Galileo
Footballguy
I am in the market to replace my concrete driveway. I have tried 5 contractors thus far. One never returned my call. Another never showed up to look at the job to provide an estimate. Three of them came to my house. Of the three that actually showed up to look at the job, one never gave me the estimate (its been 2 1/2 weeks). That leaves me with 2 estimates which are about $4k apart. The company that gave me the lower estimate didn't provide me that estimate until 5 days after they said they would. The owner called me and apologized and said he was interested in the job and gave me whatever his story was for not being timely with the estimate. OK, fine, I like the fact that they are significantly cheaper and I decide to overlook the tardiness. I tell this guy lets move forward. He says he wants to come look at the job himself to make sure we are on the same page. It was his son (looked to be in his early 20s) who came by to take the initial measurements and discuss the job. We set up Monday (yesterday) as the day to meet. He said he would call and plan to come by at the end of the work day...late afternoon or early evening. No problem. Well, Monday comes and goes. No call. Did not come to the house. I have got to bail on this company, right? They have F'd up twice now, during the time they should be trying to impress me to win my business. It would be nice to actually get the job done for $4k less though.