As a contractor business has been really slow for about 2 years. When I do get a customer it means a lot to me. I have bills to pay and a family to feed as do a lot of people. With the way the economy is I want to save my customers as much money as possible, so I send them to wood floors plus. They really have the cheapest prices around for all kinds of flooring. Unfortuntly they allow other contractors to hang out and try to win over other contractors customers. My first customer went in and was approached by a gentleman and was asked what they were looking for and how many square feet. My customer asked if he worked there and he said ""no, but the owners allow him to get work from there"" they told him that they already had a contractor and he asked them how much I charged and was trying to give them a cheaper price. They ended up buying from somewhere else. It was a shame because they spent more money but felt something was wrong with a company that has random contractors hanging out trying to get work. I have had 3 other customers tell me the same thing. On the wood floors plus website there is a link to ask a question. Yesterday I sent a question asking them what the deal is? They responded by saying that they had an employee that was doing work on the side and that he was ""fired"" and that the situation was ""under control"" well guess what, it happened again yesterday this time I got a company name. It was a company called ""swat flooring"" and apparantly he just sits there and approaches customers and tries to get work. Well here is a warning to contractors, D0 NOT send your customer there. Go with them! Times are hard and we want to keep our customers.
Pros: good prices
Cons: allows other contractors to steal work from others
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