I think Jose deserves whatever he gets. I get really tired of these crappy repair jobs in the DR. I read the previous thread - basically jose offered a flat big for the job to install an AC. Then he found numerous problems with the install, and has wanted to charge far more money to get the job done.
If he's a good tech, he should be able to diagnose problems BEFORE the job starts -- its not acceptable to start a job, then find problems and want to change the price, then vanish when there's a problem. IMHO this kind of practice borders on fraud. Why couldn't all these problems be diagnosed BEFORE starting, so Tish could make an accurate financial decision.
Below is Tish's complaint in the other thread.
If Jose wants to be taken seriously, he needs to go back to Tish, and resolve things one way or another. If he doesn't want to finish the job himself then he can transition it off to someone else. Otherwise he deserves to be blacklisted.
http://www.dr1.com/forums/living/94115-air-conditioner-repairer-3.html
I'm having second thoughts about Jose. He has been working on our AC since Sunday. He installed a new compressor on Monday and the AC is still blowing out warm air. He charged us 3800, including a new on/off switch plus labour charges to complete the work. He's now saying that the fan on the roof is also faulty. He's also saying that our faulty electrical cables had damaged the old compressor and that to prevent our new compressor from, also, damaging we need to pay a further 3500. This cost will include replacing our, apparently, thin cables with thicker ones, albeit secondhand.
He says that it's evident the cables need changing, as the lights in our house keep dimming and brightening whenever the automatic water pump turns on and off. Jose's not coming back now until Saturday afternoon. He says he has other jobs to do in the north.
