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He'll get his money. He was paid $120 an hour. That is way too much for what he did.
I charge more than that to change light bulbs.
The difficulty level of the work performed does not change the contractor's expenses. Gas still costs the same, as does the truck payment, truck insurance, office rent, phone bill, power bill, liability insurance, labor, etc. . .etc. . . no matter what the job is.
Contractors have to collect a certain amount of money for each hour in the day to cover their operating costs. Our creditors don't care that we made less because it was a simple job; they want their money.
I'm also shocked that he actually lowered the bill for you because it didn't take him as long. That's sort of the object of the game; to beat the clock and make more money in less time, then move on to the next job.
The difficulty level of the work performed does not change the contractor's expenses. Gas still costs the same, as does the truck payment, truck insurance, office rent, phone bill, power bill, liability insurance, labor, etc. . .etc. . . no matter what the job is.
Contractors have to collect a certain amount of money for each hour in the day to cover their operating costs. Our creditors don't care that we made less because it was a simple job; they want their money.
I'm also shocked that he actually lowered the bill for you because it didn't take him as long. That's sort of the object of the game; to beat the clock and make more money in less time, then move on to the next job.
That's the OP's main problem. She looks at contractors as her employees.
But they can't be her hourly employees if she's not providing them with benefits and covering their operating expenses.
She truly has no idea what it costs to run a business.
ask contractor to come back and remove the debris. period. not sure where you got this contractor - were they referred to you? just curious.
whenever i need a contractor for a job that i don't already have a contractor for, i will look at angieslist.com (don't think you need to be a paying member anymore) and make mention that thats where i found them. that's not to say that every single contractor there is great, but it's a step up from newspaper. also as already noted, most contractors charge by the job not hourly. if they mention hourly rate, ask for a flat fee price for the job. you want to compare apples-to-apples. from what i understand, if they charged an hourly rate, and overestimated how long it would take to complete the job, tells me the contractor is green or inexperienced at contractor work and fees.
since we have a pet peeve with contractor not cleaning up after job, it is a standard question i ask when we meet.
i always google the individual contractor name and any associated company name. often you can also google 'how much does it cost for...' questions. i also try to learn a little bit about what's involved to do the job via the internet as well. most contractors will often say what needs to be done, justifying the cost i guess. if you look at several contractors it should often give you an idea of what needs to be done.
unfortunately it was an expensive lesson, but you'll be more prepared next time when you hire a contractor. we all have been there before.
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