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Old 04-16-2009, 06:41 AM   #1
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Hey How Many Of You Painters Can Beat This


I found this on craigslist, I had to laugh if he paints by the room you could have your whole house done for under $500 bucks

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Old 04-16-2009, 07:56 AM   #2
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The link was too ashamed to be posted.
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Yeah after I posted it here the ad was removed from craigslist that's why it's not showing up here, the guy said he would paint any bedroom for $50.00 and for larger rooms for $75.00 the home owner had to buy the paint. but he said he would spackle, caulk, sand and paint all for $50.00 a room
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P A I N T E R - Skilled, experienced, reliable crew w/ References (Metro-Detroit, MI)

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Painting in Metro-Detroit?

Would you appreciate a crew who show up on time every day, work hard for your money, and respect your home and property – who, in short, appreciate you?

Then we're your guys (and gals)! My team and I are established, professional craftsmen with the ability and experience to upgrade/restore your home on any level – whether it needs a little resurfacing or full-blown drywall and wood repair – and we'll make sure you are fully satisfied and informed every step along the way!

Just take 30 seconds to hop on over to our site and fill out a brief questionnaire, and we'll set up a free quote!

Thanks very much for your time, and Happy Painting!

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License info: licensed, bonded, and insured

This ad has pictures on craigslist the thing I got a kick out of is theres a pictures of some guy painting a front porch ceiling and the porch doesn't have a drop covering the cement, But hey they are Professionals, the other thing they don't show their License number,
I went to the State of Michigan website and checked their License Number and guess what they don't have a License, so now Painters are listing License Numbers they make up.

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It's sad to see painting companies that caught the $ wave that was building speed in 1992, only to have it all come crashing down 17 years later.
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I went to the State of Michigan website and checked their License Number and guess what they don't have a License, so now Painters are listing License Numbers they make up.
I use a number in the license number area of craigslist also. Here in KY. and IN. we don't need a license and can't even get one.
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I couldn't even get there for $50
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Yeah after I posted it here the ad was removed from craigslist that's why it's not showing up here, the guy said he would paint any bedroom for $50.00 and for larger rooms for $75.00 the home owner had to buy the paint. but he said he would spackle, caulk, sand and paint all for $50.00 a room
Who the hell removed my ad from Craigslist?
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he is a tool, and not a true business man.
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Most of these guys are laid off auto workers so now that they have no job, they all become Painters cause they painted their mom's house
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Here's another guy looking for CHEAP Help Min wage is $7.35 I think

Date: 2009-04-18, 4:02PM EDT



NEED ONE PAINTERS HELPER......MUST HAVE AT LEAST ONE YEAR IN THE BUSINESS,,,ANY TOOLS,TRUCK A PLUS...IF YOUR WILLING TO LEARN AND COMPREHEND...YOU WILL BE PAYED MORE. FOR NOW THIS WILL BE ON A AS NEEDED BASIS, AND YOU WILL BE PAYED AT THE END OF EACH JOB( SAME DAY). THIS HELPER JOB PAYS $8.00 TO START....AND CAN BECOME MORE QUICKLY IF YOU CAN LEARN AND SHOW UP EVERYDAY......I DO NOT HAVE TIME FOR NO SHOWS,,,,,,,,AND IF YOU ARE NOT FROM THE HOWELL/FOWLERVILLE AREA...............DO NOT CALL ME, I WILL HANG UP IF YOU TELL ME YOUR FROM SOME PLACE OTHER THAN. THAT ONLY TELLS ME YOU CAN'T FOLLOW DIRECTION AND CAN'T READ.....SORRY IF I SOUND BLUNT, BUT I NEED SOMEONE CLOSE AND RELIABLE......................PLEASE CALL DON @.......390-2820


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There are no laid off auto workers here, but painting companys are working for peanuts..............

Alot of my calls for exterior work have also called Rhino Shield and CP, we cannot compete with CP and Rhino Shield offers a lifetime warranty.....

Its a very tough economy in our work area guys are looking to just pay bills and stay afloat..........anything else is a bonus.....

The stong will survive but you have to be creative and cut your costs and work your a*** off or you will not survive............

I am speaking about my work area, if your economy is good, then consider yourself lucky..........
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I'm seeing the samething here off of CL. $50.00 a room and $500.00 for an exterior. I don't worry about these unlicensed hacks. The homeowners get what they pay for!
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The CP I am reffering to is Certa Pro............they advertise on Radio, TV, YP.............
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The CP I am reffering to is Certa Pro............they advertise on Radio, TV, YP.............
Oh, I know of CP. They are here aswell. I was reffering to all the Craigslist conversation.
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Think, I wouldn't worry about that life warranty I would bet that after two years they lose the customers file, I would match their warranty, and just use what the paint manufacture gives, as for workmanship I would only cover labor for two years, cause with the Quaility of paints they only last 5 to 7 years and then your looking at repainting, so if a life time is only 7 years just play the numbers cause that's all their doing. Good luck



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[quote=Frankawitz;661535]Think, I wouldn't worry about that life warranty I would bet that after two years they lose the customers file, I would match their warranty, and just use what the paint manufacture gives, as for workmanship I would only cover labor for two years, cause with the Quaility of paints they only last 5 to 7 years and then your looking at repainting, so if a life time is only 7 years just play the numbers cause that's all their doing. Good luck


http://www.rhinoshield.net/index.cfm here is what I was talking about , its not regular paint.
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Think,
I took a look at their site, as for the pictures they posted it looks like they used Benjamin Moore's PC program where you can take a picture of a house and then download the picture to your PC and then change the colors, the picturs on their site have no close ups, looks like regular paint to me. the other thing is what about if the HO wants to change colors every few years I wonder how it would be to repaint over this stuff.


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Somebody needs to publish a book of all those Craigslist posts. They're hilarious!
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