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Posted by Tom The Great on November 13, 2006, 9:40 am
On Mon, 13 Nov 2006 00:02:23 GMT, "George E. Cawthon"
>Tom The Great wrote:
>> wrote:
>>
>>> there are all sorts of electricians.
>>>
>>> the company owner who has a pyroll insurance and all sorts of stuff to
>>> pay $$$$$$$$$$$$
>>>
>>> The fellow down the street who used to work for a electrician and now
>>> makes some side cash money no overhead doing jobs like these $$ he
>>> knows how and can be safe mo overhead or income tax
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>>
>> IMHO, I got advice about trades people, from people who got burned by
>> part-time electricians/plumbers/tax advisors/etc:
>>
>> 1. If they are so good at it, whey don't they do it full time?
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>> 2. If they don't behave like professional business people, (license,
>> insurance, documentation) how 'professional' is the work.
>>
>> Just thinking out loud....
>>
>> tom @ www.Consolidated-Loans.info
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>>
>
>Think harder! A lot of these people are retired
>professionals just looking to pick up some cash
>from time to time, some even just want to help
>neighbors and older people. Others may have a
>regular job but do their old profession to pick up
>a little cash from time to time.
>
>Then there are a few that don't know what they are
>doing.
>
>Having a license is no indication that the work
>will be good, and having no license is no
>indication that the work will be lousy.
I, as a consumer, would not hire someone that would circumvent local
rules, by not having a license in an area requiring a license.
That is my personal option, and having to had 'clean-up' work done by
unlicensed electricians, I feel my option is strongly fact based.
But then I have an adversion to house fire. :D
tom
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