Scam Type
Home Improvement Scam
Business Name Used
Handi Partners
Date Reported
Sep 09, 2022
Victim Postal Code
55411
Total Dollars Lost
400
Scam Description
Hired service to install new bannister/railing in home based on their saying they had experience with this type of project. They sent a worker who showed up without tools (red flag), without nails (red flag), and with wife and son (weird). I signed off on his Homer Simpson-style completion because I felt bad for him and did not want to embarrass him in front of family and because I thought I would get my money back. STUPID! TOO TRUSTING! Contacted Handi Partners after he left who blamed me for signing off on project (true, but not professional). “James Baldwin,” I learned, was the marketing person who told me to call another “James” who said I would get refunded. Did not receive refund and they stopped returning my calls. Live and learn.
