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Complaint Review: APEX CONTRACTING AND RESTORATION - SAN DIEGO Internet
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Riverside, California, USA
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APEX CONTRACTING AND RESTORATION
http://www.apex411.com/ SAN DIEGO, 92120 Internet, United States of America
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APEX CONTRACTING AND RESTORATION APEX CONTRACTORS, PATRICK BODINE, APEX411 APEX Contracting & Restoration is a rip off to employees and customers. DO NOT WORK FOR THEM OR HIRE THEM TO WORK ON YOUR PROPERTY..BE WARNED. SAN DIEGO, California Internet
APEX Contracting & Restoration / owner Patrick Bodine are untrustworthy and unprofessional. I went to Texas with a few other guys to work, due to the economy here in So. Cal., and we were hired by Apex to work on restoration of a house damaged by the hurricane. We wrote up a contract and Patrick Bodine agreed to the contract amount and payment terms. He was going to pay us on his payroll as employees because we didn't have a Texas contractors license yet. The pay was to be divided Between us three construction craftsmen and paid in five payments over a five week period (this is the estimated time we gave to complete the job). The first paycheck was there Thursday like he promised but the next Thursday came and his project manager told us to stop on the job and pull all our tools off because they made a huge mistake and didn't negotiate the contract correctly with the insurance company (no fault of ours). He told us that we will not be paid until they are paid by the insurance company.
So, the project manager and his coordinator, who were complete pot heads (they were smoking marijuana every day and didn't hide it), dropped the ball and didn't do their job. Needless to say they panicked and all hell broke loose. They realized that the insurance company wasn't going to pay them as much as they thought (by exactimate - a computer program by which contractors and insurance companies do estimates) and if they paid us what they promised, they wouldn't make very much money on the job.
After not receiving a paycheck, I tried to contact Patrick Bodine to find out why he was not going to honor our agreement of payment terms and at least pay us for % of work completed to date. I even told his stooge (pot head project manager) that I would work with them and lower my price a little if need be (I didn't have to do that). Patrick wouldn't take my calls, return my emails or messages. I finally was able to talk to a girl at their office on the following Monday, she was rude and told me I couldn't speak with him and I could leave her a message to give him. I was very nice and professional to her and explained the situation and told her if we were not paid like Patrick agreed to, we would have no other choice but to take legal action........Patrick called right back screaming at me telling me "I will take you to the cleaners and when I'm done with you, you'll have nothing left", and hung up on me.
Now remember, I am only trying to get paid, as promised, for work completed. I wasn't asking for anything more than what he owed us. At this point we were four days past payday. The next day he sent paychecks to us for not even half of what he owed. When his stooge gave us the checks he was acting like a coward, he was the one that screwed us but wouldn't say a word, gave us the checks and fired us.
We worked on the house for two and a half weeks and the work progressed faster than we expected, therefore we would complete the job earlier than five weeks. We would intern be paid the same contract amount but for working less time. The homeowner was extremely happy with our progress, work ethic and quality of work. In fact the home owner new everything that was going on a thought we were getting screwed, but nothing he could do at that point.
I filed a claim with the Texas Workforce Commission and still waiting for judgment.
As it stands he owes us more than $6,000.00 and I hope they make him pay us!
Support us, the little guy, who get screwed by these idiots.
DO NOT WORK FOR THIS PIECE OF SH*T AND PLEASE DO NOT HIRE A SCUMBAG LIKE THIS TO WORK ON YOU'RE HOUSE!
