"Bob Pietrangelo" wrote in message
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Welllllllll, it actually was illegal. Was there a permit pulled.


Does his location REQUIRE one to be pulled?

Did you
pay tax on the work,

You don't pay tax on Labor!

was the technician definitely refrigerant certified,
did you cover his workmans comp and liability insurance while you were
subcontracting his services, did he use his own torch, recovery machine,
evacuation pump, solder, braze rod, nitrogen, nitrogen regulator,
refrigerant, or did he steal any of these from his employer? Did he
reimburse the employer for the use of this equipment. I am gonna stop
now,
but I think you get the idea. It is easy to come up with about a dozen
more
ways it was immoral, or illegal. If he was some hack with his own tools
and
machinery giving you a low ball bid it would be different.


Agreed.


but if he is
employed by someone else it is most likely against company policy,
immoral,
or illegal.

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Bob Pietrangelo


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wrote in message
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"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.

Jabs

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.