I do believe there is some truth to this. My Dad had a
customer one time, he'd figure his price, and then multiply
it by one and a half. Which worked out about right.

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"benick" wrote in message
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Overly picky or perfectionists customers are quite a
challenge.

Percentage wise, they are a small group.

I charge them more on any subsequent jobs for what I term
"hazardous
duty pay."
I also give a heads-up to other contractors. :-)

Andy

Seems to be more than just a small percentage around here in
Maine ,
especially the high end homes on the coast... Mostly folk
from the cities
and the richer they are , the worse they are..Most of the
"regular" folk are
pretty good...As a result I too have 2 prices..One for the
locals or return
customers and one for the ones that look like they are gonna
be a PITA...I
have become pretty good at spotting them after talking to
them a little
while but if it turns out they aren't a PITA I cut them a
break by saying
the job went faster than expected and I've adjusted the
final bill
accordingly....Although I like your hazardous duty pay
saying and may use
it......LOL...Around here the construction world is pretty
small and we tend
to look out for each other as well...