Mr Electric lawsuit

[powerslave]

I ran across this doing research on Mr. Electric.

http://http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2006/10/23/story13.html

Can anyone tell me what ended up happening? I tried a search of the forum and came up empty.

 

[powerslave]

Sorry, try this:
http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2006/10/23/story13.html

 

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Electrical repairs here cost an average of $63.58 an hour, compared with a national average of $58.59 an hour

They might be surprised to know the hourly rates of a "flat rate" franchise.

I am guessing $200-$300.......right?

 

[macmikeman]

I like this quote from the article. They should put it up on a big sign in front of every Home Depot store. (that by a funny quirk are also owned by Clockworks.) ""If you screw up on a plumbing project, all you do is get wet; if you screw up with electricity, you get dead," Maisel said."

 

[macmikeman]

Electrical repairs here cost an average of $63.58 an hour, compared with a national average of $58.59 an hour, according to Xactware Inc., a Utah company that tracks the cost of home repairs nationwide for the insurance industry.

What they should have said is the cost to the guy performing the job an average of $63.58 an hour, and he works for free.....

 

[billdozier]

63.58 an hour for a service truck. Where did they get that figure from? more like 75-105 an hour if youre lucky. What do you guys think?

 

[charlie b]

In case there is a need to put the labor rates into perspective, I invite attention to the fact that the article is 28 months old. :wink:

 

[powerslave]

They might be surprised to know the hourly rates of a "flat rate" franchise.

I am guessing $200-$300.......right?

I've seen it close to $300.00 by me. But I think the journalist might have seen what the average construction hourly rate was and mistakenly applied it to service work.

 

[CopperTone]

looks like mr sparky lost in court.

if you type in misterelectric.com you go to mrelectric.com now

the logo infringement looked like a bull**it accusation - they are different.

i can see their point about the website address though

 

[daleuger]

I used to live in TX and we always got a kick out of Mr Electric. Wonder how much money they spend painting those vans?

 

[Minuteman]

I used to live in TX and we always got a kick out of Mr Electric. Wonder how much money they spend painting those vans?

That's a vinyl "wrap", not paint.

 

[daleuger]

That's a vinyl "wrap", not paint.

Interesting. Never got a real close look at them. We only occasionally saw them on the road.

 

[Sparky555]

Wraps are approx. $4k.

 

[480sparky]

I used to live in TX and we always got a kick out of Mr Electric. Wonder how much money they spend painting those vans?

Ain't paint. 'Tis vinyl.

 

[daleuger]

Yeah minuteman caught that one. Fun fact for the day. :grin:

 

[brian john]

I would bet that somewhere out there in the wide range of America there might be a local company that has been in business for some time that has a logo similar. If so I hope they have a copyright on it.

 

[480sparky]

If you think this is bad, how about lawsuits involving a single letter of the alphabet?

Wakuee HS :

UW:

 

[NolaTigaBait]

they cant win the big10....maybe they can win in court

 

[480sparky]

they cant win the big10....maybe they can win in court

They already have. Us taxpaying slobs have to pay for the change.

 

[Rewire]

thats why the WWF is now the WWE I toyed with the idea of MR Rewire electric