I had this exact issue with a mover doing the exact same thing. I put them on blast on the message board of the major college the owner was alumni of and it got to him and we were able to come to an agreement.
@Steve_Sailer talks about this sort of thing with his law of female journalism:
"The most heartfelt articles by female journalists tend to be demands that social values be overturned in order that, Come the Revolution, the journalist herself will be considered hotter-looking.โ