A move-out cleaning client paid $1,000 with a check on a closed account, then moved out of state
A cleaning business owner did a $1,000 move-out clean. The client paid by check, but the account had been closed. The client had already moved out of state and left no forwarding address, so she never got the money. After many bad checks over the years, she now takes a deposit by credit card.
“They wrote me a hot check, they moved.”
One of the show's hosts, owner of a house cleaning company, Cleaning Business Life (opens in a new tab), posted . Retold in our words; names left out of our retelling. Published here .
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