A theoretical question
Apr. 13th, 2004 01:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wasabi_poptartIf one roofer says $900 and another says $5900 FOR THE SAME JOB, which one are you going to believe?
Each one is adamant he is right and the other is smoking crack.
Each one is adamant he is right and the other is smoking crack.
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Date: 2004-04-13 12:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-04-13 01:10 pm (UTC)I yelled, he yelled . . . the crew came back, explained what they'd done and showed me what they did (I climbed a ladder to the top of my roof and got a whole new view of Hampden) . . . and with all the rain, nothing's leaking, so in the end, what are you going to do? I got a ten-year warranty on the job, so I guess I can't go wrong . . . guess all you can do is chalk it up to a Hampden experience where people are used to doing business among neighbors on a handshake, even if you haven't even technically shaken anyone's hand.
But still. I totally would have wanted to have gotten a third opinion. Especially since I called the $5900 guy back yesterday and said "Are you sure? Because another roofer gave me an estimate that was $5000 less" and he still wouldn't budge.
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Date: 2004-04-13 01:28 pm (UTC)Oh, geez, that's too bad.
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Date: 2004-04-13 03:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-04-13 04:20 pm (UTC)Everything is temporary!