Today I made a presentation to a condo association. 117 squares of shingles. I spent about 5 hours this morning making out presentation folders for all the attendees.
To make a long story short, I arrived introduced myself did the small talk thing for a couple minutes and went into my presentation. Everybody was thrilled at the detail of my proposal the fancy presentation folders etc... then someone set a match to gasoline (not literally).
Someone said "But how are we going to get out of the other contract?"
As it turns out one of the association members signed a contract to do the work with a company that has no license, has been in business less than one year, and is offering no warranty. There price was 3x higher than everyone elses for wood replacement. These are the facts I gathered by sitting listening to arguments bya ssociation members for the next 20 minutes.
The person who signed the contract kept trying to find out how to discredit me and my proposal. "He didn't include..." My reply: "Yes I did, line number 7 on page 2." The other board members were really upset with this woman, and were alleging she consipered with this contractor to defraud the association.
I got a call from this woman later on when I am driving to another stop asking if I included this or than and the other... All of which was included and plainly written clear as day. My estimates are very detailed leaving nothing to question and written so a non-roofer can understand.
By the time I left I was told "If we can get out of our contract, we plan to use your company." I'm not so sure I want to get involved.
To make a long story short, I arrived introduced myself did the small talk thing for a couple minutes and went into my presentation. Everybody was thrilled at the detail of my proposal the fancy presentation folders etc... then someone set a match to gasoline (not literally).
Someone said "But how are we going to get out of the other contract?"
As it turns out one of the association members signed a contract to do the work with a company that has no license, has been in business less than one year, and is offering no warranty. There price was 3x higher than everyone elses for wood replacement. These are the facts I gathered by sitting listening to arguments bya ssociation members for the next 20 minutes.
The person who signed the contract kept trying to find out how to discredit me and my proposal. "He didn't include..." My reply: "Yes I did, line number 7 on page 2." The other board members were really upset with this woman, and were alleging she consipered with this contractor to defraud the association.
I got a call from this woman later on when I am driving to another stop asking if I included this or than and the other... All of which was included and plainly written clear as day. My estimates are very detailed leaving nothing to question and written so a non-roofer can understand.
By the time I left I was told "If we can get out of our contract, we plan to use your company." I'm not so sure I want to get involved.