QUOTE(JollySheep @ Nov 19 2011, 04:13 PM)
Sorry to hear what you have went thru. But whoever the contractor is, u should make payment "phase-by-phase". This my current contractor practice. After they start work for few days, he then ask for 1st pymt.
PAYMENT SCHEDULE
30% Confirmation Deposit
30% Upon starting renovation works
30% Upon completing of 50% of renovation works
10% Last payment(please full settle the last payment within 10 days after our complete renovation works)
Like I said, he is a polished conman.
Though I did practiced the progress payment thing, he managed to con me of extra payment before I pulled the brake hard on him.
It was then that all his tricks started to be exposed with friends' help and immediately disappeared as he knows the game is up.
I have sms and recordings records before he disappeared that fully exposed his con job.
See the Facebook page set up for details and photos and post there to share information to put the brakes on Indonesian contractors (and I have heard from existing local contractor taking that it is quite common and he had just rectify for one such owner).
With local contractors, they will not disappeared with the job uncompleted. With Indonesian contractors, it is common practice that they will create a mess once into the work, as well and put you at their mercy to milk you more or disappeared with uncompleted work.
He still tried to control me through other Indonesian proxies without showing face. Which is why he deserved to be stopped hopefully with online social media help.
If other similar victims post their incident on the face book page, it is a sort of public service to warn others.