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 Please help me! I faced a Liar contractor!, Help~

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weikee
post Jun 30 2011, 07:38 PM

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When i do renovating, Plan for the best, prepare for the worse. Nothing is free in this world.
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post Jul 9 2011, 12:08 AM

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Can someone do free Tiling for me?
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post Jul 17 2011, 06:41 PM

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The first place why the he want to ask for a free stair? Any person will know rebuilding a stairs is not an easy task. Is like going to buy a new car, pay down payment. Later ask for free sun roof.

Now I am still renovating my house, i add bit here and there. The first thing i ask the contractor, "is this included in the early quote", if not how much extra. (e.g. extra concrete top), hack here and there. He will say a bit only lah, only pay me labor loh. The next question i ask him, my labor is RM 50 woh. So how much is your labor? Then he give me the actual numbers. End up few hundreds. Both agree, job start. Something he give free like hacking that is easy understand cause no material involved.

The problem is everyone may have assume something but is difference assumption. I learn the word "Assume" = Ass+U+me, so don;t make assumption, ask direct, if not clear don't assume get it clear out. And if big things really give free, ask for B&W if you don't trust him/her.

I always believe nothing is free in this world.
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post Jul 18 2011, 11:14 AM

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QUOTE(maxim concept @ Jul 18 2011, 10:59 AM)
You might as well ask for a free car too... biggrin.gif
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How about Free furniture, and Zero cost move in?
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post Jul 18 2011, 11:43 AM

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There is a practice of common sense.

If already found the cheapest among the contractor, and later ask for freebies. Do you think this can workout?

Always listen two side of the story, we have not heard of the contractor comment / feedback (think this will never happen). So we judge base on one input.

I deal with many people, and sometime the customer can be very nasty too, when come to payment they ask for free this free that before want to give money. <PS, i am not saying TS is like this>. But we don't know the other side of the story.
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post Jul 18 2011, 12:00 PM

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