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  "id": 3934201,
  "title": "My contractor handed my $42,000 pool upgrade to a subcontractor I had already rejected. What can I do?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/my-contractor-handed-my-42-000-pool-upgrade-to-a-subcontractor-i-had-3934201",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-28T09:20:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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  "account": null,
  "summary": "“I specifically rejected Contractor A because of his reputation and chose Contractor B because of his reputation.”",
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        "title": "My contractor handed my $42,000 pool upgrade to a subcontractor I had already rejected. What can I do?",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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