I'd put it this way:

99% of contractors give the others a bad name.

Mrs. Clean


Malcolm Hoar wrote:
In article .com, "MRS. CLEAN" wrote:

Why do we need to get several estimates?

Because the stereotype on contractors are true.

Mrs Clean is, in fact, correct. If you check with the BBB
and other consumer organizations, certain classes of
businesses generate many time more complaints than others.

Cell phone companies, cable companies and contractors
are ranked amongst the worst.

Fast food outlets are ranked among the best. Despite
the crap quality of the burgers, consumers seem to
feel that they get good and consistent value :-)

Contractors do get a bad rap and perhaps that's unfair
to the really good ones. But, for the group as a whole,
the bad rap is justified by the hard data.

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