"Funny" interaction with a prospective contractor

[Jack B.]

So I posted on craigslist that I'm looking for a licensed and insured contractor or gutter company to replace the gutters are one of my rentals.

For some reason, THIS time I actually got mostly all contractors who are licensed and insured. But the one, oh the ONE guy. When I asked him if he was licensed and insured (usually the fact that you don't have a ladder is a dead giveaway), he said if he was he would be able to charge me thousands of dollars for it.

I told him, that I doubted it, since it's only a half days labor for one person. He replies back with a screenshot from his phone, of some unknown price list that was ridiculously high, and not quite clear from what source, claiming those are the going prices. For all I know, it was a list he typed up in an email.

I merely responded with each of the quotes I got from four different licensed and insured contractors, none of which was more than $450 bucks or so, including materials, etc.

He responds that "Mexicans are cheap but they do crappy work". So I decided to play a little more with this moron. I told him that they were actually two white guys from a licensed and insured gutter company, and that is who I awarded the work to.

He responds that they probably do drugs.

Now at this point, I didn't engage with this fool anymore, though I typed up a response that I did not send, that basically summarized our interaction:

-You don't have equipment or the license and insurance I noted that I require, with NO exceptions, in the very first sentence of my post for the job.

-You try to claim that it would cost me thousands to hire a licensed guy, but you will do it for less with no insurance or credentials.

-When I point out none of the quotes I got from legitimate companies were anywhere near even a fraction of what you claimed, you claim that they are Mexicans and do shoddy work and take drugs.

-So somehow, the idiot who doesn't have equipment, a license or insurance, not to mention probably any actual capability, claims that the guys who I found that ARE legitimate, do worse work than him, and take drugs.

-Congrats, you didn't get the job. You are "winner"...Can you mail me a magnet I can put on my fridge for the future?