I would not settle for anything less than full restitution. He never lifted a finger to do anything on the build - he never had the time or opportunity to do anything on it. My husband died 3 days after paying in full and by then Bob had gone missing for a couple of months. 100% of the money should have been sitting in his account and should have been handed over as soon as it was asked for. The only thing he's done in regards to my family is lie about us and steal from us. I don't see how that would cause me to want to reduce how much he owes me (I sure don't think that's what anyone is suggesting). Originally I had wanted the car still, but the 51 days of utter silence followed by lie after lie on his end changed my mind. I have always been willing to work out a payment plan, but the man just screams at me and lies to me or about me in his bulk e-mails. He's 21 days past the new contract date and 27 days past his "well-known" 90 day fabricated policy on full refunds.
I think he deserves jail time not for just refusing to pay me back, but for swindling the nearly 3 dozen other people he currently admits to having as clients. 2 seem happy with his "service" which I think is being forced upon Bob by the Attorney General's office. Bob is trying - he's trying to stay out of jail. That's it. He does not care about his "customers" or he wouldn't have left for months at a time, lied, or stolen our money. Flounder is settling I think because he realizes that he can't get blood from a stone (he gets a nice little threat against his family for forcing even a settlement). And I'm seeking full restitution. That leaves 31 other victims doing God knows what while Bob spends their money however he wants. That's over half a million dollars!!! Rotting in jail looks like a pretty fair sentence for doing what he's done to this many families.
