From Michael Childers.
Scott Paving & Grading
I contacted Scott Paving to get an estimate for a residential driveway. After leaving a couple of messages for them, the owner returned my call on 06/11/18. I told him I and a friend were placing a mobile home on the property. I asked if he did concrete as well as asphalt and he said he did only asphalt. I mentioned that we might be interested in concrete. I told him since I was paralyzed that I could not meet him for an estimate so he needed to call my friend to set up an appointment. He called her and told her that I had said that we were leaning toward concrete and he didn't want to waste his time giving an estimate. She told him we were still interested in asphalt and he said he would come out the next week.
A week later on 06/18/18, I called and talked to an employee who said it was on the books for them to come out that week and give an estimate. I asked if we could get a day and time. Five minutes later, the owner calls me and in a very angry, belligerent tone tells me that he had told my friend that he would be out that week. He continued by saying he was two weeks behind and did not have time to give an estimate to people who kept bugging him about an appointment to do an estimate and that we should take our business elsewhere.
Needless to say, I was taken aback and told him I was sorry if I had offended him. He was still belligerent and repeated that we should take our business elsewhere. I calmly told him that I would not bother him anymore and he hung up.
I think I dodged a bullet with this guy because with a jerk like this, I would hate to see how he would react on a jobsite if we had any kind of problem with his work. After all, what kind of a businessman speaks to a potential customer like that? My advice is to not hire this company.
