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Van Taylor, Affordable Transportation
Ripped me off apparently like many others

I wish I had found this site before I was ripped off by Van Taylor of "Affordable Transportation" of Pell City, AL. I needed to move a house and did a web search. I was contacted by Van and he offered to move the house for 1/2 what others had bid.

I am a widow on a fixed income and admittedly jumped at the chance to save some money. Little did I know how much MORE it would cost me for my association with Mr. Taylor. He was a smooth talker, seemed earnest and even after he eventually DID show up at my house, 4 months late, made even more promises. Then, after he had me hire some help to remove the skirting from my house and prep for the move, he just disappeared. I paid him almost the full amount of what he offered to move the house for prior to him arriving because he was "in a bind". Boy! Was I a sap!

After he removed the skirting, he disappeared. I chased him and chased him by phone, email, even by fax. 2 days after his disappearance, our temps dropped to below zero and my water pipe froze. I spent the rest of the winter trying to keep my house warm, my water pipes thawed and fighting with the mobile home park management about the condition in which he left my house.

I finally fired him. He promised to return my money, every cent. Ha! According to HIS contract, I had to take him to arbitration. I did. He was late, of course, then simply said, "yup, we owe her money, we didn't provide the service we promised". The arbitration hearing was a total waste of everyone's time. He guaranteed the arbitration hearing judge that he would repay the money within 30 days as ordered, all the while displaying a highly indignant attitude when the judge implied that he was not totally trustworthy. That was in February.

Here we are, November of and he still hasn't complied. His BBB affiliation has been revoked and apparently he has just disappeared again. I have written to him repeatedly, begging him to pay the money. He has promised, guaranteed, given me his word, lied and continued to just ignore his responsibility.

I have lost the land I was buying to move my house to, almost lost my house, am nearly to lose another house that I am trying to sell because I cannot make the payments, my utilities have been cut off and I continue to suffer because of Mr. Taylor's lies.

My grandchildren had to move in with me because their father abandoned them. They have had to go hungry because I was so broke I couldn't afford to buy food for them. I am on disability and have had to take on odd jobs to try to make ends meet and not have to live on the streets. His last excuse was that he had been ill. Well, guess what, Mr. Taylor... I am ILL. I have been ill and continue to be ill and cannot even afford to get help because of your lies. I have begged, pleaded, implored, and threatened but nothing seems to move him.

I cannot believe that someone could be this much of a low life. He's an underhanded thief disguising himself as an honest business man, ex-military, patriotic and sympathetic to the plight of others. It is all a total crock.

Because of him, I am thousands of dollars in debt from which I will never recover. All I wanted to do is to move to a new location after my husband died in my arms. I just wanted to try to recover my life. Now I am facing total devastation because of this rip off artist. I hope someday he gets his.


Offender: Van Taylor, Affordable Transportation

Country: USA   State: Alabama   City: Pell City
Address: 4759 US Hiway 78
Phone: 2056401659
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Category: Shops, Products, Services

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