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How to get roof work done cheap
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<blockquote data-quote="CobraBob" data-source="post: 15683773" data-attributes="member: 6727"><p>A quote from the OP's first post. "<span style="color: #ccff99">You would not believe the range I will price the same job to two people <u>based solely</u> on being respectful and decent to the person you called to help keep water out of your house.</span>"</p><p></p><p>First, I'm all for being respectful to contractors, and everyone else for that matter. That's the way I was raised. But you're saying that depending on your perception of my level of politeness, you may or may not give me an honest and fair quote. IMO, that is as wrong as a consumer who is overly demanding and harsh on the phone in their initial call to you. Here's my concern with your post. When I call a contractor for a quote, unless I know pricing (ie. roof pricing) I'm at the mercy of the contractor's quote as to whether it is fair or not. I'm hoping (and expecting) that the quote will be fair and not inflated. I'm certainly not expecting to be punished for my being less than polite if I'm under a lot of pressure or just having a bad day. To ensure they're being fair and honest, I will usually get 2-3 quotes for the same work. That's routine. Now if one contractor's price is high, it could very well be due to factors completely unrelated to "my politeness". I understand all of that and this is why we get, and should get, competitive quotes. But come on, to outright state that you might give me a higher quote just because you decide I might fall below your standard of politeness is just wrong. </p><p></p><p>I've dealt with MANY contractors over the years. In well over half, the experiences were less than stellar, where after the work was performed the contractor became difficult to work with or outright rude. When that happens, I'm usually at the mercy of the contractor unless I want to pursue legal action, which I've never done. <span style="color: #ccff99">So let's just say that both the contractor AND the consumer should be <u>fair</u> to each other, <u>honest</u> with each other, and <u>polite</u> to each other.</span> And that includes ALL aspects of a project -- price quote, construction/labor, and post-construction/labor issues, if any.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CobraBob, post: 15683773, member: 6727"] A quote from the OP's first post. "[COLOR=#ccff99]You would not believe the range I will price the same job to two people [U]based solely[/U] on being respectful and decent to the person you called to help keep water out of your house.[/COLOR]" First, I'm all for being respectful to contractors, and everyone else for that matter. That's the way I was raised. But you're saying that depending on your perception of my level of politeness, you may or may not give me an honest and fair quote. IMO, that is as wrong as a consumer who is overly demanding and harsh on the phone in their initial call to you. Here's my concern with your post. When I call a contractor for a quote, unless I know pricing (ie. roof pricing) I'm at the mercy of the contractor's quote as to whether it is fair or not. I'm hoping (and expecting) that the quote will be fair and not inflated. I'm certainly not expecting to be punished for my being less than polite if I'm under a lot of pressure or just having a bad day. To ensure they're being fair and honest, I will usually get 2-3 quotes for the same work. That's routine. Now if one contractor's price is high, it could very well be due to factors completely unrelated to "my politeness". I understand all of that and this is why we get, and should get, competitive quotes. But come on, to outright state that you might give me a higher quote just because you decide I might fall below your standard of politeness is just wrong. I've dealt with MANY contractors over the years. In well over half, the experiences were less than stellar, where after the work was performed the contractor became difficult to work with or outright rude. When that happens, I'm usually at the mercy of the contractor unless I want to pursue legal action, which I've never done. [COLOR=#ccff99]So let's just say that both the contractor AND the consumer should be [U]fair[/U] to each other, [U]honest[/U] with each other, and [U]polite[/U] to each other.[/COLOR] And that includes ALL aspects of a project -- price quote, construction/labor, and post-construction/labor issues, if any. [/QUOTE]
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