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Posted by Ed Pawlowski on January 19, 2009, 10:07 pm
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> To address some of the replies to my original post.
> I understand that you should always have a contract, but I also
> understand that the contract is only as good as the people who stand
> behind it. The people that stand behind there work don't do it
> because of a piece of a paper - they do it out of pride and a sense of
> fairness.
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> Now, that's the whole situation. If you were in my situation, would
> you expect to get billed for the time even though you finished the
> work yourself? Would you just pay the bill, negotiate, or refuse to
> pay?
> Nick
I know a couple of contractors that would just get on with life and accept
responsibility for their past error. In this case if they do bill, I'd
negotiate something as they did cause the problem and were not able to
implement the fix. They may be just happy to be out of there.
In the past year we moved our manufacturing operation to a different
building. Total outside contracting was over $2 million. Some worked to a
quote with purchase order, others were time and materials. I can think of
only two that had written contracts. None screwed us out of a penny or did
not finish their job. When you have a good tradesman, hold on to him.
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> I understand that you should always have a contract, but I also
> understand that the contract is only as good as the people who stand
> behind it. The people that stand behind there work don't do it
> because of a piece of a paper - they do it out of pride and a sense of
> fairness.