Posted by Greg K on June 09, 2015 at 08:25:05 from (70.197.196.229):
Last summer in late June I had a phone call to bid a job at a local business that I had done work for their sister business before. It involved replacing the electrical panel. I bid the job After about a week of getting prices in order, they verbally accepted. I told them I wanted to do it on a weekend to avoid disrupting business. Between everything it took me just over a month to get there and do the work. In the process I screwed up and fried one of their computer towers. I offered to pay for damages on the spot and they said they had an in house person to repair it and would let me know. I called the furnace guy to let him know the job was ready to continue and since he was out of town I left him a message. One week later I realized I had not heard back but I forgot to call him back for two more weeks. When he got there he told me he wasn't planning on setting the AC until next spring, then he said maybe that week. I left that day with the understanding that either he or the business would call me when it was ready to hook up. I didn't get a call and was incredibly busy, but in February I called and asked when the AC would be set and they told me it was already hooked up.
Bottom line is that now they don't want to pay anything because 1: they said they didn't get a bill. 2: it took me too long to get there. 3: I didn't finish the job. 4 I billed them before I was finished.5: I messed everything up and fried a bunch of equipment. Total bid was just under $2000. Do I drop it, fight it? Not after the full amount since I did smoke 1 power supply and they did hire someone else to finish even though I was never notified it was ready.
I'm not blaming them for being unhappy and I realize I burned the bridge however I have a hard time believing that the work I did is worth nothing. OK now time to get beat up for doing it all wrong :)
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