Yes, but the service provider was guilty of appalling and blatant theft. It was a Sears in-home carpet cleaning with a $150 reimbursement and a $15 fee. I made an appointment.
I LOVED the cleaning job. They were 2 hours late, but the guy was friendly and professional and had a helper. He looked at the space and asked questions, but then he asked what I was quoted & I said $130 unless the 3 areas were considered more than 3. He said "$130 + tax and tip" and that 2 of the areas were actually 2 areas each (LR/DR, Den/Breakfast) and then the Bedroom, so it was actually 5 areas and would be more. I said I had only budgeted $150 so maybe I would just get the LR/DR and Bedroom done. He casually asked how I was paying and I said "cash, is that ok?" He said "cash works fine" and that he was going to "cut me a deal" and do all the areas, counting them as 3, for $99, plus tax, which would leave me money for good tip for him. Then he said "You're planning on $150, we'll keep you at $150." I wasn't sure what the MSC wanted, but I was required to pay cash, so I figured they wanted to know this. So I said OK. He said he would leave his name and cell # with me so I could call him direct and he can save me some money next time. When I paid, he told me he was able to keep the truck for weekends so he would come out on Saturday evening or anytime Sunday and he could give me a very reasonable price because I would be dealing directly with him and not Sears. I paid him $150 cash, he gave me a receipt for $107.17, and he wrote 3 rooms on the receipt when it was actually 5. And he wrote his name and cell # right on the receipt. I was scared he might get fired if I wrote the report, and I was scared I would not get reimbursed for the big cash tip since the receipt showed only $107.17. I was also scared that if he did get fired, he would come visit me because surely he would know it was me who ratted him out and would remember where I lived.
The scheduler e-mailed me, thanked me for a great report and said the big cash tip was a new one on her, but that was one of the things the company was looking for. I got paid the whole $150 plus my $15 fee. Two weeks later, the scheduler phoned me and gave me a heads-up that the guy was fired. She said the company did not disclose my identity, but I still worried that he would figure it was me. I worried needlessly, never heard from him.