Rant

Upgrading the service panel began in the spring of 2011. Gary was able to finish the job in less than 5 hours. He had enough time to poop at my apartment again, and hit on me in the basement. He was in his late fifties and after telling me about his sick wife said he was into “tomboys” like me and that I could have all the wiring done for free if I treated him right. YAK! I called his boss, the owner of Kostovny (this is a real name and a real company). The boss was unsympathetic, but agreed to pull the loser from the job site. He offered me his son, still in the apprenticeship to finish the rough in wiring for a “discounted price.” He bid the job at $300, a total of 10 outlets and 3 lights. No biggy. His son was late arriving, and early leaving and they stuck me with a bill 2 times as much as the quoted bid. I was pissed. I called Kostovny and got his wife who said the bill was incorrect and should have been $1200, not $600. WHAAAAAAAT? When I got the owner on the phone he told me it took more time than expected, I told him I knew the amount of hours they were here, he said they got lost and I was charged for travel time, bullshit If you cant read a map you shouldn’t be doing wiring. Then he said, well I underquoted you and my wife is mad that I am not charging you the journeyman’s rate for our son. He is not a journeyman! It goes on. So boring. I ended up paying the original quoted $300 and held out for a month before paying the rest. Though I shouldn’t have paid for any of it since the dipshit turned me into the inspector a year later and I had to repay the permit fee. DO NOT USE KOSTOVNY ELECTRIC