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Contractors are booked out for years or charging 3X rates to start work

It is insane out there. Is this still because of COVID or no...
Supple parlor
  11/11/23
No you just seem like a sucker for some reason
Titillating Internal Respiration
  11/11/23
the workers are all just squat hispanics, the trick is being...
naked principal's office
  11/11/23
And that white guy never, ever has to lower prices. The esti...
snowy trip mad-dog skullcap
  11/11/23
The upside is that juries fucking hate contractors like that...
Heady Keepsake Machete Ape
  11/11/23
ime contractors fuck up on time constantly, but the contract...
naked principal's office
  11/11/23
The bill dodgers crawling around on their hands and knees lo...
Heady Keepsake Machete Ape
  11/11/23
I got a call from an old lady once who wanted to avoid payin...
naked principal's office
  11/11/23
The vast majority of residential contractor disputes are the...
appetizing wine patrolman
  11/11/23
was owner-GC for my house. can confirm still want to slit my...
vigorous sapphire hell
  11/11/23
Cr. We just talked to a GC about a mid-6-figure reno. He sai...
snowy trip mad-dog skullcap
  11/11/23
they have plenty of workers, but he's the dood who could put...
naked principal's office
  11/11/23
what will you do with a $400-500k reno?
Dead Hall Voyeur
  11/12/23
Yeah it's 180
appetizing wine patrolman
  11/11/23
scumbags are calling bs on loser office wagecuck bs now and ...
carnelian lay
  11/11/23
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Blue Lodge
  11/11/23
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jewish daycare
  09/29/25
All those guys standing outside Home Depot have done before ...
autistic geriatric shrine
  11/11/23
Spics are fucking retarded dude You absolutely do not wan...
appetizing wine patrolman
  11/11/23
you don't want to hire any contractor that you aren't watchi...
naked principal's office
  11/11/23
This isn't true at all and it's really obvious to spot the s...
appetizing wine patrolman
  11/11/23
lolno
naked principal's office
  11/11/23
I dunno, man. I have really deep experience with constructio...
Heady Keepsake Machete Ape
  11/11/23
but the guy most likely to screw you will look the least scu...
naked principal's office
  11/11/23
It's the complete opposite lol Do you even physiognomy du...
appetizing wine patrolman
  11/13/23
Who do you think your contractor will hire?
autistic geriatric shrine
  11/11/23
thats how u get hit with that injury lawsuit
vigorous sapphire hell
  11/11/23
The new south park special is about this
Zombie-like toaster
  11/11/23
Upper middle class problems…. My contractor probab...
sooty vengeful plaza
  11/11/23
speed, quality, price choose 2
Dead Hall Voyeur
  11/12/23
It's bc no one wants to sell their home so they are just doi...
Self-centered dull box office tattoo
  11/11/23
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Flushed Chapel Skinny Woman
  11/13/23
lawyers: staring at blank wall, hoping phone rings
Provocative Kitty Cat Stain
  11/12/23
Its 180 how trades are making more than white collar now.
mind-boggling degenerate
  11/12/23
But the more white collar the contractors are, the more mone...
Heady Keepsake Machete Ape
  11/12/23
*hands out two-sided business card w/ one side for legal wor...
Dead Hall Voyeur
  11/12/23
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Provocative Kitty Cat Stain
  11/13/23
South Park just did an episode on this. Too many college ed...
exciting whorehouse
  11/12/23
Ben Affleck and Kevin Costner did a movie on this like 15 ye...
Titillating Internal Respiration
  11/13/23
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Spectacular ivory rigpig
  11/13/23
The guy who did my stonewall was a very wealthy business own...
Blue Lodge
  11/13/23
...
Spectacular ivory rigpig
  11/13/23
Health problems from all the toxic shit they're working with...
Supple parlor
  11/13/23
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Spectacular ivory rigpig
  11/13/23
Come to think of it I was lucky that hired rednecks to chang...
lascivious offensive famous landscape painting
  11/13/23


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Date: November 11th, 2023 3:20 PM
Author: Supple parlor

It is insane out there. Is this still because of COVID or not enough quality workers in construction?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47045054)



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Date: November 11th, 2023 3:25 PM
Author: Titillating Internal Respiration

No you just seem like a sucker for some reason

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47045068)



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Date: November 11th, 2023 3:32 PM
Author: naked principal's office

the workers are all just squat hispanics, the trick is being the white guy who can round them up each day and market the service

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47045080)



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Date: November 11th, 2023 3:37 PM
Author: snowy trip mad-dog skullcap

And that white guy never, ever has to lower prices. The estimate only goes up - even if you cross something off the list, there’s no decrease. It’s incredibly opaque.

