typically only after they sue him, and then only 75% of the agreed price…
source: used to work with contractors in nyc, he was widely hated but people still took his jobs because they were big and eventually did pay.
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an especially horrible story was when he destroyed the business of a guy who made pianos… trump wanted pianos for all of his suites in atlantic city or something, got this piano maker to hand make a few dozen pianos… the guy had put all of his money into making them.
trump didn’t pay, they guy’s business went under… couldn’t even buy new wood… eventually after court, trump settled for 50%…. the guy took it because he had to, but his business was ruined….
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i hated trump before it was cool….
I used to work for someone like this. Very rich, but very cheap. I was the person she would direct people to contact about their invoices not being paid. But I wasn’t allowed to pay them without her permission. Which she wouldn’t give.
I worked there for less than a year before I walked out in the middle of a work day.
In addition to the above, she had falsely categorized me as an independent contractor, so when I filed taxes for that year, I owed thousands in self-employment taxes, even though I wasn’t self-employed.
Has he ever paid a contractor?
typically only after they sue him, and then only 75% of the agreed price…
source: used to work with contractors in nyc, he was widely hated but people still took his jobs because they were big and eventually did pay.
….
an especially horrible story was when he destroyed the business of a guy who made pianos… trump wanted pianos for all of his suites in atlantic city or something, got this piano maker to hand make a few dozen pianos… the guy had put all of his money into making them.
trump didn’t pay, they guy’s business went under… couldn’t even buy new wood… eventually after court, trump settled for 50%…. the guy took it because he had to, but his business was ruined….
…
i hated trump before it was cool….
yea my dad did finish woodworking for him in the 80s and some custom crown molding work and never saw a dime either - i’m told
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna589261
that’s the guy… i’m sure my hearsay version has a lot of details wrong…
I remember when I was in college in the early 2000s, I read that he used to do this to contractors and I’ve hated him ever since too.
I used to work for someone like this. Very rich, but very cheap. I was the person she would direct people to contact about their invoices not being paid. But I wasn’t allowed to pay them without her permission. Which she wouldn’t give.
But that’s not cheap as in frugal, it’s cheap as in contract fraud
She was definitely a con artist who was always trying to get something for nothing. Of course, I didn’t know that when I started working for her.
That sounds like the worst job imaginable. I think I’d rather die.
I worked there for less than a year before I walked out in the middle of a work day.
In addition to the above, she had falsely categorized me as an independent contractor, so when I filed taxes for that year, I owed thousands in self-employment taxes, even though I wasn’t self-employed.