Blatant theft

I received e-mail marketing from this company that advertise their furniture repair services and decided to give them a try. My old lounge suite was promptly collected and 50% deposit was paid over to them for re-upholstery to be done as per e-mail quotation. It is now 10 weeks later and no sign whatsoever of my suite or my money!!! I have been dealing directly with the CEO Jacques van der Merwe (the biggest scam artist I know) First I was told that the fabric I selected was unavailable, then the sub-contractor disappeared on holiday without notifying him, then the fabric had to be couriered in from Dubai, then the pattern cutter wrote his exams...not to mention more excuses. After numerous contacts, having to circumvent Jacque's screening of my calls from other numbers, I was assured that the contractor returned from holiday and that my suite was stripped and FINALLY my kids would no longer sit on the floor in our TV room...right?? WRONG! I have now finally concluded that this was a well planned online scam to say the least. Let us trust that the criminal justice system will prevail when this con artist answers to the theft charges I laid with the SAPS