Wed Nov 16, 2011 11:42 pm by mastersmith
This is an escalating problem, especially in big cities. Piotr, I will disagree with you on one thing. The associations (see ALOA ) are only advertising that THEY will stand behind their members, which gives the consumer some recourse if they are unhappy with the service. This crap happens in all service trades, locksmithing is so "reactive" that many times people do no research to see who they are hiring. Common sense says you wouldn't have someone come and work without some sort of written estimate first, but these folks are pissed off/scared/confused or who knows what else. They weren't expecting this to happen. Plumbing has a simular problem with schisters. I think this is where ALOA can do the most for the industry, as an advocate and lobbiest (?).
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