I'm a contractor. Well over 99% of my work is done at a contract price. The exceptions would be extra work above and beyond what the contract calls for that the customer has approved. Another would be for concealed damage that is discovered during the course of completing the contract work and needs to be repaired prior to completing or in conjunction with the contract work. Sometimes I'll give the customer a firm price on the extra work. I don't normally run into concealed damage that I haven't figured in my contract price.
I don't know what your arrangement was with your contractor. If you hired someone without getting a firm price in writing then you're fair game for him to try to collect. Unless he had placed a lien on your property he'd have a tough time collecting if you had opted to not pay him. It may vary by state but here a contractor has 90 days from the last day he did work that added value to your property to place a lien.
At any rate is was bad business for him to bill you 9 months later. Sounds to me like you needed to hire a better contractor. There are lots of guys that can do good work, but few are good businessmen. Next time you need to hire a contractor insist on a written contract. A good contract will protect both you and the contractor. If your contractor won't give you a written contract you need to find a new contractor.
As far as getting billed for additional money for tires months later.... another case of lousy business practices. I guarantee the tire dealer would have been money ahead to eat his mistakes rather than bill his customers for additional money after the fact. He might as well forget about them ever setting foot in his shop again. And those disgruntled customers will tell everyone they know so he'll lose a bunch of potential customers as well.
Someone mentioned having the contractor write paid in full on the receipt. I don't normally do that. When we settle up if a customer asks, I'll write paid, the amount, the check number, and date on the bottom of the contract.
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