| Bauer Investigations |
| Bauer Investigations Grant Bauer scam Will not pay invoices Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| 25th of Aug, 2011 by User736605 |
| I wish I would have checked on Bauer Investigatons/Grant Bauer before accepting the case. Grant Bauer contacted my company and needed a rush investigation conducted over the three day Memorial Day weekend. We were told that this would be a week long investigation. After three days, he abruptly ended the investigation stating his client changed their mind. I have been trying to get paid since. Grant Bauer has used numerous excuses as to why they haven't paid the invoice. After the second late notice, he said they never received the first one. Later I was told that their accounts payable person left and took the invoices with her. After emailing AND faxing them another invoice, I was again told they didn't have an invoice. This went on and on. We will pay next week-etc. The latest blatent lie was that the check has been sent. I will be suing in small claims court to attempt to recover my loss. I too intend to contact the Better Business Bureau and whoever I can about this organization. To anyone remotely thinking about working for Bauer Investigations- Get paid up front and make sure the payment clears the bank before you accrue any expenses. Better yet, avoid this scam artist altogether. |
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I accepted jobs from them on a work comp. case last year. They would not pay our first invoice until they needed more work from us. They sent a partial payment of $500.00 which bounced. Later it cleared.
Then the third assignment was requested and another amount of $500.00 as a partial payment on the first invoice was paid going back to September of last year.
Yet Bauer still owes our company over two thousand dollars.
Grant Bauer is never in his office and he won't respond to any emails. He claims other PIs are picking on him and he will pay everyone given time if they would just understand.
We're in the process of suing them.
Fellow PIs, beware of these so-called "investigators." They simply will not pay your bill and will offer every excuse not to pay you, YET, will expect you to drop whatever you’re doing to chase after their work for a promise.
If you work for them, ask for your money up front or greatly risk doing the jobs for free. |
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| My company was also contacted directly by Grant Bauer of Bauer Investigations in Albuquerque New Mexico and did a rush surveillance for him. After three months of emails and voice mails and unreturned phone calls he has paid less than half of the original invoice. It has become very apparent to me that Grant Bauer has a simple business practice... He hires reputable private investigators in different states and either refuses to pay them for their work or pays them pennies on the dollar and thinks they will just go away. I have found at least 6 separate investigators whom have had this occur in the past 2 years. It appears that he attempts to rush the case through your office to get things done quickly and unsuspectingly... But please do not do work for this type of scam artist. It will be a waste of your valuable time and money. As of writing this on March 21, 2012 our company still has not been paid in full on the case that we worked for him. I have contacted the New Mexico Attorney General's office who will be investigating him shortly. |
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| Followup to the post Grant Bauer has made the final payment for the investigation that was completed in October of 2011. After many phone calls and emails. I never did get a clear explanation as to why he was not paying but hopefully my final email detailing the actions that I would be taking against his company and their reputation had some effect. That being said I certainly will not be doing any work for him or his company in the future without a retainer up front. Although I seriously doubt that I will hear from his company again. |
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