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EERs 3:16

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Voltage installer come in, perform some work -which they did a very good job- and now they’d like to get paid, but, there’s a problem - the gov’t is shutdown. So, this vendor is eating about 20K worth of supplies and labor and cannot get made whole until the gov’t is open for business again. So I do not understand how having vendors go unpaid is good for anyone and why we continue to allow hard working Americans go unpaid for work they performed.

Oh and if you’re going to reply to this thread by posting someone else’s tweet - don’t..no one is really interested in them.
 
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EERs 3:16 said:
Voltage installer come in, perform some work -which they did a very good job- and now they’d like to get paid, but, there’s a problem - the gov’t is shutdown. So, this vendor is eating about 20K worth of supplies and labor and cannot get made whole until the gov’t is open for business again. So I do not understand how having vendors go unpaid is good for anyone and why we continue to allow hard working Americans go unpaid for work they performed.

Oh and if you’re going to reply to this thread by posting someone else’s tweet - don’t..no one is really interested in them.
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What is your solution? Neither side will budge. Yet.
 
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Simple - fund the wall and provide protections for the DACA kids.....
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Pelosi won't spend a single $ towards the wall, no matter the compromise. Trump won't accept anything without $5 billion for the wall. One or both have to give.
 
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TarHeelEer said:
Pelosi won't spend a single $ towards the wall, no matter the compromise. Trump won't accept anything without $5 billion for the wall. One or both have to give.
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Not true, Fox News is reporting that Trump made a good faith request for 2.5 billion and the Dems balked at that.....and using the DACA kids is pretty good leverage for getting a deal done.....
 
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EERs 3:16 said:
Voltage installer come in, perform some work -which they did a very good job- and now they’d like to get paid, but, there’s a problem - the gov’t is shutdown. So, this vendor is eating about 20K worth of supplies and labor and cannot get made whole until the gov’t is open for business again. So I do not understand how having vendors go unpaid is good for anyone and why we continue to allow hard working Americans go unpaid for work they performed.

Oh and if you’re going to reply to this thread by posting someone else’s tweet - don’t..no one is really interested in them.
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1) Why is the government shutdown prevent you from paying your low voltage guy?
2) What work did they perform? $20k would be a complete whole house system with some audio, networking, cameras and automation.
3) Did they not require a deposit upfront?
 
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Mntneer said:
1) Why is the government shutdown prevent you from paying your low voltage guy?
2) What work did they perform? $20k would be a complete whole house system with some audio, networking, cameras and automation.
3) Did they not require a deposit upfront?
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1). Because the government agency they did the work for is closed, there isn’t any money, and there aren’t people to process the invoice
2) installed some fiber
3) No, that’s not how the gov’t works
 
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EERs 3:16 said:
1). Because the government agency they did the work for is closed, there isn’t any money, and there aren’t people to process the invoice
2) installed some fiber
3) No, that’s not how the gov’t works
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My bad, I thought it was a private deal between you personally and a LV guy.

The money is there, it's been allocated, but as you mentioned, without staff to process invoices, there is not much that can be done.
 
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Mntneer said:
My bad, I thought it was a private deal between you personally and a LV guy.

The money is there, it's been allocated, but as you mentioned, without staff to process invoices, there is not much that can be done.
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Right, and so the contractor is getting the shaft.....I think that’s fairly crummy
 
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EERs 3:16 said:
Voltage installer come in, perform some work -which they did a very good job- and now they’d like to get paid, but, there’s a problem - the gov’t is shutdown. So, this vendor is eating about 20K worth of supplies and labor and cannot get made whole until the gov’t is open for business again. So I do not understand how having vendors go unpaid is good for anyone and why we continue to allow hard working Americans go unpaid for work they performed.

Oh and if you’re going to reply to this thread by posting someone else’s tweet - don’t..no one is really interested in them.
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That's totally unfair to that vendor.
 
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The obvious solution would be to force the govt to pay a deposit up front but that wouldnt fly.

A lot of people dont do state or federal work because of nonesense like this.
 
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dave said:
The obvious solution would be to force the govt to pay a deposit up front but that wouldnt fly.

A lot of people dont do state or federal work because of nonesense like this.
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You obviously dont know the first thing about government contracting
 
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dave said:
The obvious solution would be to force the govt to pay a deposit up front but that wouldnt fly.

A lot of people dont do state or federal work because of nonesense like this.
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I was going to say, if you are a government contractor, you should be used to 6 month delays.
 
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eerphone said:
I was going to say, if you are a government contractor, you should be used to 6 month delays.
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Yeah. I dont do federal contracts but it is a given for our state clients that it will be delayed.
 
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EERs 3:16 said:
You obviously dont know the first thing about government contracting
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I do, and on my jobs, with progress billing, we can billed for stored materials.

Unfortunately, there are cases where a sub may only have a single billing to do.
 
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Mntneer said:
I do, and on my jobs, with progress billing, we can billed for stored materials.

Unfortunately, there are cases where a sub may only have a single billing to do.
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And I usually do progress Billings, but this job was so small we didn’t think about it. Whole thing is a raw deal for all involved.
 
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EERs 3:16 said:
And I usually do progress Billings, but this job was so small we didn’t think about it. Whole thing is a raw deal for all involved.
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Sorry to hear that. We got caught up in a Federal job during Obama's shutdown... it sucked.
 
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Lol, they had two years didn't do squat and still don't even have a plan, tonight should be rich.
 
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MountaineerWV said:
Keep it shutdown.....not $1 of taxpayer dollars should go to the wall. Simple.
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Only when the Democrats propose it.... Amiright?
 
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countryroads89 said:
Tell those Gofundme folks they need to pick up the pace.
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Why don't the millions that support Trump's wall all pitch in with materials and labor and go down there and build it themselves? Of course most of them will have to be taught how to use a shovel, mix concrete, etc. But, hey, it'll be fun to watch and I would support it 100%.
 
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Ugh just ugh.....so what about the contractors that are working for minumage wage that are out of work and aren’t getting paid.....find me a tweet about that.....
 
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