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Monday, December 5, 2005 12:00 AM

The carpet guy

He made me angrier than I'd been in years. He lied to my face and cheated me. But my rage took me into a dark place.

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  • Sunday, December 4, 2005 07:21 PM

    Well the law is still on your side...

    While you could have taken him to small claims court after he failed to give you the money back, thereby committing a civil infraction, knowingly writing a bad check is criminal. You should have taken the check back there and told him that either he's going to give you the $50 back, or you're going to call the cops and press charges for check fraud.

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