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How much money should I offer up front, and how much when the job is done?


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Posted - September 5, 2018
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  • Half up front and the other half when the job is completed.
      September 5, 2018 12:27 PM MDT
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  • 53498

      Thank you. (By the way, how much more should I offer to pay if I want it to look like an accident?)
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      September 6, 2018 7:10 AM MDT
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  • another 50%
      September 8, 2018 11:02 AM MDT
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  • "I told you we shouldn't have brought in a grown-up on this job!"




      September 5, 2018 2:17 PM MDT
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  • 53498

      Thank you. (By the way, how much more should I offer to pay if I want it to look like an accident?)
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      September 6, 2018 7:11 AM MDT
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  • Stumpy ... what's he still doin' here?

      September 6, 2018 8:25 AM MDT
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  • 17584
    Twenty-five percent.  Twenty-five percent at the half-way point.  Fifty percent upon satisfactory completion.  
      September 5, 2018 8:55 PM MDT
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  • 53498

      Thank you. (By the way, how much more should I offer to pay if I want it to look like an accident?)
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      September 6, 2018 7:11 AM MDT
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  • 34
    Good question! If say the job costs £500 and will be completed in 4 days, offer £125. 125 x 4 = 500. Also if possible, look to make sure the job IS being completed each day. 
      September 6, 2018 6:10 AM MDT
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  • 53498

      Thank you. (By the way, how much more should I offer to pay if I want it to look like an accident?)
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      September 6, 2018 7:12 AM MDT
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  • 2219
    Up front should cover the order of materials. Once the job is approved you pay the rest. 
      September 6, 2018 7:18 AM MDT
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  • 10984
    Pay it all up front if you want it to look like an accident; I know a cheap contractor who makes any remodeling job look like a bad accident.
      September 6, 2018 10:08 AM MDT
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  • 53498

      LOL!


    Jane S to contractor: "Listen, I don't care how many peepholes, hidden cameras and hidden microphones this Randy D character paid you to install here, but this is my house, I pay the bills and it's my word you go by, not his. You do know that he's an escaped mental patient, don't you?  I'm willing to bet that he paid you with counterfeit money, too."
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      September 8, 2018 11:41 AM MDT
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  • 22891
    thats up to you
      September 6, 2018 2:45 PM MDT
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