Tailor Made Swimming Pools, Richard Bradford ripoff dishonest stole $50,000 never finished pool fraudulent business Atlanta Georgia *UPDATE ..Changed Name to Safeway Quality Pools, PoolPeople USA builder
We contracted with Tailor Made Pools in March of 2002. Richard Bradford promised a finished pool within six weeks (by May 2002).
His milestone payments concluded with a majority of the money (95%) being paid after the "tilework" was done. He dug the hole, poured the cement in the base and put one strip of the tile around the edge and asked for his money.
After Richard Bradford got his money, he has never been back out to our place.
It's September now and all we have to show for $65,000 is a big, ugly cement hole in the ground and a huge pile of dirt with weeds growing out of it.
We calculate that Richard Bradford stole $50,000 (estimates from other contractors to finish what he started) from us.
All we want him to do is to come finish the pool.
Joe
Oxford, Georgia
3 Updates & Rebuttals
Helene
Roswell,Georgia,
U.S.A.
Investigation of Richard - need more complaints
#4Consumer Comment
Fri, May 07, 2004
I too was ripped off by Richard Bradford and had to complete the pool by another company. The amount is higher than the $10K required for small claims court; however, a Fulton ADA has advised that I can go before the Judge and request an investigation. If the Judge determines that Richard comitted fraud, than an arrest warrant can be issued.
I need additional "victims" to provide me with proof prior to appearing before the judge.
Please file your Rip-off Report here if you have been a vctim!
The Fraud Chick
Ethics,Arkansas,
Theft by Deception
#4Consumer Suggestion
Thu, October 24, 2002
Joe,
Call him and ask for your money back or a completion of the job. If he denies you your request then go to your local police department and file a criminal complaint--Theft by Deception." Do not allow the detectives to say it's a civil matter. Your argument is that the guy pulled a flimflam on you.
Also, he may have filed for bankruptcy, changed his company's name and listed you as a debt. You should check into that, because if he collected the scratch from you right before filing for bankruptcy that's fraud. Call and ask for your money back--if he says he filed bankruptcy tell him you intend to report him to the IRS for bankruptcy fraud.
You never know--maybe he intends to come back and finish. Read your contract, you may be shocked to find he's given himself a year or more to complete the job. If you call in another contractor you may be in breach of contract and out the money.
Before doing anything ask him.
Good Luck
Changed Name to Safeway Quality Pools and is a PoolPeople USA builder in Atlanta
#40
Wed, October 23, 2002
Richard Bradford changed the name of his company to Safeway Quality Pools and is still in business! We've never heard from him again - he even changed the name of his business. He says he is a "Pool People USA Authorized Builder".