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re: Bad week to be a scamming contractor in BR area
Posted on 12/23/21 at 11:06 am to doubleb
Posted on 12/23/21 at 11:06 am to doubleb
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In my opinion you don’t have a contracting business if you have to get paid before you start work
Telltale sign of a drug addict POS who can’t manage his money and doesn’t get much word of mouth or commercial business. Nobody should be that desperate for money if they own a remotely successful contacting business
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Posted on 12/23/21 at 11:10 am to LSUMJ
Damn, worked with Tayler back in college. Never really seemed like the shady type. That's a shame
Posted on 12/23/21 at 11:16 am to Forever
quote:is he really a drug addict or are you just slandering his name?
Telltale sign of a drug addict POS
Posted on 12/23/21 at 11:19 am to doubleb
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I don’t pay for work until it’s completed. I will make progress payments for work that is done, but that’s it.
In my opinion you don’t have a contracting business if you have to get paid before you start work.
Materials (plus taxes and a valid markup%) should be paid for immediately and labor paid for within a week, two weeks top.
Your contractor is not your bank or your credit card.
Posted on 12/23/21 at 11:23 am to OweO
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I mean she had to pay another contractor because she was scammed so it cost her almost $10k, but I get what you are saying. She did pay $4,400 and received $4,400 worth of work.. The best way to word it, I guess, would be to say "She ended up paying almost $10k for almost $5k worth of work".
Unless she paid him in full, up front, for an entire $5500 job, that would not be accurate.
Posted on 12/23/21 at 11:30 am to Meauxjeaux
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Materials (plus taxes and a valid markup%) should be paid for immediately and labor paid for within a week, two weeks top. Your contractor is not your bank or your credit card.
Not with any contractor I’ve ever used. If they don’t have vendor accounts, or cash to carry the job I would never use them. We just did a $35k master bath remodel, contractor was paid in full at completion.
This post was edited on 12/23/21 at 11:34 am
Posted on 12/23/21 at 11:33 am to J Murdah
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is he really a drug addict or are you just slandering his name?
The Livingston parish guy who immediately cashed the $7,000 deposit check and didn’t do any work?
probably a drug addict palThis post was edited on 12/23/21 at 11:34 am
Posted on 12/23/21 at 11:50 am to Meauxjeaux
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Materials (plus taxes and a valid markup%) should be paid for immediately and labor paid for within a week, two weeks top.
If a sub asks me for money upfront for materials, I pay for materials directly and have them delivered to the jobsite.
9 times out of ten that is a lie and the money will be used for something else.
Im not your bank to pay for stuff for other projects.
*Im a contractor.
Posted on 12/23/21 at 11:53 am to EA6B
I have never billed a deposit in 20 years of contracts. We bill progress payments for work completed and materials stored.
Never (ever) pay in advance for anything. If he/she cannot finance the job for 30 days then find another contractor
Period
Never (ever) pay in advance for anything. If he/she cannot finance the job for 30 days then find another contractor
Period
Posted on 12/23/21 at 11:55 am to blueboxer1119
Exactly
If a sub asks me for a deposit I cancel the subcontract and move on. If they don’t have credit I don’t want them on the job
If a sub asks me for a deposit I cancel the subcontract and move on. If they don’t have credit I don’t want them on the job
Posted on 12/23/21 at 12:21 pm to EA6B
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Not with any contractor I’ve ever used. If they don’t have vendor accounts, or cash to carry the job I would never use them. We just did a $35k master bath remodel, contractor was paid in full at completion.
You were cool with him charging you the cost of the money he fronted on your behalf?
Did you pay him for his time shopping for your materials on your behalf?
You allowed him a reasonable materials markup?
And a profitable return on his efforts on your behalf?
I have no problem with having a contactor "front" the costs if the buyer is willing to pay the proper costs of that.
Posted on 12/23/21 at 12:32 pm to PureBlood
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But did he bring pastries?
Nice, subtle Denny Perkins reference
Posted on 12/23/21 at 1:29 pm to LSUMJ
Just checking in to see if either of their companies was called "Cajun" Contracting. If a company is called "Cajun" anything and it doesn't involve food I know to avoid it.
Posted on 12/23/21 at 1:32 pm to SFVtiger
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Damn. Dodged a bullet I guess.
Who? Everyone still lives in LP. Didn't dodge shite.
Posted on 12/23/21 at 1:39 pm to PetroBabich
You ever hear of Cajun Industries?
Posted on 12/23/21 at 1:54 pm to notiger1997
I never pay upfront. Only pay after job completed.
Good contractors don't need upfront money.
Posted on 12/23/21 at 2:26 pm to Stexas
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Math. Journalists are writers not mathematicians.
With all due respect, journalists are barely even actual journalists these days.
Posted on 12/23/21 at 2:29 pm to Meauxjeaux
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You were cool with him charging you the cost of the money he fronted on your behalf? Did you pay him for his time shopping for your materials on your behalf? You allowed him a reasonable materials markup? And a profitable return on his efforts on your behalf? I have no problem with having a contactor "front" the costs if the buyer is willing to pay the proper costs of that.
All of these things are part of what a contractor is hired to do. I expect that their cost of doing the job, and whatever margin they need to make will be reflected in their bid for the job.
Posted on 12/27/21 at 12:02 pm to SEClint
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Who? Everyone still lives in LP. Didn't dodge shite.
no, me. He did some work for me in September. Interrupted by Ida, but finished.
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