It's nothing but 'excuse-gate' for bad fence builder

The customers we talked with said they really liked Laura Dietz, the owner of Dietz Fencing in Macomb County. They trusted her and they gave her money. And then, she didn't exactly deliver.
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[@sirrichardwhitney5452]

Michigan will make her pay fines and never make her pay the victims. Pure Michigan

[@avgjoeavglife]

No i think she did end up refunding all the people she scammed.

[@eightlights4939]

Its because the states run by thieving liberals

[@dyates6380]

I just saw a follow up to this story. A wonderful man and wife, who own Discount Fence (I'm assuming in the same area in Michigan), saw this scumbag's story on Rob's report and installed ALL the fences for the people in this story at cost to the company, meaning NO labor charges and NO installation costs. Yes, they lost their deposits to this scumbag, but at least they did get fences put up and at the company's cost. Wow. Wonderful people and they did it because they realized she was ripping them off - even if the fences HAD been installed - with those prices, but mostly because they felt horrible for them and wanted the community to know there ARE reputable businesses out there. KUDOS to Discount Fence.

[@gardensofthegods]

Wow thanks for telling us but it is a shame these people can get refunded... she should be put in jail

[@ameralnazer3240]

@@gardensofthegods With the amount of felony charges she's facing, jail is probably where she will end up

[@corinne2191]

I was one of the people in this story 👋🏼 I applaud Discount Fence for their generosity. What they did was not only commendable but they executed high quality work swiftly from what I’ve been told; which couldn’t have happened w/o Rob & Hall of Shame. THANK YOU🙌🏼 Our collective goal was to simply spread awareness to our community in hopes we’d prevent others enduring this (on-going) nightmare. For obv reasons, the segment only depicted a small fraction of the vast number of individuals similarly effected. Still, none of us could’ve imagined the silver lining! One person saying to me; what Discount did “renewed my faith in humanity” 🥲 Its my impression offers were made specific to the scenario, reasonably considering projects vary in labor/material. I’m aware a few jobs were done at no cost while others were offered installs at an incredibly low, generous rate. I was not reached out to, but understandably. A yr had lapsed so we completed our gate & fence prior to the story airing. At current: She has lost something like a dozen+ civil suits that she (by all appearances) has chosen to ignore. She has plead not guilty to a now staggering ❗️10 FELONY COUNTS❗️ (at one point 11 or 12 counts acc to victim statements/public records.) It will soon be a year since we won our case(s) yet we (along w/ MANY others) have still not received the judgments she was ordered to pay. I’ve been enduring this for almost 2yrs total, others even longer.. Thank you Discount Fence for being an example of honest business & pride in our community 🙏🏼

[@TrippinBusa]

There should be harsher penalties for those who purport themselves to be a contractor when they are not. This happens all too often.

[@rockyutahutah]

Yeah its time to put people in jail end bail reform I know most places did it but its time to end it we need harsh

[@rockyutahutah]

Bail reform in places is a issue its not just serial killers there letting go there letting con men go too

[@TrippinBusa]

Especially if you swindle people out of money and then act like they did nothing wrong.

[@commonsense5506]

Write reviews to help out others. For customers, read reviews and never give more than cost of materials until they start work. Or pay for the materials directly then structure payments in stages as work goes along. I had siding put on my house and paid as they went along. I did not follow their payment structure after the project started having problems. I owed so much by the end of the project they had to come out and fix all the problems to get the rest of their money. And I took photos all along the way, I followed up with emails whenever we had a conversation to make sure we were on the same page. When they started messing up, I posted reviews with photos and copies of our email conversations. They got right very quickly.

[@InsanityMediaProductions]

it only cost 180 bucks for a license in MI or less. a contractor simply bids and sets up a job, makes sure proper permits are pulled that a home owner can do at city hall themselves. I can't fault someone for trying to make a business and make money. She just couldn't get supplies due to the pandemic but people didn't want to wait for their money.

[@lastdays7855]

I’m sorry but this crook needs to be locked up! 😠

[@cashcowcommissions6790]

Stop saying I’m sorry before you speak truth. Saying sorry devalues your thought and it appears weak to others. Don’t hate the messenger. This is fact.

