You picked a cheapass cowboy, now youre pissed off cos he turns out to be cheapass cowboy.
He's one day late and youre already planning to keep and sell his tools. I agree he's bad, but youre even worse. No wonder he doesnt want to come back. And you think he wont want paying!
The one sensible piece of advice is do it yourself. The other is you can deduct something for the carpet damage.
NT
From: Nobody ( snipped-for-privacy@cox.net)
When
>I was getting shutters put in and pointed out a problem with one, the
>installer was pretty rude and pretty much told me to get the hell out of his
>way. Ok, he fixed it and my concern was unwarranted.