Jim Morrison Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 Who wants to work for Amazon.com? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 I hope the people they refer are more competent than the guy in the picture that appears to be using a pipe wrench on glued PVC pipe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtblum Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 Look at his manicured hand. No poop under those nails! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Raymond Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 Nope. Their vetted pros will be the Schleps that are willing to out bid each other to wait in line for shit jobs...or, the monkey with the model wrench. The race to the bottom continues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 Dang right, Tom. A middleman between the customer and the tradesman isn't good for business. It's another threshold crossed in the decline of business these days. Long ago, in my area, we'd get to know someone and keep them if they were good. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 .......Their vetted pros will be the Schleps that are willing to out bid each other to wait in line for shit jobs..... Yep. Not just shit jobs, but shit jobs that come with a 3rd party antagonist. Sounds lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjr6550 Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Not much different that HD or Lowes. My neighbor had a water heater installed by a contractor working for Lowes. He used Sharkbites because he did not know how to solder, and one of the fittings leaked. I mentioned to my neighbor that the TPV extension was too short. He told me the plumber used part of the existing pipe to connect the water heater because he did not bring any pipe. Everything about the installation was wrong. When my neighbor complained the licensed plumber said "I wonder who else they are sending out under my license". Apparently the guy who installed the water heater usually just installed dishwashers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kibbel Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Inspections aren't yet included in home services. Musical instrument lessons and goat grazing service are listed though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 Give it time. We'll be in there. One or more of the professional societies will develop a strategic relationship with Amazon and the next thing you know, we're in with the goat grazers..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlparham Posted March 31, 2015 Report Share Posted March 31, 2015 That brand new pipe wrench is real pretty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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John Dirks Jr Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 Their feet will be to the fire on this one. Especially if they open the gig to customer reviews and ratings like they do with their product sales. As we all know, seeing contractors get bad online reviews is common. With this idea, Amazon will be depending on humans which are obviously fallible. Much more so than inanimate products. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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