DW has a friend ( single mom, artist type) who hired a handy man to do odd jobs..I just heard the funniest , albeit low as a snake, story.
He seems to build to the newly adopted “Global Building Code” that Madison Co. Ky. is enforcing…I googled it up and found little, and know the BI in my county..never heard of it.
Basically she wanted to have some panels ( old sliding doors, reused) installed on a screen porch…well that’s extra $$ to meet Global code. Quoted her a $$ for adjusting the astragel meet gaps on a french door..invoice had a 100$ added to the quote for Global code…
Every odd job he has done, he bumped the estimate for Global code costs.
I’m fixing to have MY DW call him and have him come out and quote some work here..then I’m gonna pin him down. Methinks he is preying on the innocent with this line of BS.
Any Ideas how I should pick him apart (legally) and knock him down a few pegs?
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legally? if there's no body there's no crime? :)
I'm looking forward to the outcome of this one.
I wish I had a DVR , so I could document the STING.
It's these bastids that give the legit guys the bad name, I'm glad I heard about it. He's going DOWN!Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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Hidden camera video footage for the BI and and send it into that 'internet minor set the trap and film these guys' tv show as maybe they might want to expand out now that the show has lost it's novelty.
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Well, the Chamber of Commerce is the first place I'll spread the news..more than that I dunno yet.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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How about a local TV investivative reporter?
How tight are you with the BI? I envision getting a firm quote for a job with a term stating "all work fully compliant with the GBC." Then have the BI tell him that he needs to do $1,000 worth of extra work to be compliant. You of course tell him, in no uncertain terms, that you'll hold him to his quote and insist on all work, including the extras, for the original price. Make him sweat -- a lot.
Or, just kick his a$$ while single mom watches.
Whichever.
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I like the second option, I also like to keep the BI away from my house..LOL.
He's a cool guy, but I don't need any more exposure than I have.
Local newspaper lady wants to do an expose` front page on me and my house..I'm stalling. Great advertising, but also some not so great attention. I like low key, low profile.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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do you have access to a backhoe?
I got a cave out back..Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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When he starts with the Global building code have Rosie insist on him pulling a permit. I know you don't want that. But I'd like to hear what his response is.
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Tell Rosie no getting soft. You don't want to come home and find the guy eating dinner. LOL
I'm bringing sexy back.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sbqIyeed4g&feature=related
Or WORSE..LOL? Maybe she'll run off with him.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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Nah make him your business partner. Every morning at seven he'll show up for breakfast before you guys go off and he teaches you the handy man bidness.
If it was my wife she would flip sides on me and get him to tell her everything I've done wrong from his viewpoint.
I'm bringing sexy back.
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Now don't be messing with him. He is only doing his part to "stimulate" the economy and get more cash flowing into the system.
My SIL is a PM for a large cabeling company, upgrades schools and govt. buildings with fiber optic and other cables. One school district insists on ordering their own materials and requires him to submit a list of materials and their purchasing clerk places the orders. Any single item over $500 must be approved by the school district superintendint. Being the Smart A** that he is he adds a 5 gallon bucket of "dial tone" to the shopping list, with the explanation that after the cables are run they have to fill them with "dial tone" so when the phone is plugged in it works. The school sends the list out for bid and a prankster on the supply side returns the bid with the bucket of "dial tone" listed at $504. You guessed it, The superintendant signed off on the purchase. I need to go into the dial tone supply business.
I can't believe nobody mentioned it yet, maybe it's too simple. Get the quote in writing with his signature attached and hand it over to the local authorities. I'm sure there are laws against what he's doing. Might also force him to give all those GBC fees back to your single mom friend.
Sorry, couldn't think of a funny reply at the moment. I'll stop back later when I think of one. =)
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I have to jump in here with my two cents.
First off, assuming that you have some 'special' treatment for him, I hope you don't get any of him on you when his head explodes.
