an invoice from the door supplier, giving him a $1000 "good faith" (on my part) down payment. When he brought me an invoice from a reputable door supplier, I paid the full $3745. I began to feel uneasy when he was concerned about the $10 fee it would cost him to cash my check.
There were more red flags. There is no contractor's license number on my contract. The address on my contract is someone's (not Jason's) private residence. The business address listed on this Yelp site is not Jason's business address. It's a vacant commercial property. The door is taped over with black plastic and mail pushed through the mail slot is caught between the plastic and the glass. The link to his business web page (millerinteriorsdoorcompany.com) and the phone number (510-676-5907) on this Yelp site are not active, although both were active when I first contacted him. A month after taking my money, he got a new phone number. He told me that he changed his phone service because the fees were too high. Does it make any sense at all that he wouldn't he keep his business phone number when changing providers?
A few days ago, Jason showed up on my doorstep telling me that my doors were ready, but that he had held back half of the money when they were ordered as leverage against receiving damaged goods and he didn't have enough money to pick them up. He wanted me to advance him more money. Since he originally told me that he had to pay in full when ordering the doors, I refused. Desperate for cash, he told me that to avoid getting parking tickets, he had parked several of his cars on private property. (It occurs to me that someone trying to hide cars they are afraid may be repossessed might do something like that but draw your own conclusions.) At any rate, his vehicles had been towed and impounded, and every day they sat there was costing him more money that he didn't have. He was also concerned about cash he had in one of the impounded vehicles. He said he had pawned a gold necklace but still couldn't come up with the enough money for the impound lot. Then he complained that although he didn't like sleeping in his van, it was better than the car he had spent the night in. So, would any additional money I might have given him be used for doors or impound fees?
He also scammed the supplier. I talked to Ashby Lumber. While Jason did order the doors, putting down $1000, he gave them a fake name (altering the copy he gave me - see photos) and he isn't returning their calls. Jason left them on the hook for the $935 balance of a special order he placed but has no use for. Ultimately, Jason charged me $3745 for doors that would have cost him $1935, netting himself $2745 just for placing the order with about 50% down and scamming everyone else involved.
Jason rambles on and on about all his woes. He seems to feel victimized by the cost of living, by cell phone fees, bank fees, the pandemic, you name it. I guess he feels that gives him license to victimize others if that's what it takes to put a dollar in his pocket. Personally, I would not trust Jason to work in my home. With a little research on the internet, I found 2 arrest records for Jason Wade Miller. (The name Jason Wade Miller is associated with the "business" phone number on this web page in multiple places on the internet.) His most recent arrest was on 10-7-2025, just days before he showed up on my doorstep asking for more money.
Now, granted, doors are not a necessity. The loss of almost $4000 is not taking food off my table. I'm still able to pay my property tax and for my medications, and my utilities won't be shut off, though I doubt if Jason was ever concerned about any of that. But I am in my 70's. I have no way of recouping savings lost to Jason and his big ideas.
One last thing, the day after I refused to advance him more money, he showed up at Ashby Lumber and took 3 of the doors. Can you pawn doors?
