Today my wife bought us the following book, Texas DTPA Forms and Practice Guide  ,  off of Amazon.com that I referenced at the Fort Worth Law Library over my Christmas vacation. This book has all the laws and examples on how to file a petition in civil court against an entity or person. This is the same lawbooks that lawyers use to file petitions as well. With some reading and enough research you can figure this out on your own without a lawyer. You can always pay a lawyer to review your petition before submitting it in the event you have concerns. We may do this just to be safe as it will still be cheaper if we do this than pay a lawyer to. The book is $100 and is well worth it for our case to be able to use as a reference.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0027ZFVGE/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_asp_1jp0D.0KEBBGA

yellowpages.com enables dishonest businesses to keep trapping victims.

I have noticed that yp.com allows the comany to flag a negative review as abuse and the review gets hidden and the reviewer is no longer able to post reviews on this business or edit  or add any new reviews basically banning the user id. You would have to keep creating new yahoo id's or other id's to be able to get around this. Imagine you are an honest customer like myself that got swindled out of thousands or just was given horrible service by a company and you post your honest review. He just flags it and it goes away. What a dis-service to the public and I and other people should no longer trust anything from yp.com because it is completely biased.



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We officially launched our site yesterday. Go check it out. http://www.peterjohannesenrippedmeoff.com

The Facebook page is here
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Peter-Johannesen-Ripped-Me-Off/202164033202144

New post on YP.COM

This post was added to Five Star construction Yellow pages ad.  the user nancyrodriguez635 experienced the same exact thing that my wife and I experienced with Peter Johannesen. I am betting Peter will get this negative review removed from YP.com because that's how yellowpages.com works as they support the businesses deception.
http://www.yellowpages.com/dallas-tx/mip/five-star-construction-461381168/reviews?lid=191651403#tabs

Posted bynancyrodriguez6…on 11/18/2011

Please stay away from Peter Johannesen. He changes company name every time he runs away with money. Please check his BBB rating at Johannesen Construction and Johannesen Enterprises. Its sad that he can get away with stealing money from his innocent customers. We hired him for our kitchen work and never saw him after the down payment. He will promise you the world just to get the check. Once he gets his check, next day his BS starts. He will start with how he is doing you the biggest favor and will not be able to finish the job unless he gets more money. STAY AWAY and you will thank me..

Sites regarding contractors abandoning the job

http://andreagoldmanlaw.blogspot.com/2006/09/difficult-contractor-when-contractor.html

Added a post to Craigslist last night

http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/com/2680589751.html

Searching on yahoo for "Peter Johannesen" the post is 8th in the search result.

Better Business Bureau update

As I suspected Peter didn't have the courage to answer the BBB. I received the following email on 10/25/2011 at 7:09 AM

Complaint ID#: 91193318
Business Name: Johannesen Enterprises

The Better Business Bureau has made several attempts to contact the business regarding the above referenced complaint. We regret to inform you that the company has not responded within the normal 22 day timeframe and accordingly we are closing the complaint as Unanswered.

The Better Business Bureau develops and maintains Reliability Report ratings on companies in our service area. This information is available to the public and is frequently used by potential customers. In the case of your complaint, the company's failure to promptly give attention to the matter will be reflected in the report we give to consumers about them.

If the company has contacted you in the interim, please notify the BBB immediately.


Sincerely,


Lee Stallings
Director of Complaint Resolution Department