Complaint about a California polygraph examiner: he charged extra ($500 instead of $350) for a 'last minute' test in a rent-by-the-hour room; then failed person on all client questions, including the one 'special question' they purposely secretly placed to verify accuracy

Complaint about a California polygraph examiner: he charged extra $500 instead of $350) for a 'last minute' test in a rent-by-the-hour room; then failed person on all client questions, including the one 'special question' they secretly placed to verify accuracy.

(No public identifiers are listed. If you recognize yourself here, and if the complaint is true, please correct the situation for the future. Courtesy of Polygraph Examiners Of America, peoa.us)

One evening, a woman wanted to prove to her boyfriend that she hadn't cheated on him.

Her first choice of examiner (after much research) would not return to his office for this after-hours testing request as the woman had not shown up for a previously requested appointment. So the couple went to Google. One examiner agreed to test for his regular $350 PLUS an additional $150 as a 'rush fee'.

Couple arrived, were surprised that it was not his own office as expected but was a room in a rent-when-you-need-it situation. The testing was done, and the examiner said that she failed on all of the questions. However, this included 'failing' on a question they had secretly planted that both of the couple knew the true answer to was how she answered. $500 wasted.

Next day, they made an appointment during regular business hours with their original first choice of examiner, who was far more experienced. They did not tell Examiner about 'failing' the night before, and they provided the same set of questions. Examiner gave the proper scores at end of testing, the couple left happy.