Tenant's window had a crack in it which caused a failed NYCHA inspection. Needed a quick repair of the pane, so contacted the above establishment. The person who answered the phone was perfectly lovely, but told me that since COVID, they were doing things differently, and I had to contact the owner directly to explain the issue, and get a quote, so I proceeded to do so. I was asked for the address in the text, then he proceeded to call me. It was during this call that I should've immediately hung up and tried somewhere else, but I needed help ASAP, so I endured his rude and arrogant manner. He quoted me $288.51 to repair the cracked pane, and when I questioned the price, he proceeded to gruffly explain to me why that was the cost; on top of that, he only accepts CASH (it's 2022). I agreed to the price because I didn't have time to research. He agreed to the job, and said he could do it the next day (remove entire window and return by 4:00), but he would have to come early at 7:00! He said it several times for emphasis, and I agreed; had to take my child to school anyway, so the timing was good. Spoke with the tenant, and she agreed so it was set. The next day, as I saw 7:00 rapidly approaching, I text to give him details on my location because there is construction going on next door. I hear nothing back, so I called, and it went to VM saying, "Don't leave a message, text," so I text again, with urgency, because time was going by, and soon I would have to leave out, but still no answer (in that text I reminded him that he was the one adamant about the early hour). About 15 minutes later, he calls me back with the ugliest attitude, telling me his HELPER had just walked through the door, and he was on his way! I reiterated the time he agreed to, and he asks me, what was he supposed to do? His helper was late, and he was on his way! He said he is OLD, and he needs help, as if we had met before, and I were familiar with his circumstances! I said, WOW, because I was truly in disbelief with this man's WRONG AND STRONG indifference! He says, no, what? You said WOW, and now I don't know if I want to do the job, so I said WOW again because I truly had no other words for the exchange! He said, NO, YOU SAID WOW AGAIN, I don't think I want to come, like some petulant toddler! I stayed silent because I had nothing else to add. He says, you're being quiet, does that mean you still want me to come? I said it's whatever, I need the service, and he says Goodbye...this is where you end the call, and I hung up! He FINALLY arrives, and double parks on my busy street, and IMMEDIATELY gets into a back and forth with another driver (who has all rights to be pissed because he is now blocking traffic that was already stalled due to construction), again, wasting my time! He finally gets through the door to the affected window, and says let's go back downstairs to write up a receipt. That gets done, he demands an $100 deposit, and pushes a business card on me, AS IF I WOULD RECOMMEND HIM TO ANYONE I HAD ANY RESPECT FOR!!! I now am running late, so I grab my son, letting him know I had to go. He says he will return the window later that afternoon, and I let him know that I would not be there, but my daughter would. He took her name/number, and I left, hopefully never to see this man again! Don't you know he still called me to say he was on his way back with the window, so I said, "You said you would call my daughter, I'm not home," to which he responds to the person in the car, "Oh yeah, the daughter, the # is on the receipt!"...I hung up.
PLEASE DO YOUR RESEARCH AND DO NOT WAIT TILL THE LAST MINUTE AS I UNFORTUNATELY DID...hope this helps you make better choices! read more