Re: Companys you may not want to subcontract

["Bob La Londe" <none@xxxxxxxx>]

"Bob La Londe" <none@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> And it starts again. 480-593-8093 just called asking if I will work on
> other companies alarms.  NO.  HECK NO.  BUZZ OFF.  DO NOT CALL ME.


I wonder if they are the ones who were the proverbial straw for me.  The
ones I walked off the site and refused to work on the system when I found
the control panel....  INSIDE THE AIR CONDITIONING DUCT.  Its been a number
of years, so it might have been another company with a name that sounds like
theirs.





> "Unknown" <nmarkowitz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> On Friday, April 6, 2012 11:45:14 AM UTC-4, Bob La Londe wrote:
>>> On Apr 3, 5:47 pm, "ABLE1" <royboynos...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> > > Doesn't matter who it is.  Subcontracting and hoping to get paid
>>> > > can be a real pain in the wazoo, not to mention all the grossly
>>> > > sub par installations you will see when you decided to "help
>>> > > somebody out."  I just don't do it anymore.  Not worth the
>>> > > headache.  The good companies will open an office here or atleast
>>> > > schedule regular visits of their own techs.  The rest are just in
>>> > > it for the money and will tarnish your name to be associated with
>>> > > them.
>>> >
>>> > Ditto!!   Ditto!!
>>> >
>>> > The last one (over 2 years ago) that I did a quick job for took 3
>>> > months to pay after many phone calls.  Then about a month ago I got
>>> > a phone call from them requesting all my liability insurance,
>>> > workmans comp, vehicle insurance info, etc.  Claiming that they need
>>> > copies of the documents so that I can get paid in the future.  I
>>> > actually had to explain to the girl, what would be the point if I am
>>> > never going to work for them ever again.  After I repeated myself 3
>>> > times she finally got the point.  I wished her a nice day and hung
>>> > up.  Stupid!!!
>>> >
>>> > Les
>>>
>>> Its funny.  My very first subcontract job(s) were for ADT commercial
>>> in about 1994.  I jumped and ran to get it done.  No issues, and I
>>> followed up with the clients to make sure their issues were cured.  I
>>> should have learned.  Took me months and months and months to get
>>> paid.  I looked up some of the senior execs with ADT and sent them
>>> personal letters demanding payment +penalties, +cost of postage for
>>> billing, +a fee for the additional time, or I would post my unpaid
>>> invoices in the newspaper.  They finally paid after that.  Pretty
>>> quickly too.  Never got another call from ADT commercial after that.
>>> LOL.
>>
>> I am no longer accepting sub contract calls I am pursuing legal actions
>> against a company now and have postal inspector involved  after I sent
>> them everything certified US mail and they claim they never got it and
>> they had my w9 with ss number and background check  form with my DL # etc
>> and supposedly can not find them.I got a nasty call from installation
>> manager because I contacted the  client and told them I was not paid and
>> how incompetent these folks are .
>> told the install manager to shove it find my paper work  get me paid or I
>> was putting leans on clients stores and making sure everything shows up
>> in news papers.  what ass holes and F#@K heads  you have to deal with
>> these days.
>> I get 3-4 calls a week and tell them no thank you not interested. or F#@K
>> off your terrible pa I dont work for gutter scum.
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