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Originally Posted by Villager Joyce
I'm not sure this is a snowbird issue. We are full timers. We tried many times to get one of the very highly recommended handymen just to show up to price a job. Finally, he showed up, gave a bid and we accepted. Never showed up again to do the job.
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Hello Villager Joyce,
Thank you for your post and feedback. Feedback like yours is one of the mechanisms to improve the Handyman market. Yelp is one place to do that so "the world" can see what this particular handyman's service is like. Are you up for posting your experience there?
At my stage on the resident learning curve, I'm reluctant to because I might need these handymen to help me again, as much as I'd like to do business with someone else, I just don't know who else to turn to -- if they know I've criticized them on Yelp.com, how good will the engagement be then.
At any rate, I'd encourage one an all to leave feedback for the handyman market -- it looks like it surely needs it.
Regarding snowbird vs. full-timers, yes, it probably isn't a "snowbird" issue -- maybe more like "local" vs. "transplant". I've see "locals" who are fine at first, but as soon as a little stress comes into the relationship, they lay into you 'no holds barred' with the Florida-eff-you. I think I'm getting good -- or at least practiced -- at the what I call "the Golden Rule" response, namely, "Would YOU like to be talked to and treated like that?"
Maybe a thing to do is ask the other contracting party "do you believe in the Golden Rule, and does the Golden Rule apply to customers?"
On the positive side, one reason the Florida-eff-you stands out so starkly is that many/most people you meet/deal with in the Villages are quite nice and personable -- "Friendliest Home Town" -- which makes the Florida-eff-you incidents stand out as contrast.
But the less "Florida-eff-yous" the better, naturally.