Callins Investigations Callins Investigations & Security Services, Inc.CISSPA Refuses to Pay for IT Services performed. Deadbeat, Do NOT do business with them unless paid upfront. Lake Mary Florida
This company refuses to pay for their IT Services that was invoiced on July 11th 2014. The total amount for the invoice was $900 which included labor and an antivirus subscription service for 3 PC's.
On Aug 4th 2014, i aggreed to take 1/2 of the invoice amount as a partial payment with the promise that the balance would be paid the following week.
The following week came and went without any corespondance. When i contacted the business owner the following week, i was told he was out of town and would contact me to schedule a time at which i could pick up the remaining balance.
After a few excuses as to why the balance hasnt been paid i finally got him to commit to leaving it under the mat outside of his door. That evening i went to pick the check up, and it was NOT in the amount of the remaing balance. I immediatley questioned him regarding the amount paid versus the amount owed. I was told there was a clerical error regarding the total amount of hours worked. He reviewed the invoice and admitted he had made a mistake.
This invoice is past due from July 11th 2014 and i still have not been made whole on this project. Furthermore, i am still contacted by this business owner to fix things periodically. Having no idea that this business didnt have any intention of paying the invoice, i continued to accept his phone calls, texts and work on several tasks adding up to about 8 hours.
On September 23rd 2014 when asked to look into an issue, i informed the business owner of the past due balance plus the 8 additional hours. His response was "You are racking me up pretty good". I explained to him that the 8 additional hours are since July 11th 2014. Thats almost 2.5 months beyond the invoice date. I do not "knowingly" work for free.
On September 26th, i again asked where do we stand on this invoice. I still can't get an answer on final payment.
It's amazing to me that a business owner would conduct business in this manner. I'm sure he expects to get paid when he invoices his client.