On Oct 18, 11:55 pm, "SteveB" wrote:
"Oren" wrote in message
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I was solicited today at the door. _Hi, we are painting "Jim's" house
and see you have a need for painting (duh! not much).
Without a single thought this beautiful woman (emphasis) quotes me
$2,150.00. Playing on this conversation I say I only have three sides
to paint. Of course she can now do the job cheaper (consult in the
car with the driver - (GRIN) )
She comes back, says $1,500.00 for the three sides of the house to be
painted. I asked, if the company/she had a contractor's license - no!
"we have a crew to paint". Do they have a license? She went
silent...like I had three heads :-))
I had the ask the beautiful solicitor 
In Nevada.
A contractor is anyone who in any capacity except as an employee of
another with wages as the sole compensation, undertakes to, offers to
undertake to, purports to have the capacity to undertake to, or
submits a bid to, or does himself or by or through others, construct,
alter, repair, add to, subtract from, improve, move, wreck, or
demolish any building, highway, road, railroad, excavation or other
structure, project, development or improvement. (NRS 624.020)
--
Oren
"I wouldn't even be here if my support group hadn't beaten me up."
Glad Nevada finally put some teeth in its laws. I was a contractor in
Nevada for nine years. Heard too many stories about paying up front, shoddy
work, no work, all sorts of horror stories. Though, the law is different in
many states. One size does not fit all, and if just depends on what state
you live in as to your recourse.
For all, please notice that merely offering or purporting to have the
capacity to undertake, or giving a bid constitutes contracting. That covers
most work.
The way it's worded is a bit odd. "purports to have the capacity to
undertake to," So you're having a party drinking beers and you
mention that you're planning on expanding the house, some random guy
mentions that he helped frame a dormer in college and it was no big
deal and that it'd be easy to dormer your house. "Hell yes, I could
do it!" How does that constitute contracting? That's like arresting
someone for prostitution who mentioned they _could_ boink your brains
out. Seems to me there an offer has to be made, right?
R