Comment by ajmurmann

"I know its a very boomerish thing to say, but its like companies in the USA really don't want to work. My thing would have been small"

This rings truer than it should. We had a locksmith out to give us an estimate to install several high-security locks that I can only assume would have been fairly good business. Never heard back from them. We didn't bother following up with them either because if they can't even bother writing up the estimate, how can I trust their work?

I wonder if it's a lack of competition in part based on a labor shortage and tight occupational licensing