N Lee
United States of America#2Author of original report
Mon, May 28, 2012
VERY IMPORTANT: Butch Lee Baker, Jr. has received a lot of negative comments on various websites and a lot of websites
have taken him off because of the trouble he caused my husband and I. Keep in mind, his previous website was
B&BHandymanservice.com and now the same handyman has a new website as his old one is no longer working (and not
a changed person by any means), a-1handymanservice.com. On his new website, he talks of "We aren't about sneaky cover ups we are about true perfection and happy customers." This is simply not the case. The only thing guaranteed by Butch Lee Baker Jr is that he will give you one lame excuse after another why your project cannot be done. It is also guaranteed that he will not tell you that he has a criminal record, which includes burglary, knowingly concealing stolen
property, receiving/possessing/concealing stolen property, misrepresenting age by false documentation, false declaration of ownership, and compounding a crime (to confirm all you need to do is go to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections
website and enter the following inmate number-172330-and surprise there's Butch). It is also guaranteed that Butch will try and get as much money out of you and will never provide you detailed receipts and then blame you for doubting
or questioning him. It is also guaranteed that Butch will tell you about the award he won and that News Channel 4 supports him, but this is not true (check out In Your Corner on kfor.com-I feel bad for the poor lady who is put on the spot to defend this
guy, clearly she did not know anything about this guy). Do not trust Butch, and if you see him runthe other direction. He never did any of these projects - no work and no services were ever received. It's too bad and very sad we can't get our money back.
N Lee
United States of America#3Author of original report
Thu, May 24, 2012
In a nutshell, in an 8 hour day he did more talking then he
did work. He spoke a good game up front but when it really came down to getting
anything done he had a very difficult time of trying to make anything happen.
He didn't know exactly what to do when nor what materials went with what. He
associated himself with Sean Thompson of Professional Home Renovations LLC,
Oklahoma City, OK, for a short period oftime and when they parted ways less than a week things went down hillfast. Sean Thompson, Professional Home
Renovations LLC was just as worse as Butch but at least he had a little more
knowledge and did less talking, but I wouldn't recommend using either one since
they both have gotten bad reviews. We DON'T recommend using Butch Baker, he's a con man of a handyman for anything in ourhouse or yours. Butch Baker can't and won't do a good job. He has no skill set,the pictures on his website are fake as he took them while homes were being
built and upon completion. He uses a contract "proposal" that doesn't
tell you of your privacy, your responsibility as a customer/client nor his,
doesn't tell you what to expect from him or he expects from you, no warranty,
contract seems extremely basic and he'll tell you a price but then tell you of
a coupon that gives you a discount (fake) so then the price drops a few
thousand and you think your getting a deal, but instead your getting ripped off
for less than previously discussed. He tells you that he will buy materials as
he goes and you'll pay for i.e. the set of materials he purchases and he'll
give you a receipt for the check/cash you give him, but he won't show you the
actual store receipt nor let you keep it cause he's trying to win you over by
you purchasing someone else's job materials.
I actually caught him doing it to me just once and he said "oh, you
don't have to pay for that as its for another job I'm doing so just subtract it
out". He tends to back pedal a lot when he doesn't have an answer so
that's why it was good for him to have Sean Thompson there and my husband cause
he turned to them quickly to get commentary going instead of sticking to the
initial goal of giving me an itemized receipt for what I paid for. He was more
interested in distracting me than taking care of business. He doesn't have a car so he catches rides
with other contractors to get to the job site, he's homeless and has no
checking/savings account but uses PayPal as his source of financial
backing. For example, he asks you to put
the monies up front so he can buy supplies to start the job and you go through
PayPal and the charge hits your credit card; be careful because PayPal can't
provide you a detailed receipt as to what goods your getting but in comments
you write supplies, you never see those supplies as he says they get delivered
to your house but unfortunately they don't come. Then you try to get your monies back from
PayPal, but it's next to impossible because PayPal takes his side as the
business even though they say in their policy that they hear both sides and try
to do the right thing on behalf of the customer (which is you) and that you are protected 100% from
fraud. PayPal doesn't listen and take
the easy way out by saying your comments and examples are not strong enough and
you loose your monies. You hope and pray
that you get those supplies but unfortunately this is the start to paying a lot
out of money up front and not seeing very little and next to no supplies or
work come of it. The contract is a
proposal but doesn't have his company name, address or phone number on it. He tends to hang with his brother a lot who
also lives in Oklahoma City, OK and they both are now starting to run B&B
HandyManService where they are both in it to win big by winning over your
pocketbook. We found out that the
monies we paid to Butch Baker for our supposed supplies were to come to our
home but instead were being used to purchase coins on Ebay; Sean Thompson of
Professional Home Renovations LLC confirms this. The day after I fired him, I had some things
to return to Home Depot and found out that according to Home Depot's Fraud
Unit, Butch Baker brings customers into the store, they pick out their supplies
for their job based on what he says and then pays but here in lies the problem
is that nothing gets delivered/shipped and then has to go through trying to get
their monies back but instead hes using your money to buy tools or coins; you
are getting ripped off w/o knowing what's happening. STAY CLEAR - Not worth
your time, patience or money! He's a fake and can't be trusted!!