I am a tile contractor, and I've never been ripped off until now, and this is from someone I've done work for many times, but what this one contractor said in the video about asking for more than 10% down is BS, 10% won't begin to get the materials, I always ask for 35% labor draw and all materials money up front, another 35% draw when half finished, and remaining balance due upon completion, this works both ways, home owners have been known to rip off contractors too...
Depending the on state, California requires 10% down. Which is why a lot of contractors will ask for 10% then more money when parts and crew arrives at the job site, as part of the payment schedule
yea tell us you rip off clients without telling us. you don't need 35%, why would you need 35% upfront? material cost? get rid of the 35% and ask the client to pay for the material for you instead, be honest. besides why would you charge 35% using material cost as an excuse? if the job is to be done then it will be done whether it is 10% upfront or not, you gotta fork over some of your money to get more money out on, that's part of the game. so if you gotta fork over some money to buy material, you know it will be covered once the job is completed and the client will pay out the remaining 90%.
Ive been ripped off before. I just went back to the jobsite very late at night and did 10 times the damage to the house. Burnt motor oil all over their brand new drywall. Rode by a few days later and saw a big pile of sheetrock sitting in the dumpster. It was worth every penny.
IT HAPPEN TO ME BY 2 CONTACTORS DURING 2019 , 1/ SINGLETON ROOFING REMODELING AND MORE FOR $25000, RUN WITH MONEY! 2/ JEFF LUKE HOME IMPROVEMENTS FOR $45000 DID 5% OF THE JOB AND GONE!! GOT NO MORE MONEY, HELPLESS! 70 YEARS OLD! NO INCOME!! STUCK WITH HOUSE NEED SO MUCH REPAIR AND I CAN NOT AFFORD! GOT SO VERY SICK THINKING ABOUT IT EVERY SINGLE DAY, CAN NOT SLEEP! LOST MY HEALTH!! NEED HELP!! PLEASE! PLEASE HELP ME!
There’s two sides to every story. As a licensed contractor with great reviews, here’s my take: sometimes, a Sub doesn’t do the job correctly and the homeowner complains and refuses to pay. And sometimes, the homeowner is racist and still wants you to pay “the poor Spanish workers” even though they screwed the job up, but then don’t want the (white) business owner to get paid. But that’s not how it works. If the subcontractor didn’t complete the job to client satisfaction, resulting in the homeowner not paying, then obviously the sub is not going to get paid either, because the sub did not do the contract correctly. You can’t have it both ways. You can’t refuse to pay the contractor and then expect him to still pay his subs for- by your own admission- faulty work. Duh 🤷🏻♀️
TL; DR = If you discount money from the contractor due to quality issues, then obviously the contractor is going to discount money from the sub that did the work. You can’t have it both ways.
If you pay a contractor in fall, 99% of the time he’s going to pay his subs, especially if he is licensed. As a licensed contractor, we always pay our subs. ONLY EXCEPTION is if a client doesn’t pay due to quality issues. If the quality was really that bad, then the customer said understand why the sub didn’t get paid. And if the customer deep down knows they are being unreasonably picky or shady by wanting a discount, and feels bad for the sub, then shame on the homeowner for not also feeling bad for stealing from the contractors pocket. We aren’t rich, so stop stealing from us!
@@charlesg7926this contractor we are working with disappeared for 2 weeks no communication. We did the job correctly no complaints. Keeps blowing us off every week. Been 45 days no payment for a job we did. I found out this guy is a criminal scam artist. He pretends to act like the contractor but his license was revoked from previous run ins with the law
Where should one go to report contractors like this? Trying to help people who were scammed like this. The house burnt, and the contractors recycled material to get a profit, and also paid a friend that is a building inspector to aprove the work.
Report it to Better Business Bureau, Local Building Inspector and State Attorney Generals office. I am going through the same thing. Then I am contacting a lawyer. I will take him to small claims court if it will be cheaper than hiring my attorney.
