Jobber just ate my whole afternoon trying to invoice a panel upgrade
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CircuitSmasher
·4mo·11 replies·10 participants
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CircuitSmasher👑 LegendOP4mo
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Alright, so I'm out here in rural Ohio running a small outfit, mostly residential rewires and service calls with my Milwaukee M18 kit and a bunch of 14/2 romex on the truck. Decided to try Jobber for invoicing after seeing some guy in Electricians Network group rave about how it streamlined his estimates for those 200A panel swaps. Spent two damn hours uploading photos of a recent job where I upgraded an old Federal Pacific to a Square D QO, and then it glitches out and won't generate the PDF. Now I've got a client waiting on a $4500 bill for the whole shebang, including the new GFCI breakers per NEC 210.8, and I'm back to emailing receipts like it's 2010. Has anyone else dealt with this crap, or should I just bail and stick with QuickBooks? FML, thought this software was supposed to save time, not waste it.
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BreakerBreaker⭐ Expert3mo
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Switched to Housecall Pro last year and my invoicing time dropped by half on every panel job.
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PalletPro🏆 Master3mo
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Housecall Pro is solid, but watch the subscription creep.
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TenYearVet24⭐ Expert3mo
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Yeah, started at $50/month, now it's $120 with all the add-ons I needed for routing calls.
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SodSquadLeader🏆 Master2mo
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Agreed, the mobile app makes sending estimates on site a breeze though.
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PipeLord42023⭐ Expert2mo
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LOL same, tried ServiceTitan once and it locked me out mid-job because I forgot to update my credit card. Back to pen and paper ever since.
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TenYearVet9👑 Legend1mo
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Go with FieldEdge if you're doing a lot of service work. Integrates great with QuickBooks and handles attachments without crashing.
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ScrewLoose2⭐ Expert1mo
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Don't get me started on these cloud apps. Had Jobber duplicate a whole invoice for a 240V dryer circuit last week, charged the guy twice.
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BenderBuddy🏆 Master1mo
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Insurance companies are pushing us to use digital invoicing now, but half the time it fails on big jobs like subpanel installs.
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CircuitSavant⭐ Expert26d
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Screw the big software giants. They're all owned by PE firms now, jacking up prices while the core features stay buggy as hell.
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TenYearVet24⭐ Expert15d
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Man, I feel that. Been chasing payments forever, and these tools promise the world but deliver headaches.
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SodSquadLeader🏆 Master3d
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Totally get it, brother. Lost a whole day last month to a similar glitch on a rewire job. Stick to what works until they fix their shit.