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Originally Posted by Evans, Marv
Truthfully it seems that lots of them just don't want to work. I already had the oak flooring for my house. It was quarter sawn, red oak plank, 1 1/2 x 3/4. I talked to two that didn't even show up, three more who said, "Gee, I usually don't put down anything less than 4 (or 6?) in. plank and wanted a lot more money because it "was a lot more work." I finally round a guy who said, "No problem, we just completed a gym floor last week with that dimension stuff." He was also reasonably priced and sent a good crew over to do the job. But it took going through maybe six flooring guys to get to the good one. I can understand why guys who do building for a living use the same group of subs after a while.
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Lots of these guys know all they are doing is bidding on jobs and they also know that home owners usually have selected a contractor they like, but are only look at the other bids for pricing comparison. They drive all over town (this is a big place and can take two hours to get across, not to mention the fuel cost) just to spend an hour yapping only to get stuck with fruitless paper work(most people want extensive) and give their jobs away. They bid 10, they may get one. So, in their minds, they are better off finishing the current job and move on to the next when it becomes available. Some of these guys can't see 10' in front of them, forget months or the future, and are not very good business folks. Its a tough gig