[@Lk-bz1vh]

She’ll change the name of the business and keep doing the same thing

[@mariz292]

yep

[@angelataylor3822]

Just looking at her I can’t trust her lol

[@claytonbubblecheeks30]

This fence lady needs to get NAILED for her actions....

[@jrenee8303]

Laura has crazy eyes 👀

[@396375a]

Several years ago, I hired a contractor to do some work on my house, luckily not a lot of money either. I gave him 50% and was told that it would take a few weeks for items to come in and be installed. After 4 weeks, I tried calling him and kept getting message saying his mailbox is full. Then I went to the police station, and a cop somehow got a hold of him, maybe he saw caller ID from Police, and he answered his call. I got my work done, but I had used Angie's list to find a good contractor. You never know who you can trust!!!!

[@Landis_Grant]

Jason paid the full price of $7,500 upfront.

[@iwanaGoFast2010]

BADDDDDD IDEA

[@edwinhargrave679]

When picking a contractor do your home work and ask people did work for them,and never ever pay a contractor in full until the job is completed and some times inspected.

[@justanothertroll9476]

Why are people so dumb, I never pay until a job is completed.... If the company is that broke you definitely don't want to deal with them because you'll wind up just like this

[@markzelinski4434]

I’m from Chicago and love this!! Lol This guy is awesome! Blunt gives zero f and funny at the same time

[@MegTelevised]

I paid $7k for a fence AT COMPLETION

[@IrishVerified]

HALLLL OFFFF SHAMMMEEEEEEE

[@newtrollaccount384]

💯

[@blueboat9581]

This guy was dumb to give her 8k upfront without solid research that she's legit.

[@maxschmelling9964]

Yup. In a lot of these stories it’s shocking how big of a deposit these idiots put down

[@derick3482]

maybe he was a vulnerable guy !!

[@zqxzqxzqx1]

Another one I've missed for a year??? I need to get on the ball. Keep up the good work, Rob & crew!

[@ryancasey919]

I’m from South Florida and live in South Florida but these are just so entertaining I still consider the relevant to me.

[@klu753]

Nice hustle. Gives me ideas. Thanks fox 2!

[@shaneshonda]

I have a feeling you'll screw it up too

[@pistolvania903]

Lol

[@barbie6695]

lolol

[@FairBeautyEssentials]

😅😅😅👍🏼

[@klu753]

​@shaneshonda ya learn from other's dumbass mistakes

[@Will-ke4ug]

That's a nice Jeep. Be a shame if something happened to it while she's inside of it.

[@RC_928]

Now you know where all the money went.

[@mw3fanatic65]

Rob is an angel for these people!

[@dannymiller4560]

I am a contractor in Oregon. My policy is to ask for $500.00 deposit to schedule your job. You make three progress payments until the job is done. If you stop paying, I stop working. Anyone asking for more then 25% of total project cost upfront is suspect.

[@lloydjenkins2190]

Keep it up Bob

[@DetroitNinja]

Good video. Thank u

[@dwilliams854]

She should be in jail already

[@tylerquinn8927]

In my state this would be called a civil matter and your left high and dry .

[@nikezaidi5704]

The news guy should make a list of Hall of shame ppl NOT 2 hire😂

[@DetroitGoldie]

These are felony larcenies,right? Shouldn’t she have a warrant or something for that instead of false pretenses?

[@arthuridis]

Well of course...it's Macomb County. I'm not surprised.

[@drewski1535]

5:50 HAAAAALLLL OF SHAME 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@michaelritchie-ch6ib]

You can’t make this 💩up 🤭😆🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤓

[@TOLupe-ty6jb]

Why pay for something before it gets started?

[@deedeewinfrey3181]

I love this guy.

[@fabbz94]

She obviously used there money on that jeep.

[@Alteringrealitystudios]

Yes another fine example of the putrid over usage of lame excuses.

[@catseyesinthesky1339]

Nice vehicle 🚗 she's driving sell that ?? I hate scammers

[@gardensofthegods]

Can't believe how expensive fences have become

[@shannsimms9072]

Godttttdamn I never knew fences were so expensive.

[@lucy9542]

Even her lawyer thinks she’s a pos.

[@mpayne8206]

Discount fence saw this story and did all fences for cost! Kudos to them!!!

