simmonsj53
Junior Member
Hello... I was 'scammed' out of $2900 from a General Contractor for work TO be done on my home. Never saw or heard from this person again. I feel like a fool, for not doing my 'homework', etc.. I filed a complaint with the NC Attorney General's Consumer Affair's Division. After four or five letters to the Owner/Scam Artist requesting he respond to my complaint, NO RESPONSE. ZERO Nothing..
Last letter from Atty Gen. office, 8/1/2016, suggested I take it up in Small Claims Court. I know how to file, try to collect, etc. However, I have a concern in which county to file my Small Claims Suit. See Below..
This guy advertises on Craigslist, FaceBook, and several Websites. His ads indicate he will work in Wake County, Cumberland County and Guilford County, all in NC. And he prefaces the ads with (ie COUNTY and Surrounding Areas) All the Business Addresses in anything I've seen online are in Wake County. (Where I live) The only exception, is the receipt for my $2900 paid to him, on his 'letterhead' which has his personal address and his 'business' address the same. He lives in Chatham County NC. which is a location he doesn't advertise to work in.
According to the NC Small Claims Guidelines.. 'You must file your suit in the county where the defendant lives. If the defendant is a business, file your suit in the county where it does business. Cases can sometimes be dismissed if it is filed in the wrong county.
I don't even know if this is a Business. Not a BBB member, not licensed, etc. Anyone can advertise on the web for free, and make a graphic business letterhead.
Could anyone provide any information regarding where to file? Can't afford to hire a lawyer, widowed, retired, and on a fixed income, and out $2900!
Thanks.. julie s. p.s. Hope this was not that hard to follow... sorry if it is..
Last letter from Atty Gen. office, 8/1/2016, suggested I take it up in Small Claims Court. I know how to file, try to collect, etc. However, I have a concern in which county to file my Small Claims Suit. See Below..
This guy advertises on Craigslist, FaceBook, and several Websites. His ads indicate he will work in Wake County, Cumberland County and Guilford County, all in NC. And he prefaces the ads with (ie COUNTY and Surrounding Areas) All the Business Addresses in anything I've seen online are in Wake County. (Where I live) The only exception, is the receipt for my $2900 paid to him, on his 'letterhead' which has his personal address and his 'business' address the same. He lives in Chatham County NC. which is a location he doesn't advertise to work in.
According to the NC Small Claims Guidelines.. 'You must file your suit in the county where the defendant lives. If the defendant is a business, file your suit in the county where it does business. Cases can sometimes be dismissed if it is filed in the wrong county.
I don't even know if this is a Business. Not a BBB member, not licensed, etc. Anyone can advertise on the web for free, and make a graphic business letterhead.
Could anyone provide any information regarding where to file? Can't afford to hire a lawyer, widowed, retired, and on a fixed income, and out $2900!
Thanks.. julie s. p.s. Hope this was not that hard to follow... sorry if it is..