I will try to get my money back from Mr Murone.

 

EVEN IF I DON'T GET A REFUND I INTEND TO ALERT AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE AND PREVENT THEM FROM FALLING INTO THE SAME TRAP

 

I'll take the following steps:

 

1. Send a formal written request for a refund to Murone/Pave-Crete. ( Done - no response )

2. Notify VCAT of the problem.

3. Notify police of the problem, particularly Murone's alleged non-registration.

4. Notify Consumer Affairs;    Consumer Action Law Centre;   Australian Tax Office; Victorian Building Practitioners Board; etc.

5. Use Facebook and Twitter to spread the word as far as possible

6. Send a letter with the link to this website to an extensive mailing list (full mailing list here)                                            which includes:

• the media including A Current Affair, The Checkout; The Age, The Herald Sun

• The board of directors and senior executives of Stockland, Metricon and other builders/land developers/real estate companies

• 'Find a Tradesman’ sites, particularly Home Improvement Pages (where I found Murone) asking them if they vet the tradesmen they list on their sites

• Concreting/Building Industry Bodies including Concrete Institute of Australia;     MBAV;     VBA;     BAV;     Cement Australia;

• Victorian Concrete Manufacturers and Concreters

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There may be others whom I'll add as I discover them.