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Jun 19, 2021
9:11:33am

OPINIONS This rating costs $0.20/day

I’m always pleased when they show up. They’re usually pleasant and nice…

… and usually competent, but the logistics of the profession is terrible. They are either just really bad communicators or they are awful at anticipating job time (like Soupie said) or they are overextended, or whatever.

Or they are just unable to diagnose what the job is until they get into the thick of it and by then it’s too late and it turns into a drawn out experience.

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OPINIONS

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I would gladly pay 25-35% more for contractors/plumbers/landscapers/etc.

OPINIONS

6/19/21 9:05am

You can pay 220%more and hire one of these large consolidated companies. They

Plato

6/19/21 9:07am

Seriously, I had 2 of these companies bid $2,400 on a job that I got done for

Plato

6/19/21 9:12am

That's because they can charge that.

volleyjiver

6/19/21 9:49am

Weird. I left it and got it done just as quickly, as I mentioned. Not easy,

Plato

6/19/21 10:53am

Any electrician who knows anything isn't working for $40/hr right now

volleyjiver

6/19/21 9:51am

Journeyman electricians are making $17k per month? Good gig!

Plato

6/19/21 10:55am

Mine makes about $400k/ year

Nat Gas Man

6/19/21 12:07pm

Feel their biggest struggle is anticipating time needed for jobs. You’d think

Soupie

6/19/21 9:08am

Doctors have PhDs and have yet to figure this out. Might not be possible.

DieHarder

6/19/21 9:12am

We’ve figured it out. We just do it on purpose 🙂

valleus

6/19/21 9:14am

RE: We’ve figured it out. We just do it on purpose 🙂

ReyOso

6/19/21 9:16am

🤔

6/19/21 9:42am

If you’re seeing a doctor with a PhD for a health issue, the time to solve your issue may not be your biggest problem

Greg Kite's 'stache

6/19/21 9:58am

It is. Even before things were crazy I’ve been blown away how they function

cougfanz

6/19/21 9:08am

I’m always pleased when they show up. They’re usually pleasant and nice…

OPINIONS

6/19/21 9:11am

Name your business "I Always Return Your Calls Plumbing" . . .

ReyOso

6/19/21 9:10am

I think it’s just the type that the job generally attracts.

chago04

6/19/21 9:27am

You should leave that offer on your voice mails or texts

volleyjiver

6/19/21 9:48am

With bigger companies you can often get exactly that. But not all of these niches exist in markets where a big company

JollyGreenGiant

6/19/21 9:53am

I called an HVAC guy in my stake at 7:30pm earlier this week expecting to leave a message, or if he did answer, to

cheezedawg

6/19/21 12:18pm

Also if they would stick to the agreed price.

WhyaskY?

6/19/21 6:17pm

I’m fine paying them by the hour. That is their currency.

OPINIONS

6/19/21 6:43pm

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