The best way to avoid this is by only hiring contractors that have before and after photos, and making sure they’ve been in business for 5+ years with GREAT reviews. Also, make sure that the few complaints they have seem unreasonable… For example, we had a racist Asian guy that complained about the quality of work but completely ignored my phone calls and text messages willing to fix it, and I mentioned in the review that we were willing to come back and fix it at our cost right away. And that he ignored me… Make sure that the contractor is responding to the few bad reviews and seems willing to fix it. If he just ignores them, that’s a big red flag
Im scammed by the contractor i hired two months ago. He got the money, didn’t finish the job, disappeared and today after seeing a lawyer I realized his LLC license is inactive. Im screwed BIG TIME. Any advice?
My advice is stop hiring the cheapest bid, and actually do your research and check their license BEFORE hiring them. No excuses. If you hire somebody unlicensed, respectfully, you deserve to get screwed. I’m tired of these unlicensed bums doing sh*t work and under-cutting legit contractors.
Agreed. I have customers pay for materials and I take 1/3 down just for getting them on the schedule. But we’re a licensed class a contractor with great reviews. For somebody small, you might have to take less down payments size, until you gain enough credibility
I've had that happen a couple times with me and Quartz slabs. They go to my suppliers, pick a stone, I come and measure and give them a quote and they agree. So I go pick up the slabs and then "Hey I found some guy cheaper and I am going to go with them" and now im stuck with the slabs having to sell them again. I won't even secure slabs at suppliers without 50% down anymore.
If your not a huge company you cannot afford to pay for a project upfront to get your money on the back end. You also run the risk of not getting paid at the end because trust me there are customers who decide they don’t want to pay when it comes time to fork out that big check at the end. Having phases of payments is the best way for both the customer and the contractor. I would be really curious to actually see his contract and if he is only asking for 10% to man a job. It is a shame that people exist like this fraud that ruin the relationship before it’s started. Best advice is do your research. Just because someone can talk a good game doesn’t mean they are the right fit. Lots of bs artists out there. Ask for references and go look at the projects they have done physically. Maybe ask the resident about their experience with the contractor. It’s your money at the end of the day. If your doing a large project your risking a lot by not doing any research.
asking for more than 10% is a red flag he says, That's a joke I won't even consider you as a customer unless you're putting half down. Yeah like I'm going to put up my money for you for your materials for your job yeah that's what I'm gonna do. I'm not a shithead and my reputation is solid gold,shit that should be a sign you're going to get screwed if they only want 10% because you can't do a fucking thing with 10% But take your money and go to the casino
That's so dumb I've been a contractor for 20 years and I never took deposits if you don't have enough money to do a job then you're not a good contractor
@@roncasement8382 Wrong, do that here and you'll be scammed by the homewoner. We take at least 25% down or whatever it takes to cover materials. If they can't give you 25% they can't afford it. Just because someone can afford the materials doesn't make them a good contractor and when you start off you usually don't have $100k sitting there ready to go.
@@jesusdaholy I've been a contractor since 2001 and I have never, ever taken a deposit down either. I do charge a $125 non refundable service fee before I even show up and I don't give free estimates. I don't take new customers unless they are referred from a customer I already know, I've run into a few problematic customers but I have never met a single one that at the end didn't pay me. I had a customer pay me 2 months ago for a $12,000 job I did 10 years ago because I put a lien on his house and he couldn't sell without settling it, he ignored the lien thinking it would eventually go away but it didn't. He wanted to pay me half, at the end I got every single penny
I am a tile contractor, and I've never been ripped off until now, and this is from someone I've done work for many times, but what this one contractor said in the video about asking for more than 10% down is BS, 10% won't begin to get the materials, I always ask for 35% labor draw and all materials money up front, another 35% draw when half finished, and remaining balance due upon completion, this works both ways, home owners have been known to rip off contractors too...
Depending the on state, California requires 10% down. Which is why a lot of contractors will ask for 10% then more money when parts and crew arrives at the job site, as part of the payment schedule
Spit the truth homie 😎👍🤙☝️
yea tell us you rip off clients without telling us. you don't need 35%, why would you need 35% upfront? material cost? get rid of the 35% and ask the client to pay for the material for you instead, be honest. besides why would you charge 35% using material cost as an excuse? if the job is to be done then it will be done whether it is 10% upfront or not, you gotta fork over some of your money to get more money out on, that's part of the game. so if you gotta fork over some money to buy material, you know it will be covered once the job is completed and the client will pay out the remaining 90%.
