Ah Soon, overrated?

There has been many discussions about the good and bad of Ah Soon that I dunno whether to continue recommending him or not:
http://www.renotalk.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=21215

With more people asking him for quotations, he is getting a bit too "popular" for comfort.
He has been flying people's aeroplane, not replying to promised quotations, not giving due attention to client's projects (resulting in project implementation mistakes), and also higher quoted prices (subject to negotiation).

Perhaps when I first got him, he was not so well known (I haven't introduced him inside renotalk) and I was not presented with the problems his new clients are now facing...

In summary, as marvin puts it, go for Ah Soon if
1) You want slightly cheaper quote
2) Can have time to jagger and oversee the project.
3) Knows exactly what designs you wanted.
4) Threshold level is high for waiting.

Also, Ah Soon's brother , Jason, recently split from Fu Hua.

Jason is a talented project lead as he had started off as a carpenter since young, and he is the main guy for Ah Soon to help him "finish up" projects, after all the different parties (tile layer, carpenter, painter++) have done their work.

This might not be good for Ah Soon...

Finally, to answer all those queries about whether Ah Soon is a HDB-approved contractor... you can find out yourself :)