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There may be some negotiating room, but there is so much work out there =
we don't need to. I walked away from a job last week were the customer =
wanted to split the job into 3 payments instead of 2, but was fine with =
the overall estimate. We have been in the remodeling/home repair =
business for 18 years and have not had to advertise since the first =
month we started. It may not be good business, but it works for us. I =
usually regret the job when I deviate from my normal business practices =
and pricing structure. Operating this way helps weeds out bad or pain in =
the ass customers. I also don't have to get a down payment to buy tires =
for my trucks.

cm


Yeah - I guess I really don't geddit. If I were smart and savvy, I'm supposed
to make payment an all-or-nothing thing, and demand to hold off payment until
the end, until the last little detail, 'cause I don't trust the person I hired,
but he's supposed to sign on to that because - apparently - he's supposed to
wholly and completely trust *me*? And have some huuuuge hung of change to risk
upfront where he can order my windows, AND January's next customer's kitchen
cabinets (since that needs like a six week lead time), AND all the lumber for
who knows what else for the customer after me?

Does anyone step back and turn situations around in their minds and consider
what the other guy's position is in things anymore? Or is that just quaintly
old fasioned.

You know what it is? People don't trust *themselves* to vet the people they
hire to work for them. What a way to go through life. Maybe they **** people
off so bad they never build any relationships to base anyting on.

Banty (who just paid the first half for a big window job, what a chump I must
be...)