I took this morning off of work to meet with an electrician so that I could finally get my dryer connected. I'm not sure how many of you know that electric dryers require a special 4-prong outlet (it used to be a 3-prong but recent code changes now require 4-prong) connected to a 30 AMP breaker. Since my home was built in 1915 and the previous owners never had a dryer, an electrician was clearly required.
So being in the real estate biz we have a lot of contractors that do work for us. I called one of the contractors on our list and setup an appointment for this past Thursday. I took off of work for the morning, woke up early and waited. I received a phone call saying that "someone had broken into my truck, and I won't be able to make it." Being the trusting person I am it seemed like a legitimate claim. He later called me back to setup a new date and time. Sweet, I'll be able to stop doing laundry at my parents house!
That same day BGE calls me and needs to schedule a time to replace the battery in my gas meter. Apparently the gas meter (located inside my house) has a wireless apparatus that allows BGE to read the meter from outside... I always wondered how they did that. I conveniently schedule the battery replacement for the same date and time the electrician is supposed to come. I love killing two birds with one stone.
So I wake up early this morning knowing BGE will be here between 8am and 12pm and the electrician is going to be here at 9. At 9:30am there was a knock on the door and a polite little man identifies himself as a BGE tech and goes right to work. Five minutes later he's done and gone... but wait, where is the electrician?
I wait until 10:15 and give him a call... surprisingly he doesn't answer. Great. Now I enter dick mode. I leave a not so polite message on his cell phone stating that if he isn't to my home by 10:30 am not to bother coming at all. Did I get a call back? If you guessed no, congratulations you’re a winner.
I guess this will be another weekend of laundry at mom & dads.
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I hope you remove him from your company's list of contractors so when I come to you for an electrician I don't end up picking him too!
But actually when I needed an HVAC contractor to replace my central air systems, I discovered "servicemagic.com" - you can use it to locate local pre-screened contractors for any need, and you can see how past clients have rated them.
Amen to that Ricky. Yeah Jay..sorry..forgot to tell you about ServiceMagic.com. I have had very good success with them! They actually have to pay for the leads (similar to real estate) so they are all over you when you need the work done. I use them for all of my homeowners.
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