In article .com,
wrote:

"Les,
Being that the school district probably has the deepest pocket of them
all,
I'll bet the district attorney would like to know how he can do it
cheaper.
Stealing is one thing....but stealing from the children is another.

Before you go getting all huffed up over nothing, it sounds like the
reason he can do it cheaper than a regular contractor is that he's
doing work on the side, with no overhead. That's exactly how I got a
compressor replaced. A friend of a friend did A/C work full time for a
local business. The business was an end user of A/C, much like the
school here, not a heating/cooling business. The guy did the work and
I got a great deal. Nothing illegal about it at all.

These jobs require some specialized tools and equipment. Who
owns those tools? If he uses his work tools on the side, then
that is equivalent to theft. His company fronts all the money,
but the worker is putting wear and tear doing under the table
jobs. And how about the truck that transported those tools?
Who owned the truck? And whose contractor license was being
used? Most likely, you would have ended up with an illegal
furnace that couldn't pass inspection. And who paid for
stuff like worker's comp insurance? You did send in a
check, didn't you? If not, then you took a huge risk of the
furnace guy getting cut on sheet metal and being disabled.
Plus you broke the law. Were you planning to send a 1099 for
the work, or were you going to commit tax fraud along the
way, too? And was the worker in the union? What kind of
union guy does scab work on the side. Finally, what happens
if the job went bad after the fact? Who is there to stand
bye and warranty the work? Or fix the defects? Or do your
emergency service call at midnight when it is 40 below? Or
to accept the blame when your house burns own, and your own
insurance refuses to pay because you had unlicensed work
done with no building permit or inspection?

Every part of this deal stinks, and has huge cost risks for
very little monetary gain. Don't fall into that trap.

-john-

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