Open Question: Is there any such thing as a contractor’s blacklist?

April 04th, 2007 | Category: Maintenance & Repairs

Years ago I contacted a handyman to do some repairs on a crumbling chimney. He promised he’d be over at 9 AM. I waited and waited and he finally came at 11:30 AM with a story that he had to go and look at some other jobs. He inspected the chimney to determine what materials he would need and said he’d be back in an hour. It was more like 3 hours. He dumped 20 bags of Quickrete in my back yard (this is to repair a few rows of bricks), then announced that he had to go look at some more jobs, then he had

to pick up his helper and he’d return shortly. Shortly was about 2 more hours. Now it’s getting dark and he shows up with a 15 year old kid. By now I had had it with this guy and said I decided I didn’t want him to do the job. He became obstreperous and threatened to have me placed on a contractor’s blacklist. Now it seems that I can’t get anyone to work for me and the house is falling apart. IS there any such thing as a contractor’s blacklist? How could I have handled it better?

Original post by Head Homeboy

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