tmbrk said:I agree. But I bet if it doesn't say licensed, bonded, insured there is an even higher chance that they aren't.
brantmacga said:Around here the trucks that say "lic., insured, bonded" look like the ones you don't want to call.
brantmacga said:I'm not so sure about that. None of my advertisements say "licensed, bonded, insured" nor does my truck (although i am). I have my license number in small print at the bottom of ads and on my business cards. I like simplicity. Around here the trucks that say "lic., insured, bonded" look like the ones you don't want to call. None of the big shops around here put that stuff on their trucks either, and I'm all about duplication.![]()
480sparky said:What's wrong with stating to the world that you play by the rules?
480sparky said:I do not use the word 'industrial' at all. Heck, I'm in Iowa. We don'thaveindustrial.
Can I use 'agricultural' instead? :grin:
brantmacga said:i guess i should clarify:
in my area all the trucks that say that are old raggedy hunkers that i as a customer wouldn't want to see in my driveway. this may be area specific, i don't know.
tmbrk said:I make it clear in my advertising that I do residential/light commercial work. We do new construction, remodeling and service work.
I do, however, state that I am a full service electrical contractor in these areas. I feel this is for the benefit of the homeowners. They are obviously not as savvy as we are when it comes to the trade. I have gone to peoples homes on service calls to troubleshoot or other small service jobs and have had them tell me, "Oh, by the way, we are remodeling our basement and will need an electrician, but I suppose that is not work that you do."
My way of thinking is when I say I am a full service electrical contractor in residential/commercial it is for the benefit of those who wouldn't know otherwise, not other ECs.
R Bob said:In my area, I always notice that the vehicles of a very large, legit, global, well respected, and diversefied electrical contractor don't even have a phone number on their vehicles. In fact, they don't even tell you that they are an electrical contractor. Name/logo....nothing else.
Talk about brand recognition!
nizak said:I don't state in any way what type of electrical work I do. . . .
I have found that over the years if you don't feel comfortable from the get go with taking a job, it's best to pass on it and leave it for the ones better qualified.
nizak said:It's funny you say that, I had some problems with the 12V wiring on one of my utility trailers, I took into a shop that does that type of work every day they found the problem and fixed it for $40. I know full well I would have spent hours screwing around with it and probably replaced everything but what the real cause of the problem was.
It was a partially broken corroded wire in the molded plastic pigtail.I guarantee I would have started looking and taking apart everything but that.brantmacga said:was it a bad ground?
Rewire said:I have my name on all our vehicles I like the advertising.