Been trying to get some things done around the house and I've been calling all over for estimates and such. 95% of places never call you back and the ones that do treat you like crap unless they know it's a giant project. I've had a few actually come out to look so they could give an estimate but they never got back in touch with the actual estimate itself. It seems I can't give my money away.
With that said, we had an issue with a neighbor when another useless contractor came out to grind stumps out of our back yard. He showed up unannounced and drove through the neighbors yard tearing it all up. We called a landscape company to fix the neighbors yard and clean up the stump mess in ours. Months go by and he never shows to do any work. The neighbor calls and gets his yard fixed but the landscaper never touches ours. They have yet to ask for payment from me and I can't wait till he shows up asking for money.
So we call another landscaper in to fix the mess and clear/level a spot for our pool. Once again guy shows unannounced and goes through the neighbors yard. Great. After the spot is leveled and they wrap up, we commence to setting up the pool and it's over 5" off level. I send the guy a picture and he plays dumb about it. I just decide to fix the damn thing myself before the monsoon rains hit and make it a mud spot. After a few days I get a message and he wants his $. His 600-800 estimate is now a bill for $1300 because "he had to call in another guy". Wait, what? We bicker back and forth and I decide to settle it at ~1100 just to be done with it. I tell him not to bother completing anything else as I'm not paying more on top of what we were already scammed out of. I post a review on his Facebook business page and he immediately sends a message demanding I take it down. Heh..... Guess it's ok to do shitty work but not ok to be unhappy about it. I told him to feel free and reply with proof and I'd be happy to recant my review.