On Tuesday, 28 January 2014 20:43:23 UTC, Mr Pounder wrote:
"Old Codger" wrote in message

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On 28/01/2014 17:48, The Medway Handyman wrote:

I often work for people of a certain ethnic origin, who always, always,

always haggle about the final bill. It's a deep rooted cultural thing..



Even though you have quoted a price for a job in advance, they will

always, always, always try to get a few quid knocked off when it comes

to payment time.



So I've adopted the tactic of adding £10 or £20 to the estimate, knowing

full well they always, always, always haggle.



I did that today - and they just paid up, no haggling!



I feel slightly guilty now......



You could have immediately given a small discount for instant payment.:-)



Why feel guilty? If they accepted your estimate at the quoted price they

must have considered the job worth the money.



Or, he could have said, "I'm taking my parts out then" The parts he used for

the job that is.

I did that once. The "ethnic origin" ****stomer paid in full.

A gardening friend of mine almost doubles his estimate/quote for these types
as there's little chance they won't haggle or misunderstand the quote, or at the very least pay late.
He said he'd rather not work for them given the choice.