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Welllllllll, it actually was illegal. Was there a permit pulled.

Since when is a permit required to change an A/C compressor. That's
the example I gave that got this guy Steve all in a huff. It might be
in some whacko area, but for most area, it's not required.

Im not in a huff....damn...

In some areas, yes..a permit is required to put a compressor in...

If you people understood the true purpose behind inspections you would not
be bitching about it.


Did you
pay tax on the work,

Yes, I paid tax

was the technician definitely refrigerant certified,

Yes he was, as that is his main career at a large industrial opeartion
that has enough A/C to require a guy on site.. Now tell me, how many
of residential customers that call in any A/C guy ask to see his
certification? So why jump on this issue?

Because we are rwquired by law to carry our card, and you would be amazed at
the smarter homeowners that DO ask.
We have gone to a ID tag now that has the picture ID on the front, and the
EPA card on the back.



did you cover his workmans comp and liability insurance while you were
subcontracting his services,

get this straight, I didn't "subcontract" anything. I'm not in a
business, just a private homeowner


Then you did indeed subcontract the repair...

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.

As far as I know, he used his own eqpt. Does any homeowner check where
your eqpt came from? I can just see this "Uh, Mr. repairman, please
show me all your receipts to show where your tools came from. Geez,
get real.


We are getting real.

See...if one of my guys ASKED if he could use my supplied equipment to help
out a friend of his, the answer would be yes, but if I catch him using my
equipment to install a compressor for someone, he not only gets fired, but
he is charged for the time he used our 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. but if he
is
employed by someone else it is most likely against company policy,
immoral,
or illegal.

You should stop now. Because you don't know what you're talking about.
I could just as easily accuse any contractor of all kinds of things,
like screwing customers, doing unneccary work. But on the basis of all
the crap you've come up with, everyone is a crook because one thing or
another "might" not be proper, without any knowledge or proof that it
is. There are lots of guys that moonlight, run their own business on
the side and work for an employer. And as I have pointed out
repeatidly, he's not doing work that is in confict with his employer
because the employer is an A/C end user, not a contractor that
services/installs. Got it now? Or should we have a remedial class for
you guys on why 1099's aren't involved here either?


If hes moonlighting, and from what you say, he is....then perhaps his boss
might have a problem with it.
You claim we are assuming alot....but you are as well.

I havent seen your answer on what you paid yet...you got a compressor put
in...was it more than $400 by your hack?

BTW....in areas that require a licence, that licence that we are talking
about isnt an EPA card, its a state issued card, and in many areas, it is
required for repairs as well.
What will you do if in 3 months that compressor fails again, and you cant
show a licenced company put it in? How will you get warranty service then?
Lie about it?

If you would stop assuming so much, and READ these posts, you would see that
there is a lesson here, even if its not what you want to hear.