Quote Originally Posted by 4BET View Post
We signed a contract with a local company to have a new well drilled for 5400. We put deposit of 2700 down. Health department came back with special requirements for well because we don’t have the required 75 feet setback from septic tank. So well company raised the price to 11,000. I told them to pound sand and refund deposit. They told me no refunds which is stated in contract. Is this illegal? We didn’t cancel 5400 well as contract states. We canceled 11,000 well. According to them they can raise price to whatever they want if you don’t like it they steal deposit.
Can you post the exact language of that portion of the contract they're referring to?

Sounds like a scam to me. If they can't do the job for $5400, it sounds like the contract is invalid. Otherwise they could quote you $1,000,000 and just keep your $2700. This might actually have been intentional, knowing you would get rejected due to special requirements, and then they could gouge you for a much higher price, and figure you'd feel pot committed due to the 2700.

Have you googled reviews for this company?