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DIY & Home Improvement

OffWithTheirHeads

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1. Depends on where you live.

Reply to Ruby the Liberal (Original post)

Sat Apr 27, 2013, 06:41 PM

Apr 2013

If you are in the SF Bay area, that's probably cheap. If you are in Tucson, not so much. You don't ask for reciepts cause he is buying wholsale and selling to you retail. That is part of his profit margin and you probably couldn't buy at his price anyway.

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Question on dealing with contractors [View all] Ruby the Liberal Apr 2013 OP

Depends on where you live. OffWithTheirHeads Apr 2013 #1

Thanks for the heads up. Ruby the Liberal Apr 2013 #2

I don't think he forgot anything. Wash. state Desk Jet Apr 2013 #3

Thanks for another set of eyes/ears on this for me. Ruby the Liberal Apr 2013 #4

Is he pouring a concrete shower base or installing a pre-made pan? Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2013 #5

Heya HBS Ruby the Liberal Apr 2013 #8

That makes a little more sense re: $1000 for materials. Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2013 #12

Yikes! Ruby the Liberal Apr 2013 #13

Tell him the oops belongs to him, and he will need to eat that. mbperrin Apr 2013 #6

A bit too extreme ! Wash. state Desk Jet Apr 2013 #7

In 15 years, I never had a client fail to pay in full what they owed. mbperrin Apr 2013 #10

Your method was as good as it gets. Wash. state Desk Jet Apr 2013 #14

Generational knowledge is a great thing, and it gives us a special bond. mbperrin Apr 2013 #15

Thank you for adding your thoughts/experience to this dilema. Ruby the Liberal Apr 2013 #9

Sorry you're having trouble at all. mbperrin Apr 2013 #11

What I am seeing over those numbers Wash. state Desk Jet Apr 2013 #16