Re: To the friendly folks at BOINKS

["Bob La Londe" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Roland Moore" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

> Not that
> you'd want any new business with idiots like this, but when you get into
> big
> projects, sometimes you end up in a shotgun wedding with these guys.


I quit working for general contractors last year.  I almost got roped into a
project recently.  I was told by the developer I would be working directly
for him, and then at the first contractor's meeting with the general in
charge of the project I was told the general would control all the purse
strings, and authorize all payments.  Add on huge liquidated damages, the
fact that this contractor has put atleast a couple good quality specialties
out of business in the past, and I was very skeptical.  When the main dude
for the general at the first specialty orientation meeting then proceeded to
proudly tell a room full of specialty contractors that the job of a general
contractor was to take the low bidder and make them perform like the high
bidder I walked out.

It would have the biggest job I've ever done.

I learned my lesson.  Doesn't matter how profitable a job is if the general
can screw you out of the profits, and even take away your ability to pay
expenses.