James arrived. Spent first 30 minutes just walking back and forth. When I questioned him he said he was just trying to estimate how long it would take. All I needed was the old dishwasher taken out, and the new one installed, and a new sink faucet installed. When I asked him what he had come up with, he responded $600 or maybe $700. Might take him 4 or 5 hours.
I called Joe ( I guess the boss) and said it was just a ballpark figure and they needed half down before the work was done. Joe talked 90 mph, talked over me, kept interrupting me even after I suggested he not interrupt me. I was about to tell him to cancel the job when Joe said he was going to tell James to move on..I told him that was a great idea. End of Walter Plumbing for me or any of mine.
Online one can find clear instructions on installing a dishwasher---really relatively simple---should take less than an hour.
From his behavior I would guess that he is not too sure on how to do the job, or it is possible that he was just running up the clock. read more