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Tim Killian wrote:

Oh yes, the "licensed, insured" contractor. You must mean the guys who
have a salesman in the office and and a girl who actually answers their
phones? I've dealt with their ilk on several occasions and they seem to
have the same dumb asses working for them as well. Ex.: A $6K heat pump
system they installed stops working after two weeks, so they send out
Mr. Earring. Earring boy replaces a circuit board, the same one, 4 times
over a two week period, and then tells me that my attic is too hot, and
they're not going to replace it under warranty again. I call Mr. Fatass,
the owner of HVAC Supremo and tell him that he needs to send out a
competent tech, one who at least finished high school. They send out
their "best man" and he determines the problem is a short in some god
damned outside wiring. He is gracious enough to apologize for my lost
time, and admits that half the guys in his shop are total ****-ups.

So maybe I'm one of those "home-moaners" who expects to get what they
paid for. Pardon the hell out of me, Mr. HVAC asshole.

Cost and whether a company has a girl to answer to their phone isn't
what I meant by qualified.

I'm sure the earring guy appreciates the training he got on your dollar.

Just what criteria did you use to hire these company's?

What did you ask for.

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