I cannot say enough bad things about Andy. I was his roommate for less than two weeks. During that time Andy was unable to find the time to price monthly rent -- he kept alluding to a spreadsheet where all the expenses inherent in living at his property were kept but, alas, Andy could not find it. I offered $40/day but according to Andy this was grossly underestimating the true costs. After four days of staying there I offered Andy $160 in cash but it was refused. From the moment I moved in Andy was a negative, sniping presence. I could not even breathe right. During the second week of my stay there Andy's mother was coming to visit and I quickly cleaned the room and left. As I had not yet paid anything for my stay, I left 4 large crates of clothing, shoes, tools, electronics equipment and all of the items given to me that I brought with me to California from my recently deceased mother neatly packed in his large garage as collateral. This was an agreed upon arrangement for my personal items. I did not need the storage, I was paying for a monthly storage unit at Public Storage In Los Angeles at the time. The sole reason for leaving them at Andy's was their use as collateral for the unpaid stay.
I decided not to return to live with Andy because of his negativity and obnoxiousness. Andy had sexual guests over and would not close his bedroom door. Andy was, I guess, boasting about a conquest and I asked when he left -- I had not, of course, looked at his room when I got back to his place so I didn't know if he was still there or not -- and Andy replied "you didn't see him in my bed? " No, no I did not for I did not look.
Once I communicated my decision to Andy, Andy quickly retorted that I owed him $400 for the ten days of stay. Again, this was the price I originally offered but he did not accept while I was staying there. I replied that I was still looking to secure lodgings and needed the money for deposit and asked if he could wait on it. Andy agreed, but continued to request as was his right. Andy sent me a paypal request for $400 which I was unable to immediately pay. Andy befriended a couple that I had met previously, one of which I had given an old cell phone of mine. I had thought the phone was wiped clean but apparently some of my personal information remained. Phyllis Dunn, the somewhat female appearing member of the couple that I had given my phone to, had somehow gotten into my Paypal account and fraudulently authorized the $400 payment to Andy. I contacted Paypal, explained the unauthorized use of my account, and got the payment rescinded. Andy requested the $400 again through Paypal and with Phyllis' help got the fraudulent payment approved. For whatever reason this time Paypal did not immediately cancel the payment however they eventually relented. They also shut down my account.
Almost immediately after Andy called me to demand the $400. Again, I told him I did not yet have it. Andy became enraged and said I better get there quick because all my personal items were going in the trash. The Venice Beach neighborhood of Los Angeles has a notorious homelessness problem -- Andy saying this was tantamount to him giving my items away. I rushed through traffic to get there within 15 minutes and the four crates were nowhere to be seen. I called Andy and demanded my stuff back and was told the items were "probably picked up by the homeless guy down the street." I did not know who this was -- a homeless guy down the street could be anyone of a thousand. Andy offered to take me to him but considering how enraged he had become and unable to wait 15 minutes for me to return to pick up my personal items, I was worried I would be walking into a trap and my personal safety would be compromised. So I left, quite upset. Everything I had to remember my mother with was taken from me by Andy. A crate full of business shirts and a crate full of business slacks and a crate full of shoes and boots and a crate consisting of my toolbox and electronic equipment were now gone. While the price of all the purchases no doubt exceeds $10,000, the personal loss of my mother's gifts were a priceless, irreplaceable loss.
This is the real Andy -- or AJ as the reviews discuss him -- if you care to know. read more
