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We need to disrupt these handymen. Who will be our Travis Kalanick?
- GFK_of_xmaspast 11y agoWhile I agree that it can be frustrating trying to deal with contractors, I don't think that this kind of commodification of labor is healthy for society.
- cyberomin 11y agoWhy do you think so? Do we all continue to deal with this inefficiencies and cause ourselves untold heartaches?
- GFK_of_xmaspast 11y agoWhen I wrote that, my thought was that the trades are one of the few ways left for blue collar workers to work for themselves and not for Capital, and it would be a shame to end that. Thinking about it some more tho, if you're, say, a plumber and you're any good, you're going to have as much work as you want to take on, and you would have no incentive to participate in such a program. If you're a plumber and you do have incentive to participate, logically you're not any good, and why would I as a client want a bad plumber to fix my pipes?
- chrisbennet 11y agoThe "solution" for this sort of problem is information. Unfortunately, the 3rd parties that can help correct the information asymmetry seem to turn into protection rackets. [1] http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2015/03/class-action-lawsuit-exposes-angies.html http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2015/03/class-action-laws... [2] http://www.ibtimes.com/yelp-extortion-rampant-say-small-business-owners-class-action-lawsuit-against-review-bully-appealed http://www.ibtimes.com/yelp-extortion-rampant-say-small-busi... [3] Google "BBB protection racket"