But try to be your own gc and you’ll want to slit wrists.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47045094)



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Date: November 11th, 2023 4:21 PM
Author: Heady Keepsake Machete Ape

The upside is that juries fucking hate contractors like that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47045225)



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Date: November 11th, 2023 4:28 PM
Author: naked principal's office

ime contractors fuck up on time constantly, but the contracts never actually hold them to anything and clients looking to avoid paying are usually bitching about stuff that makes them seem unsympathetic

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47045247)



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Date: November 11th, 2023 4:35 PM
Author: Heady Keepsake Machete Ape

The bill dodgers crawling around on their hands and knees looking for defects are definitely a stock character in this world.

By the way, if you're a contractor who tolerates things like leaving piss bottles and trash in wall cavities, you are among the dumbest people on the planet. When owners see that, they instantly think you're scum and start scrutinizing everything. You never recover from that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47045261)



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Date: November 11th, 2023 4:45 PM
Author: naked principal's office

I got a call from an old lady once who wanted to avoid paying for her entire barn because she had to wait a week or two on them to finish up after having some issues with rain and not being able to pour the concrete, she not only wanted to not pay the rest but wanted her initial payment back

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47045288)



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Date: November 11th, 2023 5:01 PM
Author: appetizing wine patrolman

The vast majority of residential contractor disputes are the client's fault

People are very dishonest and stupid and demand things that are wrong and want things to be done incorrectly and then blame their contractor for it

Same phenomenon as the vast majority of lawyer-client disputes are the client being shitty and stupid and dishonest and trying to avoid paying, not the "sheisty lawyer" stereotype

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47045330)



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Date: November 11th, 2023 5:16 PM
Author: vigorous sapphire hell

was owner-GC for my house. can confirm still want to slit my wrists even though i'm done. worth it though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47045376)



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Date: November 11th, 2023 3:36 PM
Author: snowy trip mad-dog skullcap

Cr. We just talked to a GC about a mid-6-figure reno. He said he could probably start in 18 months. I obviously questioned it and he said I’m welcome to call others - it’s all of them. Yet we have to lick dirty client asshole for deals.

Maybe when we incentivize people not to work, they won’t want to work?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47045090)



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Date: November 11th, 2023 3:42 PM
Author: naked principal's office

they have plenty of workers, but he's the dood who could put the money into licenses and insurance and rent seek

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47045108)



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Date: November 12th, 2023 7:53 PM
Author: Dead Hall Voyeur

what will you do with a $400-500k reno?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47048657)



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Date: November 11th, 2023 3:40 PM
Author: appetizing wine patrolman

Yeah it's 180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47045102)



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Date: November 11th, 2023 3:42 PM
Author: carnelian lay

scumbags are calling bs on loser office wagecuck bs now and for good reason.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47045110)



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Date: November 11th, 2023 4:05 PM
Author: Blue Lodge



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47045183)



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Date: September 29th, 2025 1:32 PM
Author: jewish daycare



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#49311624)



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Date: November 11th, 2023 3:53 PM
Author: autistic geriatric shrine

All those guys standing outside Home Depot have done before whatever you are asking the GC to do. Just go round them up and offer them $30/day and you’ll be set.

You think ethnic business owners in this country worry about permits and licensed workers and waiting 18 months to start?? Nope they just round up a crew, go buy some 2x4s and get cracking.

