If I could give zero stars I would, let the story begin.
I have several rentals down in the salinas/Monterey area that I recently took over. I have a need for a good glass company in this county, so my search began. I needed to replace 3 slides, one fixed, and a sliding glass door.
The 4 windows were all 28x33 and the door was 33x75. I was driving around with ONLY ONE of the sliding frames in my car to get pricing. I was greeted by the owner/boss Robert Haas when I entered (later confirmed by himself and his employees). I told him I needed this window replaced and he said he could do it by today and wanted to take the frame and start without giving me a price. After asking twice more he said "60 bucks, and it will be ready today."
Now I just needed this one window replaced to secure the house, the rest of the broken glass was on the garage. I returned in an hour to see the work and tell him the rest of work I had for him. After seeing the work I quickly told him I had 3 more windows same size and a sliding door. I gave him dimensions of everything, 2 vents would be cut and fixed in the shop and the one fixed and the door would be cut and fixed on site. After Robert looked up the price of the door glass @ $125 plus labor He said "Total for everything, a little under $500." I said done deal, gave him the 2 other frames I had, and tried to take my one completed window. He quickly grabbed the completed slide away from me and said "we will bring this to you when we finish the job in a few days." I actually had to insist again that I needed it to secure the house and then he refused to let me pay. I tried to settle up again, and he said "that's okay we will just take care of payment all at once." I questioned this several times, insisting that I pay for the completed work I was taking from his shop, again he refused. This made me feel like he was trusting me in some way so I felt comfortable. But it also felt off, so I felt a little uncomfortable at the same time.
So I stay in town for a few more days to finish this off, and Robert's employee shows up and wants to charge me over $700. I had previously informed Robert multiple times that there was zero reception out here for miles, and called the previous night to confirm the address and remind Robert of the signal issue should they get lost. So now I have to leave a stranger at my place with all my tools all over the place so I can go drive away and call this jerk who changed his pricing mid job. Robert over the phone is an asshole...said he had no idea what I was talking about and said to send his guy home he told me the windows were all $80 minimum for the ones done in shop, and the worker quoted me $110 for the work for the fixed window. At this point I'm pissed, and eventually Robert agreed to the original $60 each for the 3 fixed slides and we would forget about doing the rest. The worker could not apologize enough for his bosses SHADY BUSINESS PRACTICES (he did not say these words).
Let's do math!
$180 for 3 slides
$110 for fixed window
$125 for door glass
=$415
So I figured $85 was for the labor on the door and that sounded like a great deal, several hundred under what others quoted. That would put me at $500
But no, Robert Haas must have wanted nearly $290 in labor fees to install the door and felt like he could bully me into accepting his price. Maybe it's because I look very young for my age, maybe it's because I'm not 100% white, or maybe this guy is just a shady business owner.
His worker leaves and parks off road several miles away to call his boss, as I saw him when I was driving to town to pay Robert the $180 plus tax for the 3 windows because I am an honest person.
Robert changed his price yet again, charges me $213 and change. This guy refused to even look me in the face when I returned. Just stared at his screen and kept his nose down. I was so pissed when he read the price off that I had basically 2 options. Pay quickly and leave or give in to my emotions and see where life takes this. So I paid and left.
So much wasted time and effort in the middle of a pandemic because of this jerk. Save yourself some headache and go somewhere else. read more