electricmanscott
Senior Member
- Location
- Boston, MA
Sorry about the wordiness. :smile:
So I placed in add on Craigslist just for kicks.
If you read my other thread about the bottom feeders that post there you would have seen mine add too.
I did it mostly to be the contrarian to all the lowball hacks on there.
Within an hour I had a call.
Setup to meet guy to look at ?Replacing some old wires?
On the way to meet he calls me to say he?s running late. I say I?ll be there in 15 he says he?ll be there too. So then he?s not running late??
He says on the phone I?ll see the black wires that need to be replaced, his guys are there, go in and look. I do just that. The black wires are old K&T and yea they should be replaced.
However?.The entire second floor apartment where the black wires reside is gutted!
Take a quick look around go sit in my truck to wait and come up with a quick estimate. After a half hour of waiting, and getting yelled at from some lady in a purple bathrobe for parking in her driveway, I leave. Guy calls an hour later wondering where I am.
He just got there. So I give him the scoop. Rewire entire apt to code, smokes, co detectors, permits, signed contract, etc. He?s not into that. He just wants black wires replaced. There is some romex there but it was all fished in at one point and is mostly sitting in the floor.
Told him $7500.00 more or less. He?ll check the budget and call me back. Guess who hasn?t called.
I could probably bang this out for about 5K and maybe even less. But?while I was looking around the guys doing demo went on a tear ripping the contactor and how they would never work for him again, he's cheap, he knows nothing about construction etc. They pointed to all the drywall that was delivered BEFORE the demo even began. So I had to price with this in mind.
My guess is he want back to Craigslist and found the $37.00 and hour guys and will give them the job.
So see Craigslist does work, if you?re a lowball hack. :smile:
So I placed in add on Craigslist just for kicks.
If you read my other thread about the bottom feeders that post there you would have seen mine add too.
I did it mostly to be the contrarian to all the lowball hacks on there.
Within an hour I had a call.
Setup to meet guy to look at ?Replacing some old wires?
On the way to meet he calls me to say he?s running late. I say I?ll be there in 15 he says he?ll be there too. So then he?s not running late??
He says on the phone I?ll see the black wires that need to be replaced, his guys are there, go in and look. I do just that. The black wires are old K&T and yea they should be replaced.
However?.The entire second floor apartment where the black wires reside is gutted!
Take a quick look around go sit in my truck to wait and come up with a quick estimate. After a half hour of waiting, and getting yelled at from some lady in a purple bathrobe for parking in her driveway, I leave. Guy calls an hour later wondering where I am.
He just got there.
So I give him the scoop. Rewire entire apt to code, smokes, co detectors, permits, signed contract, etc. He?s not into that. He just wants black wires replaced. There is some romex there but it was all fished in at one point and is mostly sitting in the floor.Told him $7500.00 more or less. He?ll check the budget and call me back. Guess who hasn?t called.
I could probably bang this out for about 5K and maybe even less. But?while I was looking around the guys doing demo went on a tear ripping the contactor and how they would never work for him again, he's cheap, he knows nothing about construction etc. They pointed to all the drywall that was delivered BEFORE the demo even began. So I had to price with this in mind.
My guess is he want back to Craigslist and found the $37.00 and hour guys and will give them the job.
So see Craigslist does work, if you?re a lowball hack. :smile:
