[johnco]

I take 500 off the total for final payment, 9500 when I order, divide the remainder by 2, collect payment when pool is delivered. next payment before I pour concrete. used to do it in thirds but got screwed for 6500 once and ended costing me 10,000 after paying materials out of pocket. lawyer wanted 3500 retainer and 160 an hour.. estimated 25-30 hours.. guess what.. azhole got his pool for 2/3rds agreed price.. no sense spending more to collect what you're owed. collecting agreed contract price is easy because I can quit work anytime I don't get paid.. it's the 4-5000 extras added on after contract is signed and work starts that's hard to collect..people seem to think I work for free.. from now on... if I don't get my money, I get a lien on the house.. tired of getting screwed after all my hard work.. I must have 30-40,000 hanging out there from the last few years. tried small claims court once for 800.. won the case after 3 months, could not collect.. 8 years later I paid a lawyer 400 to collect the 1800 it had grown to with court costs and interest.. When I asked the guy that owed me when he was going to pay me since he had been swimming in the pool for 7 years.. he replied.. take me back to court. so I did.. they paid up day before court date.