So many idiots giving contractors a bad reputation.
So many bad contractors giving themselves a bad reputation.
You contractors aren't good either
This is not uncommon. It just happened to me and from what I have read it's a common occurrence.
Ive been ripped off before. I just went back to the jobsite very late at night and did 10 times the damage to the house. Burnt motor oil all over their brand new drywall. Rode by a few days later and saw a big pile of sheetrock sitting in the dumpster. It was worth every penny.
So it was you who did that To my house
@@kaylajeronimo5862 you should have paid him for the work he did I guess 🤷🏻♀️
IT HAPPEN TO ME BY 2 CONTACTORS DURING 2019 , 1/ SINGLETON ROOFING REMODELING AND MORE FOR $25000, RUN WITH MONEY!
2/ JEFF LUKE HOME IMPROVEMENTS FOR $45000 DID 5% OF THE JOB AND GONE!!
GOT NO MORE MONEY, HELPLESS! 70 YEARS OLD! NO INCOME!! STUCK WITH HOUSE NEED SO MUCH REPAIR AND I CAN NOT AFFORD! GOT SO VERY SICK THINKING ABOUT IT EVERY SINGLE DAY, CAN NOT SLEEP! LOST MY HEALTH!! NEED HELP!! PLEASE! PLEASE HELP ME!
This is something that plenty of licensed contractors do, too (nickel and diming or withholding pay from subs).
There’s two sides to every story. As a licensed contractor with great reviews, here’s my take: sometimes, a Sub doesn’t do the job correctly and the homeowner complains and refuses to pay. And sometimes, the homeowner is racist and still wants you to pay “the poor Spanish workers” even though they screwed the job up, but then don’t want the (white) business owner to get paid. But that’s not how it works. If the subcontractor didn’t complete the job to client satisfaction, resulting in the homeowner not paying, then obviously the sub is not going to get paid either, because the sub did not do the contract correctly. You can’t have it both ways. You can’t refuse to pay the contractor and then expect him to still pay his subs for- by your own admission- faulty work. Duh 🤷🏻♀️
TL; DR = If you discount money from the contractor due to quality issues, then obviously the contractor is going to discount money from the sub that did the work. You can’t have it both ways.
If you pay a contractor in fall, 99% of the time he’s going to pay his subs, especially if he is licensed. As a licensed contractor, we always pay our subs. ONLY EXCEPTION is if a client doesn’t pay due to quality issues. If the quality was really that bad, then the customer said understand why the sub didn’t get paid. And if the customer deep down knows they are being unreasonably picky or shady by wanting a discount, and feels bad for the sub, then shame on the homeowner for not also feeling bad for stealing from the contractors pocket. We aren’t rich, so stop stealing from us!
Wait…a contractor hasn’t paid us for a job we did for him. Why is that??? And it’s been 45 days
@@charlesg7926this contractor we are working with disappeared for 2 weeks no communication. We did the job correctly no complaints. Keeps blowing us off every week. Been 45 days no payment for a job we did. I found out this guy is a criminal scam artist. He pretends to act like the contractor but his license was revoked from previous run ins with the law
Where should one go to report contractors like this? Trying to help people who were scammed like this. The house burnt, and the contractors recycled material to get a profit, and also paid a friend that is a building inspector to aprove the work.
Report it to Better Business Bureau, Local Building Inspector and State Attorney Generals office. I am going through the same thing. Then I am contacting a lawyer. I will take him to small claims court if it will be cheaper than hiring my attorney.
@@amyreaves8054 , I hope you get it resolved. Thank you for your reply!
