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05-18-2013, 10:58 AM | #107 |
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05-18-2013, 10:59 AM | #108 | |
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05-18-2013, 11:02 AM | #109 |
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true ... but you know where they live, they can disappear.
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05-18-2013, 11:05 AM | #110 |
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Every single one of my clients knows where my shop is and most of them got my number from a friend. I agree with the premise that you don't give a nickel to some idiot off the internet but if you want a big project done, you have to give money to a legitimate contractor or you won't be able to do business with him. I know where a couple of my clients live... One owes me $2k and another owes me over $15k. If they're not moving or selling anytime soon, I can't do anything about it.
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05-18-2013, 11:06 AM | #111 |
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05-18-2013, 11:07 AM | #112 | |
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05-18-2013, 11:10 AM | #113 |
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I will buy the supplies and sit them in my yard... You will be working for me, you will either do business my way or go work for someone else ... Savvy?
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05-18-2013, 11:11 AM | #114 | |
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Obviously the scale of the job plays a big role, and money up front or draws are necessary at times. But do you really see yourself asking for money up front for either of the two jobs mentioned in this thread? $2500 of lumber or $800 of fencing? As I said on my previous post in this thread, if the contractor asks for money for materials. Go to the supplier and buy the materials yourself.
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05-18-2013, 11:12 AM | #115 | |
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05-18-2013, 11:12 AM | #116 |
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I'm just saying that in general, a contractor has limited recourse if a client chooses not to pay him. He can take a lien out on their house and renew it every year until they die and the house is sold but who wants to spend thousands of dollars in legal fees chasing money they may or may not get 30 years down the road? I suppose a contractor could get violent or vindictive if that's the kind of person that they are but I'm not really willing to risk my freedom for any amount of money.
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05-18-2013, 11:14 AM | #117 | |
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I know exactly where you are coming from... Brother in laws have been contractors for years... Pay as you go is a good practice ... |
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05-18-2013, 11:17 AM | #118 | |
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05-18-2013, 11:18 AM | #119 | |
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We are real happy with their work. We were definitely concerned that we didn't know someone and wish we would have Phobia to do it but its a new neighborhood. But giving someone off craigslist without knowing them................They have committed two felonies. The police should take it seriously. You will get your money back if the catch them.
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05-18-2013, 11:21 AM | #120 |
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That's fine with me. But I'd say you're a very unique person. Most of my clients don't want anything to do with any of the process. They just want it to look like the picture when we're done and they don't care how it gets that way.
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