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Default Home Depot Wants $100 to Measure Kitchen

Your price would likely be ridiculous and hear thanks but no thanks
with that attitude

On Jun 23, 3:04 pm, RicodJour wrote:
On Jun 23, 11:13 am, wrote:

It is foolish to think a homeowner shouldnt compare prices. Unless
the estimate is in the range I was thinking the job should cost then
I will get a couple estimates.


I wrote, "Most people that get more than a couple or three bids are
simply price shopping. They think that all contractors are
interchangeable and will pick the lowest bid."

How do you construe that to mean, "Don't get bids?"

BTW, I wouldn't take a ladder off a truck for $40, much less go up on
a roof and install something. Maybe you're thinking about a handyman
working out of his 1987 Econoline or Town & Country?

R