The best way to avoid this is by only hiring contractors that have before and after photos, and making sure they’ve been in business for 5+ years with GREAT reviews. Also, make sure that the few complaints they have seem unreasonable… For example, we had a racist Asian guy that complained about the quality of work but completely ignored my phone calls and text messages willing to fix it, and I mentioned in the review that we were willing to come back and fix it at our cost right away. And that he ignored me… Make sure that the contractor is responding to the few bad reviews and seems willing to fix it. If he just ignores them, that’s a big red flag
I got rip off by Michael and son in Richmond Virginia $4000 by pvc pipe for 5 feet long pvc pipe.
Only 10% down. Good advice.
Im scammed by the contractor i hired two months ago. He got the money, didn’t finish the job, disappeared and today after seeing a lawyer I realized his LLC license is inactive. Im screwed BIG TIME. Any advice?
My advice is stop hiring the cheapest bid, and actually do your research and check their license BEFORE hiring them. No excuses. If you hire somebody unlicensed, respectfully, you deserve to get screwed. I’m tired of these unlicensed bums doing sh*t work and under-cutting legit contractors.
I am not ordering 50,000 worth of cabinets unless paid up front.
Agreed. I have customers pay for materials and I take 1/3 down just for getting them on the schedule. But we’re a licensed class a contractor with great reviews. For somebody small, you might have to take less down payments size, until you gain enough credibility
I've had that happen a couple times with me and Quartz slabs. They go to my suppliers, pick a stone, I come and measure and give them a quote and they agree. So I go pick up the slabs and then "Hey I found some guy cheaper and I am going to go with them" and now im stuck with the slabs having to sell them again. I won't even secure slabs at suppliers without 50% down anymore.
Either hire unlicensed and take risks. If you hire legit, your paying x5 as much.
This "official contractor" is so quick to fuck you with a smile.
the con artists are scum of the earth!!!!!
Sounds like he LACKS a license
They won't do anything to them,they will just pay the bond and he's out simple as that
If your not a huge company you cannot afford to pay for a project upfront to get your money on the back end. You also run the risk of not getting paid at the end because trust me there are customers who decide they don’t want to pay when it comes time to fork out that big check at the end. Having phases of payments is the best way for both the customer and the contractor. I would be really curious to actually see his contract and if he is only asking for 10% to man a job. It is a shame that people exist like this fraud that ruin the relationship before it’s started. Best advice is do your research. Just because someone can talk a good game doesn’t mean they are the right fit. Lots of bs artists out there. Ask for references and go look at the projects they have done physically. Maybe ask the resident about their experience with the contractor. It’s your money at the end of the day. If your doing a large project your risking a lot by not doing any research.
Lacking human being
It's happening to me right now 2020, it's any lawyer firm phone number, who can help me
Panda boy got scammed
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David W lmao I was hoping I wasn’t the only one 😂
shaMe lack (Lack of Shame)
0:11 Shane *LACK*
asking for more than 10% is a red flag he says, That's a joke I won't even consider you as a customer unless you're putting half down. Yeah like I'm going to put up my money for you for your materials for your job yeah that's what I'm gonna do. I'm not a shithead and my reputation is solid gold,shit that should be a sign you're going to get screwed if they only want 10% because you can't do a fucking thing with 10% But take your money and go to the casino
That's so dumb I've been a contractor for 20 years and I never took deposits if you don't have enough money to do a job then you're not a good contractor
Ron Casement
And you can’t have enough money for materials if the homeowners don’t want to pay and lowball you
@@roncasement8382 Wrong, do that here and you'll be scammed by the homewoner. We take at least 25% down or whatever it takes to cover materials. If they can't give you 25% they can't afford it. Just because someone can afford the materials doesn't make them a good contractor and when you start off you usually don't have $100k sitting there ready to go.
@@jesusdaholy I've been a contractor since 2001 and I have never, ever taken a deposit down either. I do charge a $125 non refundable service fee before I even show up and I don't give free estimates. I don't take new customers unless they are referred from a customer I already know, I've run into a few problematic customers but I have never met a single one that at the end didn't pay me. I had a customer pay me 2 months ago for a $12,000 job I did 10 years ago because I put a lien on his house and he couldn't sell without settling it, he ignored the lien thinking it would eventually go away but it didn't. He wanted to pay me half, at the end I got every single penny
Wow