I can’t tell if it’s a joke on RD’s part: he’s RD’s friend, pretending to be a carpenter and intentionally not doing any work for as long as possible. OR he’s a scamming, scummy POS carpenter that gives legitimate carpenters a horrible reputation. Either way, she’s getting 100% of her money back, either from RD or through Celestia and the courts
Step 2: listen to friendship lesson during magic repair.
Step 3: ?
Step 4: profit