My wife and I paid $1400 cash for a quartzite slab in January. About one week into our kitchen remodel and one week before we intended to pick up the material, GME called us to inform us they had no record of our purchase of the material. Through a series of emails and phone call communications, the owner of GME - Wei Tian- acknowledged that my wife and I paid for the material and that his employee had stolen the money. He claimed that since his employee acting on behalf of his company did not process the transaction and took the money, that he was not liable for my losses. Through many emails and phone calls, Mr. Tian stated he would not provide a full refund, nor would he honor the purchase that was made in January. Due to being pressed for time, we agreed to purchase the stone again for $1200 as Mr. Tian discounted $200 because of our persistence.
Mr. Tian claims the stone should have cost $2800 and gave us a $1400 'discount' the second time due to our troubles. However, he would not reimburse us our original $1400. We would not have purchased this stone if it were $2800.
I have bank statements showing the cash withdraw from my bank. I have a SALES ORDER that states the employee received the cash at the time of the original purchase. I did not at the time notice it was a sales order and not a sales receipt. I only noticed it stated the cash was received.
In the time since this has occurred, Mr. Tian admits he fired his employee because she was stealing on several occasions. I have offered to assist Mr. Tian in any way in any legal action towards his former employee. Mr. Tian will not take any action against his former employee and has asked that I not pursue that matter any further. read more
