Damaged Driveway

On April 12, 2008 at approximately 9:00 am, a RTG delivery driver parked a fully loaded 15-20 Ton truck on my concrete driveway to unload furniture. Although I met the driver as he was getting out of the truck and asked him to move the truck to the street for unloading, he replied � it doesn�t state unloading from the street on the sales order�. I advised him the weight of the truck will damage a residential concrete driveway and he must move it immediately. His response to my second request to move the truck to the street was � well, I�m already here� and continued to lower the lift and unload. On my third request, I demanded he move the truck immediately and if I hadn�t seen his 8 or 9 year old daughter peek around from the back of the truck, would have likely handled the situation more aggressively. At that point I advised the driver I would be contacting Rooms to Go to which he replied� go right ahead�. As a direct result of the driver�s negligence, the area of the driveway where the truck parked, has been broken, cracked, crushed and shifted. Each time it rains, the water seeps into the cracks weakening the foundation and causing further damage. Although SE Independent Delivery Services had their own contractor estimate $4000.00 to patch one section of the driveway,I was offered $1,000.00 as compensation however my 6 estimates shows the actual cost of repairs range from $8,061.00 to $ 13,150.00.

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RTG & SE Independent Delivery are one in the same. They have Corp'd each name and have been spreading a rash of damage from Florida all the way up the Eastern sea board. You need to obtain an Attorney and sue them. Look at case: Kim Jackson v. Rooms To Go Furniture, Appellant in the State of SC Court of Appeals.

I am having the same problem of a drop in the bucket vs the actual damage. Do not settle! Do not sign anything...they are raking in 22.2 mil in revenue just on the delivery corp...picket the stores and spread the word...do not by from Rooms To Go!