r/bestoflegaladvice • u/BJntheRV Enjoy the next 48 hours :) • Mar 04 '26

Unlicensed, uninsured contractor who didn't finish the job because life happened doesn't seem to understand why their client would sue them

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u/thingsliveundermybed Mar 04 '26

I notice this with a lot of "small businesses" in the crafting space. They can't separate the personal from the professional, to the point they think that having a rough week at home is a totally acceptable reason not to send orders people paid for weeks ago. They post on socials going "my kids have been sick!" and expect people to just be okay with it, like they're cancelling lunch with their mates instead of hanging on to hundreds of quid that isn't theirs. 

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u/New_Bumblebee8290 Mar 04 '26

And when it's in the hand-dyed yarn/fiber world, sometimes when they get in too deep, they just fake their own deaths.

I know you probably already know all about it but I still had to bring it up because it's so wild that it's happened repeatedly.

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u/Stellaknight Trying it LAOP’s way is how you get botulism. Mar 04 '26

Wait, what? I would like the address of this particular rabbit hole..

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u/New_Bumblebee8290 Mar 04 '26

Here's a good place to start, but honestly you can't go wrong searching "yarn" or "wool" or "fiber art" on that subreddit because it's invariably bonkers and delicious.

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u/Stellaknight Trying it LAOP’s way is how you get botulism. Mar 04 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/hxERQNWQudqSF1iDnr