On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:05:34 -0800 (PST), the infamous Robatoy
scrawled the following:

--bit o' snippage--
Then I asked what he wanted me to do about his dilemma. He wanted that
top, but didn't want to pay what I asked. He then said: "If you take
off $ 200.00, then I will let you install it."
I then asked him for his phone number and handed him a piece of paper.
"I will have to think about your offer," I said.
He wrote down his phone number and handed it to me. I, while he
watched me, stuck that piece of paper in my shredder.

g

I've only given quotes to two people like that. By the end of the
brief conversations, I had already decided not to do the job for them,
even if they doubled the price and paid it all in advance. There's
just no satisfying some people and if, by chance, they actually paid
the money and you did a perfect job, they'd trash your rep for you.

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porcelain.
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