[@Pro1er]

For $15,000 she could have contracted the job out to an honest company and still made a profit.

[@onlyindetroit3137]

Exactly 😂 all that cash coming in y not do it right & keep the money flowing smfh

[@harryedmunds6652]

A rule you should never break...NEVER PAY UP FRONT !! PAY IN FULL upon satisfactory completion of the job !! I was a contractor for 16 years in Colorado and I never took a dime up front. I did however, require full payment when the work was finished and my client was satisfied with the finished job.

[@fernosview]

Well it actually goes both ways some people won't pay the contractors so I never start a job until I get a deposit to atleast cover materials..

[@TrippinBusa]

@Fernando had someone cheat my boss that way. They gave him the materials check and we started working and had to stop because check 2 didn't clear.

[@four20freedomfighter]

@@fernosview 💯 as a painting contractor I only take 20% for scheduling and material. Been burned too many times buying materials on my dime and then getting canceled on.

[@supportmytroups7]

@@four20freedomfightercan you file contractors Lein?

[@coreybabcock2023]

You lied

[@unclequack5445]

Laura you can build my fence.

[@Aaron-kj8dv]

I love that Rob is so used to people walking away from him that when she stops and listens to him he kind of doesn't know what to say and runs out of steam super quick lol Reminds me of that Batman quote where the Joker was like "I'm like a dog chasing a car, if I ever caught one I wouldn't know what to do with it"

[@dyates6380]

Serious question; how is she NOT in jail?

[@leahbia82]

Because her supplier is the one who had all the money for the supplies and then didn't come through for her, went off the radar. She had a pending case with them I believe, finally got the money and started paying the people back. From what I understand the charges are being dropped. The story left out a lot of information which makes me wonder about all of those Hall of Shame stories. They conveniently left out the fact that when she was trying to give the people their money back they wouldn't have any contact with her. They also leave out the fact that she's been in business for decades, and decades prior to that through her dad's business. It's not like she just randomly opened a business and started stealing from people. She was a victim also but her lawyer advised her not to speak on it. You can tell how hard it was for her when he's accusing her of not paying people back and she has.

[@lancegreene3185]

Bad contractors make ALL contractors look bad . We must fight to rid the system of bad contractors . Complaints , and things like that must happen . No one wants to waste money and these people should not be lead to believe they would get work done but in fact they have been tricked . That’s wrong . I don’t care what kind of contractor you are , this is bad . Don’t allow people to even talk about scamming because it’s just not a good time for it . These games , these games are over . We really need to learn that Jesus Christ is giving us so much time to change but we don’t know the day he is coming back .

[@Martin199320]

Im really glad you mentioned Jesus Christ in your comment.............

[@lloydjenkins2190]

Go nationwide!

[@lisabrickner6004]

Now days we gotta research everyone

[@nelks1284]

Mr. Rob, keep putting people in the Hall of Shame, and hopefully, one day in jail!

[@chrisperrien7055]

You pay the "deposit" , half the contract, when then materials arrive onsite. Other half on completion. Such is "code" Get that contract signed by both parties, ab initio 😎

[@Scythe_Voltage]

14,000$ for a fence 😂

[@karllager2214]

I'll build a fence for Ole Corrine.

[@newtrollaccount384]

If she pays those people back it will take her decades.

[@mpayne8206]

Wasam must've told her what would happen if he didn't get his money!!!

[@benfranklin1770]

Giving $$$ to someone you don't know who hasn't done any work is absurd...

[@jeffpeelman2627]

Try "Taylor Fence". They're one of the very best.

[@charleneblack2792]

Now she's gotta go rip off more people to pay those people. Absolutely disgusting.

[@securityscorpion8687]

🤣Deadbeat Dietz🤣

[@RussianSlowed]

shes got 3 felonys now and they will be on her record for 5 years for each of the felonies

[@maynardsmoreland]

Her lawyer is from the firm Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe.

[@ianh1504]

Interesting that someone charged with five felony charges pending gets to walk free

[@ryanwalker4660]

that's the extent of police work, "oh the voicemail was full, I did my job"... amazing work, somehow people have jobs and it blows my mind...

[@coreybabcock2023]

Pallets were stacked against the fence not holding it up

[@sudilos1172]

Did she pay her lawyer brother?

