My Competition

Scott Stone

Scott Stone

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pnTdjD0ZYM&feature=colike

I don't know how to embed video, but this is a news report on a company that I had to fight to get my current contract. I could not afford to purchase paint for the price that they bid to do the work. I thought something was fishy.


 
So their math is off a bit...

Maybe CPC stands for Gouging Public Candidly?


Furthermore, i wouldn't consider them to be Your "competition", Scott.
 
I think Julie has been accepting "gratuities" too. She's much to nonchalant about the whole thing.
 
This explains why the city of San Jose is the next city to go bankrupt. They are already on the verge of it. They have 3 brand new public libraries and a brand new state of the art Police Department all built and ready to go. One problem, they can't afford to open the doors to anything.

Wait until other cities that have contracts with GPC look at this report. Another graffiti removal contractor will bite the dust very soon. I know here in Diamond Bar we have a graffiti removal contractor. I'll have to look to see if it's GPC or not. I know they have brand new F250 SRW flatbeds they drive around in.

That lady they interviewed will be out of her job by the end of next week.
 
Unfortunately it will be Julie that loses her job over this. Why they ever allowed her to go on TV is beyond me. AS for GPC, maybe they have a minimum charge depending on the size if the swing and the size of the stop sign...lol
 
I was thinking they might have a minimum charge also. If they do though why not just come out and say it. By GPC denying a interview on TV, they basically are saying they are guilty is the way I see it.
 
The way these contracts are written it is a per square foot price. I have not seen a contract yet that had a minimum.
Vince, your contractor is not GPC, because they drive Chevy's and GMC's. GPC has a lot of graffiti removal contracts all over the southwest. I know of Graffiti Removal contracts in Las Vegas, Phoenix, Mesa, for the State of Arizona, California, Orange County, Anaheim, Pico Rivera, and of course Tucson and San Jose. Their technicians do cover graffiti well, but every contract I know of has had the quantity of graffiti increase as soon as GPC or Graffiti Protective Coatings took over the contract. They have more then once tripled the size of the original contract, and had specifications so tightly written that they were the only possible choice, down to specifying a particular brand of paint, and a proprietary program to document their services.
 
What a scam!

GPC is running a great scam and the lady on the video is obviously incompetent and needs to be replaced as it seems like she does not care about the situation, I bet she is taking kickbacks as calm as she was about the situation.

I would bet that if they went over all the GPC scam invoices, each and every one of them, you could pay an auditor with all the money GPC needs to pay back and still have money coming back.

They really need to look back over all those invoices as it is obvious that the city is getting ripped off by GPC.
 
It depends on the municipality. The GPC contract with San Jose was recently looked at by the powers that be, and the city came to the realization that there was totally inadequate over site. So, instead of cancelling the contract for cause and debarring GPC, which I think should have been done, they are allowing the contract to run its' course with additional over site. It will be interesting to see how that plays out.
I have city people on me like white on rice. I receive constant email, and my shop is less then a half mile from the city offices. It is a frequent occasion when one of the city inspectors, there are four that monitor me, come to my office to check on something. They are always welcome here, and I never have anything to hide. So far, they are thrilled with the quality of work, the HUGE reduction in complaints from the previous contractors, and the approachability that we have. This from the a city inspector that was not one of our proponents at the start. He is a believer now. What is really funny is that our people are producing, and have increase productivity by nearly 50%, going from servicing 35 to 40 stops a day to over 50. What is really curious is that everyone is happier now, because they do not have to find a place to hide to wait out their shift. Since we hired a few of the previous contractors employees, it has been fun watching the paradigm shift, and how guys that were leads with the previous contractors have gone back to a working position. I know that sometimes they want to be lead, but it is what it is, and we wanted to change the culture that they were used to, which is I don't want an employee to be in constant fear of losing his or her job, or thinking that they need to fear the leads. That has probably been one of the hardest things to overcome.
What is really funny is that there are a couple of the previous contractors upper management that have tried to spread the rumor that we are failing, and some poor, ignorant misinformed souls choose to believe the rumors. Since the city has put us in full operation and reduced responsibility meetings faster then they ever have, because we are performing so well, I think that we are probably doing all right.

I do have to say though, I hate reroutes. Imagine trying to coordinate 4100 locations, over 20 drivers, with 6 different service schedules, all while making sure that none are over serviced, and that the communications get back to the powers that be on damage, etc. It is a bit of a pain.
 
The Stops you make are crazy, I thought 80 where bad. Your out an hour an likely have stopped 80 times between 20 guys? I'm glad I'm taking the summer off.
Scott Stone said:
It depends on the municipality. The GPC contract with San Jose was recently looked at by the powers that be, and the city came to the realization that there was totally inadequate over site. So, instead of cancelling the contract for cause and debarring GPC, which I think should have been done, they are allowing the contract to run its' course with additional over site. It will be interesting to see how that plays out.
I have city people on me like white on rice. I receive constant email, and my shop is less then a half mile from the city offices. It is a frequent occasion when one of the city inspectors, there are four that monitor me, come to my office to check on something. They are always welcome here, and I never have anything to hide. So far, they are thrilled with the quality of work, the HUGE reduction in complaints from the previous contractors, and the approachability that we have. This from the a city inspector that was not one of our proponents at the start. He is a believer now. What is really funny is that our people are producing, and have increase productivity by nearly 50%, going from servicing 35 to 40 stops a day to over 50. What is really curious is that everyone is happier now, because they do not have to find a place to hide to wait out their shift. Since we hired a few of the previous contractors employees, it has been fun watching the paradigm shift, and how guys that were leads with the previous contractors have gone back to a working position. I know that sometimes they want to be lead, but it is what it is, and we wanted to change the culture that they were used to, which is I don't want an employee to be in constant fear of losing his or her job, or thinking that they need to fear the leads. That has probably been one of the hardest things to overcome.
What is really funny is that there are a couple of the previous contractors upper management that have tried to spread the rumor that we are failing, and some poor, ignorant misinformed souls choose to believe the rumors. Since the city has put us in full operation and reduced responsibility meetings faster then they ever have, because we are performing so well, I think that we are probably doing all right.

I do have to say though, I hate reroutes. Imagine trying to coordinate 4100 locations, over 20 drivers, with 6 different service schedules, all while making sure that none are over serviced, and that the communications get back to the powers that be on damage, etc. It is a bit of a pain.
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Probably more. I think it would probably be closer to 120 an hour, city wide.
 
Looks like you are providing the city with a very valuable and professional service, a lot better than the previous company and not only boosted employee morale but got more productivity out of them at the same time.

It would be great if more cities had relationships with contractors like your company.

Great job Scott!
 
My Competition part deux is going to be posted shortly.
 
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