Comments on: Nobody Wants My Money http://www.mrstamford.com/miscellaneous/nobody-wants-my-money The Authoritative Blog on Stamford Connecticut Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:20:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: JK http://www.mrstamford.com/miscellaneous/nobody-wants-my-money/comment-page-1#comment-243 JK Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:25:12 +0000 http://www.mrstamford.com/?p=37#comment-243 A good comic was the Wizard of Id recognizing a Father of 9 with 8 Doctors, Dentists and Lawyers and the final one was a plumber who put them all through school. A good comic was the Wizard of Id recognizing a Father of 9 with 8 Doctors, Dentists and Lawyers and the final one was a plumber who put them all through school.

]]> By: Dead Weight on My Estate http://www.mrstamford.com/miscellaneous/nobody-wants-my-money/comment-page-1#comment-233 Dead Weight on My Estate Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:32:01 +0000 http://www.mrstamford.com/?p=37#comment-233 Same problem here. Hate it. I'm encouraging my kids to go into the blue collar trades so we can start a family business preying on people just like DH and me. I'm thinking son will be a general contractor, daughter will make a competent electrician. Thinking of having one more so we can have a plumber. Same problem here. Hate it. I’m encouraging my kids to go into the blue collar trades so we can start a family business preying on people just like DH and me. I’m thinking son will be a general contractor, daughter will make a competent electrician. Thinking of having one more so we can have a plumber.

]]> By: Always Home and Uncool http://www.mrstamford.com/miscellaneous/nobody-wants-my-money/comment-page-1#comment-230 Always Home and Uncool Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:12:17 +0000 http://www.mrstamford.com/?p=37#comment-230 I've just had my driveway done (prepare for sticker shock with the price of oil) and some trees removed, so feel free to email me for some contact names. We've had lots of tree work in the last year, and estimates vary widely. One service I won't use is Bartlett's, despite it rep. Twice they gave me estimates much higher than others. The estimator they sent was snobby (same guy both times). The last time he came out it took him a week to get me an estimate. The tree work was already done by another company by that time (and for less money, too). I’ve just had my driveway done (prepare for sticker shock with the price of oil) and some trees removed, so feel free to email me for some contact names.

We’ve had lots of tree work in the last year, and estimates vary widely. One service I won’t use is Bartlett’s, despite it rep. Twice they gave me estimates much higher than others. The estimator they sent was snobby (same guy both times). The last time he came out it took him a week to get me an estimate. The tree work was already done by another company by that time (and for less money, too).

]]> By: MommaJ http://www.mrstamford.com/miscellaneous/nobody-wants-my-money/comment-page-1#comment-228 MommaJ Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:46:00 +0000 http://www.mrstamford.com/?p=37#comment-228 Sadly, this is nothing new for this part of the world. The mansions in Greenwich suck up all the decent contractors with huge jobs, even when times are bad. What gets me is that these people pay good money to advertise in the Yellow Pages, which isn't cheap, or the classifieds, and STILL don't return calls or keep appointments. I've also found that a lot of the smaller contractors are just poor businessmen, disorganized and sometimes plagued with personal issues--drinking, drugs--that affect their ability to conduct business professionally. Angie's List is one place to look for recommendations, though it's coverage can be thin. I had my driveway redone last year, and up until a few weeks ago would have gladly recommended the guy to anyone--he returned calls and kept appointments, the price was reasonable, the work was completed on time. Then a small crack developed over the winter that I thought should be attended to before it turned into something big. Now he won't return my calls. HATE. Sadly, this is nothing new for this part of the world. The mansions in Greenwich suck up all the decent contractors with huge jobs, even when times are bad. What gets me is that these people pay good money to advertise in the Yellow Pages, which isn’t cheap, or the classifieds, and STILL don’t return calls or keep appointments. I’ve also found that a lot of the smaller contractors are just poor businessmen, disorganized and sometimes plagued with personal issues–drinking, drugs–that affect their ability to conduct business professionally. Angie’s List is one place to look for recommendations, though it’s coverage can be thin.

I had my driveway redone last year, and up until a few weeks ago would have gladly recommended the guy to anyone–he returned calls and kept appointments, the price was reasonable, the work was completed on time. Then a small crack developed over the winter that I thought should be attended to before it turned into something big. Now he won’t return my calls. HATE.

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