[@gromadelphia9667]

She’s driving a $60,000 Jeep gladiator too damn she cold

[@Whiteboytripping]

Maybe she has become “board” with fence building.

[@jaybatemen4497]

Ummm, Amazing. I've heard of this company. Glad I didn't get taken in. How sad for these folks who could afford to not research.

[@dyates6380]

Just the fact that the company texted and said "ARE sales rep called in today" would have had me demanding my money back. Anyone who is illiterate won't do anything on my property.

[@manelcosta4983]

I made a fences but if i charge that amount of money, my clients run away from me. The world of construction is a roullete. Clients not paid the work; People like her took the money and dont do the work..... It,s a jungle.

[@nunya3790]

love u guys

[@hassan-mp1pk]

They stupid paying her full.

[@potatohead3584]

I struggle to get 500 up front imagen this lady getting 7k and money and money without any doubt

[@seanwhatshisname1831]

7500 for a fence installed? Id love that biussness I'd treat my customers like God's

[@freshnorthwest6756]

Any updates?? has anyone been paid back outside of the few they mentioned in this video??

[@nicholaslandolina]

Dietz could get it

[@mikeytee6821]

I'd make her glasses opaque.

[@Hautedoughuts]

How does the police department hear multiple scams from the same person, call them and end the investigation due to a voicemail being full, but hall of shame guy finds her??

[@paulsiegel2915]

is there one competent contractor in Detroit?

[@tonkatruck1968]

Lawyer tapping that for payment....trust me

[@h3e44]

Oh well. Yall leave Laura alone, aint yall trying to actually do anything

[@paulsiegel2915]

dietz looks like she's related to boebert. shocking

[@CA-tk8yn]

This reporters awesome

[@WestCoastTruckingCEO]

Corrine is hotttt

[@jackburton2680]

How is the judgment only 900 dollars? Why no criminal charges for them stealing part of the fence!/

[@kevinmach730]

I think because that fence was installed the the only issue was with the gate, so the judgement was only to cover that part

[@fuzzybutkus8970]

Pretty nice jeep probably not in her name

[@johnsnape1907]

3:23 We found the other, previously unknown, brother of Raymond Barone...

[@micemr76]

Am I the only one confused by the prices?! It's a wooden fence! 1k tops

[@TheHamburgler123]

Good luck finding someone to do an entire fencing job, even a relatively small one, for a grand.

[@RealKorean]

I wouldnt be her lawyer. Why would anyone be lawyers to scumbags like this? If i was the lawyer, i just say everything lol

[@Karl1202-D]

Should’ve just repaid the money areas of buying a Jeep gladiator lmao. People nowadays buy stuff to show how “right” they are lmao

[@3rni3PL]

Never pay the full amount - I have learned that from my mom and her Roof Install for 14k.. She paid the full amount - The roof was finished. but about a year later, shingles were falling off.... I have been fixing the issues since the roof was installed... Also, never ever, NEVER EVER, got the recommendation of a neighbor or "Friend"... They always stand to make something off the deal, and your best bet is to just ignore them, and hire a reputable business owner.... I am all for small business, but these cam artists are not to be trusted...

[@dirtmasta2960]

Cops know she's done this before.. Report comes in.. they call .. she doesn't answer so they just leave it alone..six or seven times 😂 really looking out for the community

[@Chris_Serrani]

But had she done this to a bank, a county or governmental agency she’d be in prison by dinner.

[@BrianKim-ih4qh]

*trump should hire her to build the wall* 😂

[@Maybe1Someday]

Of course she drives one of those overpriced jeeps

[@thehorrendousspacekablooie179]

Dietz Nuts

[@leonardlunsford8924]

she drives a new jeep

[@Alchemist718]

Never going to trust anyone with a lip/mouth piercing like that

[@michaelritchie-ch6ib]

You can’t make this 💩up 🤭😆😆🤣🤓

[@MariMar132]

Dead beat Dietz 😂

[@snowflakehunter]

This guy is a stalker looking for money for his station. "*"

[@paulsiegel2915]

Corinne is cute

[@bobtorres7949]

Your honor i don't know the truth

[@charleneblack2792]

Why is she allowed to continue ripping people off after being convicted of so many felonies and having so many judgments? Is that not the governments job? To protect people?