3OYS: Unlicensed painter still hasn't returned $1,600 to homeowner

by Gary Harper

azfamily.com

Posted on December 17, 2014 at 11:17 AM

Updated yesterday at 9:36 PM

PHOENIX-- Denise Saxon remains pretty upset. Not only is she getting notices from her HOA saying her home needs to be painted, but the company she hired to do the painting took off with the $1,600 she paid them.

The name of that company is Salty's Quality Painting, owned by a guy named Jeff Salt. "Well, I'm wondering if he's ever going to come," Saxon told 3 On Your Side. "And will I see him again, and am I going to get my money's worth? Are we going to get this job done?"

In 3 On Your Side's first report, we tried finding Jeff Salt. In fact, we went to the mobile home he shares with his mom several different times, and even left messages to have him call 3 On Your Side's Gary Harper.

Well, after that report aired, guess who finally called? Jeff Salt. He gave 3onYour Side a bunch of excuses as to why he never finished Saxon's job, including claiming to have been in the hospital. And as for the $1,600 he took from her? Well, he says he'll pay her back, but it will have to be in payments.

"What do you mean, a payment plan?" Harper asks Salt. "Why do you need to pay her back in payments? She didn't pay you in payments."

"Because I just got out of the hospital,"Salt replied.

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3OYS: Unlicensed painter still hasn't returned $1,600 to homeowner