On Jun 20, 9:15 pm, "jerryl" wrote:
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On Jun 20, 1:05 pm, "Walter R." wrote:
Your contract was with the company, not the owner of the company. They
are
totally different entities.

I guess you never heard of or refuse to acknowlegdge what a sole
proprietorship is about.

Make the check out to the company. That way there can never be any
argument
as to your payment. All he has to do is to endorse the company check over
to
himself, or to "Cash", and cash it or deposit it in whatever bank a/c he
likes.

Oh, please. Like after you pay the guy, with a check made out to
him, he's going to come back and claim he was never paid? Get real!

Oh and all contractors are honorable, ethical and trustworthy. I write the
check to the company I contracted with.

No one ever said all contractors are honest. But you think making the
check out after the job is done to the individual who did the work or
his company name is going to protect you somehow from the
contractor? The job is done and was apparently completed to his
satisfaction. You have the cancelled check as proof that payment
was made.




If in the initial negotiation he asks me to pay him cash or make out
a check to another entity
or him personally, at that point I want ironclad receipts for payment for
the job with the permit numbers or numbers written on the receipt.

Oh, so you want a receipt before the job is even started. That makes
a lot of sense. And if you have any issues or doubts about permits,
that has zippo to do with how the check is made out and should be
dealt with seperately. And again, your cancelled check is proof that
payment was made. Plus you should get a signed receipt or the
agreement marked paid when you hand over the check. Geez, this ain;t
rocket science.



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