I am sure the owner will respond. He has an answer for EVERYTHING. BEWARE!!!! The owner is very very slick. He made me feel like we were friends for years and tried using that later. He kept telling me "I don't like many people, but I like you." I had met him for 15 minutes at the time. This owner tried to upsell and upsell and upsell. I am embarrassed to say that I didn't pick up on the scheme until after he began work. The scheme is very complex and probably fluid depending on the person he is in front of. I felt like he used psychological tactics, scare tactics and tried to go after pride. Continue reading for details. The owner came in our home and began pointing out what other contractors had done incorrectly. I fact-checked him after the fact and he was mostly wrong about what he was saying. I informed him that we are moving into the property upon completion and, in hindsight, I felt like he began using scare tactics on me to get me to spend more money by asking if my kids were staying in these bedrooms and there are no smoke detectors? He can fix that at $250 each. I felt like he sized me up and tried to get every penny out of me as possible. He commented on my wife's wedding ring and later told her that she should feel fortunate because we were able to renovate 3 bathroom and most people can only do 1. I feel like he was trying to make me feel like I had to prove to him how much money I have (pride tactics) by hiring him to do a ton of un-needed work. I will never call him again and I feel like that is his business model. Get as much out of someone as possible the first time and not worry about repeat business. (My guess is the owner will say that he doesn't get repeat business because he always gets the job done the first time. Fact is that things still break and people move. I am curious to see what he has to say.) He claims to be #1 on HomeAdvisor which makes sense. Every other referral I got for an electrician was too busy to come out. He showed up immediately. Good because we were in a pinch but I didn't add 1+1 to realize that there is a reason he is on HomeAdvisor and not booked solid from previous customers. Lesson learned on my part. Another scheme he pulled was to keep telling me that he would do things for free. Put in a bracket for a ceiling fan and small items he kept telling me he would do for free. I never asked for anything free. I wanted a price for it all. He gave me a price but that was only for some of the work, and the most expensive work. The rest of the work was either more money or "free" so he will come back and do it later. Another chance for him to upsell upsell upsell. Further, his prices to me were labor only. I had to buy the materials and he made me go to the electric supply house twice. (He may respond that he was doing me a favor by getting me a discount but I looked it up and the discount was $1 per unit. He needed me to pick up parts for him so he didn't have to do it.) Finally, the last item to mention with this company is that the owner insists to be paid for work he has not completed. He refused to complete the work we agreed upon because he wanted to be paid before the work was complete. He asked me for money upfront, which was to be expected, and then he asked me to "hide a check" somewhere for him so he could get it when he returns to actually do the work. Seriously. "Hide a check". Needless to say, that didn't happen. I think he will respond and say that I told him I would pay him when the service panel was complete (he said that to me during our argument), which is a lie. I told him I would pay him when the work was complete. Answer for everything and if doesn't have an answer, he put words in my mouth. Eventually I paid him for the work that was done and fired him. I need another electrician to complete the work that this and I feel like I need a shower after dealing with him. read more
