TSSA

I got billed over $4800 to inspect a BRAND NEW Hot Dog Cart. I gave them 1200 bucks and told them to F off sent it to collections, I'll pay $1 dollar a month until I die and has long has your making a payment the states your making an effort to pay the bill thus they cannot send to collections. If everyone did this. How quickly would this extortion company be shut down. I was led to believe extortion was a criminal offence and punishable by law. Am I wrong?

YES! They are crooks for sure. First they made a bogus invoice as there is no evidence of an inspection. $600 and a new bill every week. Any other company would send a bill once a month. Then threats to put me in the credit bureau. Unbelievable pukes.
So, no request for service, no evidence of an inspection and did not sign for any work done. Then the weekly billings and threats.
Sounds like Mafia to me.
Don't give them a cent!

Same exam I had...80% electrical questions. .2 questions l could use code book for..all the rest were apparently a combo of g3 G2 and one on vaporizers...apparently g1 question...funny thing is all marks were from modules 10- 24 as per mastery email ...wouldn't g3 be modules 1-9...I was told to rewrite is 250 ish...50 % of class failed...73% of Algonquin students fail this exam. ...does anybody out there think Tssa has found a new revenue source. ...100 bucks first write ...250. Second write ...250 3rd. Rewrite...failure rate over 50%...2 rewrites per month in Ottawa...Barry...Kingston. ..tor onto. ..so on and so on...no questions from code book...you are set up to fail...can anyone say money grab...hope to run into a Tssa rat out there...well l can dream!

how about sending those d bags from tssa a bill for entering your site and not reporting to the site office? That's what we're doing. Sending them a bill for 3000.00 for non compliance with our site regulations which is everyone must report to the site office or face a fine. F them extortionist ###.

Unfortunately, fighting the TSSA is counter productive. The ONLY people that can get rid of the TSSA cancer are the politicians that created this mess in the first place. There is no way to get at them directly, to force them to do something about the TSSA. You may not be able to get to them by the front door, you can certainly get to them through the back door!

Below is a link to the government of Ontario website that gives you a complete list of every Ontario MP.

http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/member_addresses.do?locale=en

I suggest this list be downloaded and passed on to EVERY HVAC contractor in Ontario. ANY of the MP's calling any contractor for service be denied services. Same applies to ALL contractors currently servicing ANY government facility. Refuse to service them.

If for some reason you are forced to provide the service, charge them through the nose for it! As the contractor you can charge whatever amount you want. A typical furnace repair costing $600.00 should be marked up to $6000 to one of these boneheads. Realize MONEY is the ONLY language these guys understand. When they have to suffer the consequences of their decision, its the only time they will move their ### to change it.

When the temp hovers at -30 and they have no heat in the house, and no one to service them. Watch how fast they take up your cause! Of course, this will only work if everyone works together. Posting and complaining will never change it. Action will! If we want it changed, this is our best and only option.

im pissed with tssa because on my g2 and obt2 exam i received questions about house electricity which had nothing to do with gas or oil burning equipment, needless to say after my exam my teacher had told me overlooking some our papers during the test he found a few of us had questions which were never taught in class and i ended up failing by 1.7% and 2 % do i bother paying another 240$ to re write each exam

This is from my experience being in the Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning trade the most absurd agency I've ever encountered. 11 yrs ago, I started my own HVAC business... Over the first few years, Union Gas gave us infractions when and where we had a mistake made and or needed addressing for a specific infraction. THIS WAS A PAINLESS PROCEDURE. Customer informed us and the issue was usually remedied within 2 days. NOW... If an issue arises from TSSA being called or emailed in, well we have had for the first few years...Driving time costs for the inspector, at $135/hr+HST... This amounted to nearly $1, 000.00 in just one visit as the nearest inspector was a 3 hr round trip drive time alone! My company has been given orders to cease and desist for over 10 months while the billing was in question and that the complaint was frivolous and subsequently dropped completely. As a result after that incident I have had not one good dealing with TSSA since that time, harassment, following my company around, etc... The non profit is an absolute insult to all non profit organizations everywhere. Their mandate is to bill, bill, bill, as much as possible. I have had nothing good or positive said by anyone in our industry of Fuel/Oil, Gas fitters, period. All have said that they're doing not a single thing for the public safety, just writing orders at $135/hr, although now no more charging for driving time, their billing department sent my company bills for over 2 yrs after our settlement and bill was withdrawn as a result. The story is so very long with many more instances of abuse, corruption, inspector in court with me discussing a court case in which he was the officer and I the defendant... PETITION TO STOP THEM NOW NEEDS TO BE STARTED...

Forgot to mention when the TSSA supervisor was in to submit their plundering bill he also had on his fat wrist a Breitling Watch. Now after spending much working time in Switzerland and this watch being my favorite over Rolex I can tell you this is a multi-thousand dollar watch. Ya think he would show up to work with a regular watch not to show off his membership on the sunshine list and opulence.

Just got my bill $1017.00 cheap in comparison to you other guys, no details to what the inspector did. My tenant call the fire department (don't know why, but didn't call us first) the fire department didn't find anything so they called the TSSA and the ESA. The Inspector was told 1) that the gas dryer (which was unplugged) did not cycle off, 2) that the vent pipe seams were sealed with duct tape not aluminum tape (previous owner) 3) the gas stove ignited slowly 4) gas fireplace had been tagged by Union Gas and not serviced (previous fire department call not reported by the tenant to us) and 5) maintenance done by someone my tenant hire drilled a hole in the furnace vent pipe and covered it with aluminum tape.
I'm already lawyered up because of this tenant, think she should be paying, she didn't call me to report the need for maintenance, nor that the fire department, TSSa, ESA or Union Gas had been at the house.