Called Avro to as...
Called Avro to ask for someone to come out with a bobcat to remove a 5x7 concrete pad from our backyard. When I first spoke to Avro on the phone, I was told the cost for the bobcat would be $100/hr, plus $125-150 for removal of the concrete. I said that price was fine, and wanted to get someone out ASAP to do the job. I was paying cash, which was great because they advised they were very booked up, but sometimes their contractors will do a cash job on the side and fit it into their schedule! I said there couldn't be more than an hours work. I waited for 5 days (which is fine, I realize it is busy season) and I got a message frim Avro. I was told that they would be willing to come out and do the job for $1,000 cash!! Unbelieveable! That's 10 times the rate I was quoted on the phone for a job they KNEW would be done in less than an hour. I was outright offended. I would have rather been told they simply didn't want my business, because that was what quoting me that astronomical rate for this very small job was clearly designed to do - send me packing! My husband and I rented a jackhammer from Home Depot for $65, and did the job ourselves in 45 minutes including loading up the scrap concrete and taking it to the dump. Unfortunately, we have a significant amount of landscaping work to do in our yard this summer and next, and are prepared to spend upwards of $10k for it all. I won't be spending it with Avro.