Why not tell him that you've 'checked' with the local BI and, just out of curiousity of course, you and they are getting a copy of the GBC because its soooo new. That gets him(it) to thinking! Then suggest that the local BI wants to do an inspection of his work so they can get up to speed. Oh, and they wanted to contact him so they can coordinate his knowledge with theirs.
Bright lights do make the rats hide.
Keep us posted, this one is for the books.
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I'll be meeting with her ( the ripped off woman) this weekend I hope. If there is ANYTHING in writing about a GBC charge, I will be getting it back to her, one way or another. Pissants like this really get under my skin.
Competition is hard enough right now, without a jerk like this ripping off folks.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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Hi All
Just Googled Global Building Code and got nothing. Sounds like Bull#### to me. How can there be an upcharge for using existing materials? should be the otherway around me thinks. Did not have to add to the landfill and no green house gasses in a recycled door unit.
As him to provide a copy of the code for final payment!!!
I'm not sure was the BI compliant with this code? if so perhaps he is getting some Global building Code kick back?
I taught my wife to say at work( goverment job) When asked what she did the past weekend?
She said she helped be with a monolithic, cast in place, steel reinforces, cementatious ground unit. ( AKA garage pad.) No one askes any more questions as to what it really was, but it sure sounds impressive.
Keep us posted
No, there was no permitted work, just odd jobs that kept getting a new fee added on the end. So no BI involved at all, matter o' fact BI never heard of this dude. Just some low-life crook padding his quotes an extra 100 here, 200 there..as an "Upcharge" for the "New Code".Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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I deal with Codes day in and day out, Commercial and Residential. I also must stay up on Plumbing, Mechanical, and Electrical and Energy Analysis software.
There ain't no Global Building Code! There is the International Building Code but that isn't the same thing, that's primarily for commercial.
Upcharges for Code compliance, on the jobsite, are a shysters way of pumping up a price on an innocent HO. If all information, related to Code, are not in my set of plans, I work with the GC to minimize the clients cost...as in I pay a part of it, the GC the other part. The subs should point out, up front and before a final bid is submitted, that there are additional requirements that I did not cover. That way the first $$ the client sees is the last.
Lordy, you got a real stinker. Hammer down!
ciao, ted "You can have it fast, good or cheap. You can only have two of the three. Fast and good, it won't be cheap. Good and cheap, it won't be fast. Fast and cheap, it won't be good. Now, what's your choice?"
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Lemme get on my Carhartt bibs ( actually have the same ones..doh!) and my screws.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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Don't forget the Wife beater shirt!!!!!!
Nope..I look like a grocery bag in one of them, no muscles. LOLSpheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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Be sure to ask him about the GBC schedule for Piffin screws in framing.
LOL, Santa's Elves are just full of good cheer from wrapping this up for that shyster! Who has the ribbon?
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Maybe your local DA would help you set up a sting.
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Well I dunno about that..but at least get him in the local news paper..and see who else comes forward.
Hey, I'll be sure to ask for references to past customers!Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
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Our system frowns upon 'vigilante' actions. You can debate him all you want - he'll just brush it off and go looking for the next victim.
You make a report / complaint, and his version of events is sure to re-arrange things so that you are in the wrong.
Now ... you claimed to know the local AHJ. The AHJ, unlike you, is assumed by the court to have no ulterior motive, and to be competent. His actions have 'the presumption of regularity.' Therefor, his participation is key- at least as a witness, better yet as the planner of this 'sting.' He also has the full facilities of law enforcement to back him up.
Why is this necessary? First, to shield you from liability. Second, their expertise will be necessary to build a case for fraud, as well as any specific contracting violations.
I was going to ask if he was a former VP but this is not the tavern;]
Wonder if the shyster's real name is "George Barron Carter" or "Gary Budrois Clemson"
No offense to any George, Gary, Barron, Budrois, Carter or Clemson that may be reading this.