Aqua Kingz LLC

Feb 2022

We signed a contract 12-3-2021 and put down $9,100 deposit to have an inground pool installed and secure start date of 1-3-2022. On 12-27-2021 we drove to Lubbock to pick out the colors of our tile and concrete, at that time we gave Aqua Kingz a cashier's check for $20,000 and a check for that was cashed 12-28-21 for $20,676.57 for the 50% down prior to excavation. On 1-1-2021 I received a text message asking for another $15,000 which we did not pay. His reasoning was to secure plaster and keep our pool on schedule. Total paid is $49,776.56. Excavation date was reschedule for 1-6-2021. No one from the company showed. When we finally got a hold of them we were told that there was a hicup with the excavator but equipment would be dropped off that afternoon. No Show. We were then told a crew would be there on 1-7-2022 at 3:00. No show and no communication. The evening of 1-7-2022 we were told a crew would be at our house first thing 1-10-2022. No Show. We called and text all day with no response. Again, a crew would be there on 1-12-2022. No Show. We were told by the owner he would be there himself on 1-13-2022 at 11:00am and this was confirmed at 9:07 that morning. At 11:02 we were told he would arrive at 3:00. At 2:53 he called and was running late and it would now be 5;00-5:30. At 6:06 we received a call that his trailer had 2 blowouts and was 2 hours out. So he never intended to arrive at 3:00 and again NO SHOW. That evening we spoke with the owner and voiced our concerns and he offered to return all of our money. We asked for a Cashier's Check and was told we could pick it up on Monday. Monday was a holiday (MLK) so we agreed on 1-18-2022. My husband touched bases with the night before and was told he might be out of the office but would leave a check with the receptionist. My husband arrived about 11:00 and he was out but there was no check left with the receptionist. He did arrive and offered to still do our pool at a discounted rate of $15,000. I was not comfortable, though my husband did say send him a contract to look over which he never did. After not accepting his verbal offer he said the funds were arriving that evening via wire transfer. Bottom line, he never had the Cashier's Check, and my husband drove 2 hours to pick it up. He wrote my husband a check for $49,776.58 and asked to deposit it on 1-20-2022. My husband was told on 1-20-2022 funds would be there that day so we deposited the check. The check was returned on 1-25-2022 as insufficient funds. We texted and called, he returned my call that night insistent he didn't know what the mix up was and assured us funds were available. We asked if he could wire funds to our financial institution the next morning and he said he'd be at the bank as soon as it opened. Never heard from him again. I deposited the check again on 1-27-2022 only for it to come back on 2-1-2022. He wrote "Refund" in the check memo, so there's definitely not a misunderstanding of our agreement. I posted a review on Facebook of my experience and that was the only time he responded. Again he said he'd have funds to us by the end of that week (Feb 4th being that Friday) or end of the next week worst case. 2-11-2022 was the end of the week for is "worst case scenario" and of course we haven't heard a word. I've contacted the General Attorney's Office in Lubbock and they have record of it in the system as of 2-9-2022. Knowingly writing a fraudulent check is not only Professionally Unethical, it's ILLEGAL. He has never responded so I sent a Demand Letter Certified mail to both his business address and the address on the check. Both were signed for on 1-29-2022