03-16-2013, 09:22 AM
"Reflections on my estimate experience"
Guy did show up promptly. Beater car. When I said I wanted to walk out onto the lot he said, "you want me to walk out there?" and I said, "yes". And so we did. I walked him directly to the center of the lot and showed him exactly where I wanted the driveway. After all of this, I am still given an estimate of "at least 3,000 give or take plus 350 moving fee". I also said that "I'll be here during the work". HE told me basically "why do you want to do that? Dont you need to be at work?". So, I asked him for references and told him I would get back to him.
Questions I currently have. "Why did I have to drive all the way out there for an estimate if he was going to just sit in his car and look at the lot?" "Why does he think I would hand over anything close to 3k without some kind of written analysis or estimate". "What exactly would it all include?". "How many hours exactly would this take?" "why wont the guy tell me of more of an exact estimate given his years of experience?"
I am sure there are more, but at this point tired of thinking about it. Will keep everyone posted. thanks for all of the advice!
Guy did show up promptly. Beater car. When I said I wanted to walk out onto the lot he said, "you want me to walk out there?" and I said, "yes". And so we did. I walked him directly to the center of the lot and showed him exactly where I wanted the driveway. After all of this, I am still given an estimate of "at least 3,000 give or take plus 350 moving fee". I also said that "I'll be here during the work". HE told me basically "why do you want to do that? Dont you need to be at work?". So, I asked him for references and told him I would get back to him.
Questions I currently have. "Why did I have to drive all the way out there for an estimate if he was going to just sit in his car and look at the lot?" "Why does he think I would hand over anything close to 3k without some kind of written analysis or estimate". "What exactly would it all include?". "How many hours exactly would this take?" "why wont the guy tell me of more of an exact estimate given his years of experience?"
I am sure there are more, but at this point tired of thinking about it. Will keep everyone posted. thanks for all of the advice!