Complaint Review: Patricia Johnson

In late June 2007, I gave Patricia Johnson a check for $1000 to move into an apartment she owned on August 1st. When I gave her the check, she told me that the renovations would be complete and that there would be a regular sized refrigerator.

On August 1st, the apartment was not ready and Patricia told me there would not be a refrigerator in the apartment afterall. I asked for my money back.

Patricia gave me a check back for $1000 but put a stop payment on it before it went through my account. So I was charged a bad check fee.

I brought Patricia to court and the judge ordered her to pay me only $300.

Patricia never paid me the $300 and did not show up for court for the payment hearing scheduled 30 days later.

My only option at that point was to file a capias, which would have cost me money, and in South Boston, MA I could not find someone to serve it.

This woman got away with $1000 of my money to renovate her apartment building. No one ever moved into the apartment. Her son still squats in it when he is home from school.

Shana
South Boston, Massachusetts
U.S.A.