All Forum Posts by: Mathew Woolsey

Quote from @Tom Gimer:

My post was a suggestion to keep your case private. You called out a real estate agent who I actually don't know and doesn't participate on this site and who you publicly called out as a thief. No judgment has been entered.

Mathew if you want to sink your company publicly, please proceed. The title of this thread is THEFT OF SERVICES. It will be hard to back off of that.

Your lawyer will go UGH when he sees these posts.

Ok, so what would you suggest is a better approach? Change the post title? How do I let the public know about this in such a way that it protects the public?

Quote from @Tom Gimer:

My post was a suggestion to keep your case private. You called out a real estate agent who I actually don't know and doesn't participate on this site and who you publicly called out as a thief. No judgment has been entered.

Mathew if you want to sink your company publicly, please proceed. The title of this thread is THEFT OF SERVICES. It will be hard to back off of that.

Your lawyer will go UGH when he sees these posts.

Ok, so what would you suggest is a better approach? Change the post title? How do I let the public know about this in such a way that it protects the public?

Quote from @Tom Gimer:

@Mathew Woolsey Calling someone a criminal on a public forum is actionable even if you win your civil case. Good luck.

Does your boss know you're doing this or are you the boss?

Tom, I’m the owner of the restoration business posting on this forum with the SOLE intent of doing the public a service. My post is my opinion only, but is based upon verifiable facts. As far as I am aware, opinions backed by verifiable fact are defensible and don’t meet the bar of libel unless the opinion is either factually wrong, or is posted publicly with the intent to cause harm to the individual or business that is the target of the post. Posting verifiable FACTS, so long as it is being done with the intent to protect the general public from further harm by this individual or business, is not libel. Public policy is our defense.

Just a quick google search defines theft of services as using a service with the intent to deprive the business. A good example is when someone walks out of a store with unpaid merchandise. When this happens, the business posts a mugshot at their business and online claiming theft. They can make this claim because it’s obvious the items were stolen and they don’t need a court to decide. Our invoice amounted to just over $6,000. That’s a class B Felony, if convicted. She plainly used our services, and in my opinion knew she wasn’t going to pay. We’ll see if the courts agree. She was offered a payment plan but refused. We even offered to work with her insurance and she refused to file. There is no excuse you could drum up that would put Chore-ology in the wrong. I just want to get paid.

Quote from @Tom Gimer:

I guess Chore-ology has never heard of defamation. And admitting in a public forum that you started work before giving an estimate?

You're going to sue her client, who never entered into a contract, for breach of contract? Good luck.

That’s quite an assumption. Lol We not only had a contract in place, but confirmed in writing the price per hour. You can’t estimate a water damage mitigation job. Furthermore, look up the definition of defamation. Everything I’ve stated is true, and I have written proof. The agent will be held to account through the courts as well as the real estate commission. If your first inclination is to attack the victim of a crime, you’re the problem.

To whom it may concern;

Chore-ology is a General Contractor specializing in Water Damage Restoration in the Puget Sound. Christina Wang hired us to perform water damage mitigation on a holiday weekend at the rate of $200/hr (see attached) for her client, and to complete the restoration for her client urgently. Her client is Jing Gao and Huaimin Yu, owners of the rental at 32905 28th Ave SW, Federal Way, 98023. We were professional and timely in our response. She stopped the job mid-swing after an estimate of charges was provided to her on January 4th (our soonest capability to give an estimate of cost). She told us that we charge too much and then refused to pay. We will be suing her client for breach of contract to recover amounts due plus attorney’s costs. Christina Wang of WeLakeside in Bellevue stands accused of theft of services as a real estate agent.

Until this is amicably resolved, and in addition to the lawsuit Chore-ology is filing against her client, Christina Wang will be addressed on public forums accross the internet in order to protect the public interest from her unethical and theiving practice of hiring a contractor knowing full well she was not intending to pay. The real estate commission will hear about this as well.