"Dave in Lake Villa" wrote in message
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'My husband has been remodeling our house himself for the past 5 years.
On the 3 occasions we needed someone to do some work, 2 out of 3 made
appointments and didn't show up or call, and one showed up once, then
never showed up again.
Is this the norm?'

ME: This is pretty much the norm in the Trades from what ive
experienced also.


This is Turtle.

Yes Dave I can see your point here. When there has not been any other hvac
contractor over there to tell them what to do and then the customer tells you
what the other contractor decide to do. You would have no ideal of where to
start and try to give a price. I guess your use to the first contractor pricing
it out and you get the customer to tell you what he will do it for so you can
say hey I'll do it for 20% less than that. It's hell tring to be the second
bidder in this business ain't it Dave. Or are you really in the business ?

TURTLE