Stop acting like you live in 1989 America. 2023 America will skin you

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47045150)



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Date: November 11th, 2023 3:56 PM
Author: appetizing wine patrolman

Spics are fucking retarded dude

You absolutely do not want to hire them to do anything unless you are watching them like a hawk

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47045154)



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Date: November 11th, 2023 3:59 PM
Author: naked principal's office

you don't want to hire any contractor that you aren't watching like a hawk, they will all fuck you and cobble shit together

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47045166)



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Date: November 11th, 2023 4:01 PM
Author: appetizing wine patrolman

This isn't true at all and it's really obvious to spot the scumbag ones unless you're a moron

Competence is a lot bigger of a potential concern than honesty when it comes to contractors

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47045174)



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Date: November 11th, 2023 4:06 PM
Author: naked principal's office

lolno

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47045186)



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Date: November 11th, 2023 4:24 PM
Author: Heady Keepsake Machete Ape

I dunno, man. I have really deep experience with construction disputes. And if you have workers who are willing and able to read things like product instructions, they're already about top 50% -- maybe even more.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47045238)



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Date: November 11th, 2023 4:27 PM
Author: naked principal's office

but the guy most likely to screw you will look the least scummy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47045245)



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Date: November 13th, 2023 10:26 AM
Author: appetizing wine patrolman

It's the complete opposite lol

Do you even physiognomy dude

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47050388)



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Date: November 11th, 2023 4:04 PM
Author: autistic geriatric shrine

Who do you think your contractor will hire?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47045181)



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Date: November 11th, 2023 5:18 PM
Author: vigorous sapphire hell

thats how u get hit with that injury lawsuit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47045379)



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Date: November 11th, 2023 8:14 PM
Author: Zombie-like toaster

The new south park special is about this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47045959)



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Date: November 11th, 2023 8:33 PM
Author: sooty vengeful plaza

Upper middle class problems….

My contractor probably robbed me blind but everything was perfect and fast….

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47046037)



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Date: November 12th, 2023 7:55 PM
Author: Dead Hall Voyeur

speed, quality, price

choose 2

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47048665)



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Date: November 11th, 2023 8:59 PM
Author: Self-centered dull box office tattoo

It's bc no one wants to sell their home so they are just doing additions and renovations.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47046096)



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Date: November 13th, 2023 10:35 AM
Author: Flushed Chapel Skinny Woman



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47050442)



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Date: November 12th, 2023 7:56 AM
Author: Provocative Kitty Cat Stain

lawyers: staring at blank wall, hoping phone rings

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47046858)



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Date: November 12th, 2023 8:01 AM
Author: mind-boggling degenerate

Its 180 how trades are making more than white collar now.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47046861)



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Date: November 12th, 2023 7:51 PM
Author: Heady Keepsake Machete Ape

But the more white collar the contractors are, the more money they make.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47048649)



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Date: November 12th, 2023 7:56 PM
Author: Dead Hall Voyeur

*hands out two-sided business card w/ one side for legal work and other side for GC projects*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47048671)



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Date: November 13th, 2023 10:25 AM
Author: Provocative Kitty Cat Stain



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47050385)



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Date: November 12th, 2023 7:58 PM
Author: exciting whorehouse

South Park just did an episode on this. Too many college educated people who can’t do anything themselves and these guys are making huge $$$$

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47048682)



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Date: November 13th, 2023 1:22 PM
Author: Titillating Internal Respiration

Ben Affleck and Kevin Costner did a movie on this like 15 years ago

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47051186)



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Date: November 13th, 2023 10:32 AM
Author: Spectacular ivory rigpig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47050428)



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Date: November 13th, 2023 10:35 AM
Author: Blue Lodge

The guy who did my stonewall was a very wealthy business owner and then Ruined by two marriages and alimony/child support. Now he lives in some dingy room above a store on a main street of a small town and just drinks and takes odd jobs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47050445)



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Date: November 13th, 2023 10:36 AM
Author: Spectacular ivory rigpig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47050450)



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Date: November 13th, 2023 11:20 AM
Author: Supple parlor

Health problems from all the toxic shit they're working with?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47050661)



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Date: November 13th, 2023 1:14 PM
Author: Spectacular ivory rigpig



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47051143)



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Date: November 13th, 2023 11:14 AM
Author: lascivious offensive famous landscape painting

Come to think of it I was lucky that hired rednecks to change flooring in my apt and they did a good job.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5442853&forum_id=2...id#47050630)