In message , Andrew Gabriel
writes
In article ,
"The Medway Handyman" writes:

No real rouges - awkward, cheap and random yes.

What ****es me off are people who try to take advantage.

Typical call of its type, seems always to be a female of one ethnic origin;

Caller; How much would it be to do x, y &z?
TMH; £65.
Caller; Can't you do it for £50?
TMH; No, if I wanted to charge £50 I would have said £50.

at this point I'd say, no, it's £70 or nothing.

Caller; Go on, you must be able to do it for £50.

Now it's £90.

Done that

One customer was always trying to push down the price, not even one who
did a lot of business

I told him of he asked again, his price would go up 10%


and he did


so I did


"that's unfair"

"20% then"


he doesn't bother me much anymore

--
geoff