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#53572 06/29/05 10:52 PM
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I have a guy that will do it for half your price.

Me= "Let him do it"

#53573 06/30/05 06:11 AM
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"It was fine yesterday and just suddenly stopped working today." (Said of wiring which could not possibly have worked unless it was defying the laws of physics. [Linked Image] )

#53574 06/30/05 10:36 AM
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Q. How come that took you so long?

A. Why, how long does it normally take you to do that?

#53575 06/30/05 05:46 PM
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Sorry to tell you this, but this equipment is FUBAR.

If you want a lower price, what would you like me to leave out?


Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
#53576 06/30/05 05:53 PM
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Wife / hubby has the checkbook got to be the all time leader.What part of "I expect payment upon completion" is so hard to understand?

#53577 06/30/05 06:09 PM
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I need you to come RIGHT NOW, but I don't want any kind of emergency charge.

Dave

#53578 06/30/05 07:34 PM
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Give me a good deal I'll give you lots of work

#53579 06/30/05 07:50 PM
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CUSTOMER SAYS: Right now all I need is someone to come over here and do this crappy little job real quick...but I'm re-doing the whole place soon and will need an electrician for that. Gonna need a lotta work done then!

CUSTOMER MEANS: All I need is someone to come over here and do this crappy little job real quick.

#53580 06/30/05 07:53 PM
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All the others are half your price! Can't you do better?

-Hal

#53581 06/30/05 08:19 PM
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Cat Servant
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I once did a job for a religious organisation....and it was simply amazing how many members of the congregation just had to tell me that their uncle was an electricla engineer or an inspector- as if to warn me that my betters were watching (my laughter was suppressed!!!)

Then there are the guy whoafter you refuse to hill-billy rig something for them, try to get you to do it incrementally. Can't wire the dryer by drawing off two standard receptacles...well, can you extend each circuit to here?....put them in same double box?.....will dryer recep fit in box?....! The hard part in this case is deciding when to stop being polite, and just telling him off! This is always accompanied by assurances that no inspector will ever see the job (after you explain code violation), assurances the it'll work (they see it done 'all the time'), Oh, those engineers overdesign, there's a 'safety factor used', etc.


Now, the statements that scare me are:
1) I used to be an electrician...
2) An electrician friend of mine was here...
3) Electricity don't know the difference;
4) It works, don't it?; and,
5) It ain't rocket science.

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