Repairmen are under pressure to bill up the hours. The boss can not pay a repairmen to do minimal work.
Marketplace - on now. Dishonest repairmen.
- Thread starter Ceiling Cat
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The two garage door opener guys that were honest and found the problem within minutes charged $100 for the visit. They were both independent. The guys that worked for companies had to make up false repairs to pad the time. When a company sends a man with a truck that burns gas, it cost more than $100 for that service call no matter how short it is.
Lots of luck with my repair guys and seldom leave them alone for longer than I can pour a cup of java. Those guys were crazy.
Like they said, one moral of the story is show the repairman where the bathroom is.The one guy was actually pissing in a coffee cup, then just dumped it in the sink, and then rinsed the cup out for like 2 seconds, EWWWWWW.
That is true, I tell people I DIY most of the time because I am lazy. By the time I could have found someone and called them over, I probably could have fixed the issue myself. In most cases anyway. There are some things that are out of my league.The only repairman I trust is myself. I experienced this the hard way many, many years ago. Learn to be handy, it's not as hard as you would think, takes a bit of time though.
The reality of it is, 90% of mechanics in any field try to upsell things and do extra work that is not necessarily needed, to make more cash. Although being a service mechanic I do know that sometimes it is better to replace a small part here and there when it is beginning to wear(not necessarily broken). The worst thing you can have is go in for a yearly maintenance on a unit and it breaks down 2 weeks later because you didnt want to take the time to replace a 25$ part. The thing about this, I always give the customer the option. For example, Ill say I have a safety device inside the unit, that is building too much resistance and may fail in the near future. Your unit is working perfectly right now but I can not guarantee that this part will hold up another year. At least this way, your covering your ass.
As for pissing in somebody's house, that is just disgusting. A guy in our company was fired for leaving a few ceiling tiles out and a few footprints on the ladys floor.
With my company, if you take too long on a service call they will take the hit and not the customer. My boss countless times has reduced work orders from 3-4 hours down to 1.5 or 2. We get bitched at for taking too long obviously. But his honesty with people really has built us a reputation. This year we have 6 jobs totalling over 5 million so far. All from word of mouth.
There are shady mechanics out there in every trade, just got to be able to see through peoples bullshit. I have gotten very good at it. Ask detailed questions, get them to explain everything, and listen to what they tell you. If it doesn't make sense in your head, chances are it doesnt make sense at all. Get a second opinion before having any work done if you are ever unsure.
As for pissing in somebody's house, that is just disgusting. A guy in our company was fired for leaving a few ceiling tiles out and a few footprints on the ladys floor.
With my company, if you take too long on a service call they will take the hit and not the customer. My boss countless times has reduced work orders from 3-4 hours down to 1.5 or 2. We get bitched at for taking too long obviously. But his honesty with people really has built us a reputation. This year we have 6 jobs totalling over 5 million so far. All from word of mouth.
There are shady mechanics out there in every trade, just got to be able to see through peoples bullshit. I have gotten very good at it. Ask detailed questions, get them to explain everything, and listen to what they tell you. If it doesn't make sense in your head, chances are it doesnt make sense at all. Get a second opinion before having any work done if you are ever unsure.
