/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>7985593
Then go hard. Post it on social media, go to review sites and post 0 star ratings. Even better, find as many business directory sites you can and register him up to all of them. Leave reviews on every single one warning people of this scammer. Post it on any of his facebook pages, and post it on community pages (i.e. "Pittsburgh Crime Watch" or "Pensylvannia Town Hall", in my country we have super popular "have a whinge" pages, i.e. "McKeesport Have A Whinge" etc. Etc.)

File a notice to the relevant ombudsman, send an email to local TV stations about "contractor scams grieving local family". Call up radio hosts and explain the situation. Find relevant blogs on local businesses, and leave your comments.

Be sure to:
>always remain completely factual to protect yourself
>be sure to come across as reasonable and balanced, it will help your cause
>cite his full name, his full business name and website if possible
>repeat this everywhere that is relevant across the web
>the goal is to make people aware of his business and instantly associate negative stigma with it
>whenever someone searches "All About The Detail contractor" or his name, your review should be the first thing they see.

If there's a wikipedia page for your town, consider putting a "notable scams" page or something like that there. Be extremely careful in remaining factual and using measured language to protect yourself. Courts will see a reputational attack as more severe than a small unpayment for goods in unclear circumstances.

Look at sites like "Ripoff Report", "consumeraffairs.com" etc. and leave your circumstances there

What's /biz/'s recommendations, and why?

Thinking all in ETH