On Mon, 22 Jun 2015 19:28:51 -0700, "taxed and spent"
wrote:


"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message
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On 6/22/2015 9:31 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
Just had a first. I've been repairing refrigerators for
about twenty years. I went out this AM, and worked on a
refrigerator. Did my best. She called back about 6 PM,
it's still problems. She gave me more information, and
my diagnosis changed. Drove back (half hour from here)
to work on the fridge again. Used a new in the bag part,
I'd bought several years ago. Told her I guessed the part
was about $25, bought it years ago.

She asked if I had the receipt. Took a minute to understand.
She wants to see the receipt of what I paid at the wholesale
house. No, the receipt is in a drawer or folder at home.

And even if I did, I wouldn't show you. I sell for retail.
I'll make a phone call tomorrow, see what the current
retail price is, and call her back. What an evening.


Amazing. She expects to pay wholesale?

No, she expects the repair guy to not just make up a number out of his head.

Yes. Chris was looking for trouble when he didn't just quote a price
for the part and be done with it.

"Told her I guessed the part was about $25, bought it years ago."

Three separate problems he caused himself in that one sentence.
"guessed", "about" "years ago". Years ago is iffy, but a lot of people
don't understand that stock normally increases in valuie while it sits
in inventory, and many stores encourage the belief that it doesn't by,
on special occasions when it's relevant, saying they sell old stock
based on what the wholesale price was then, and new stock based on what
it is now.

But In fact I'm not sure Chris was saying he'd increased his price from
what he woudl have charged if he had used the part when he bought it
"years ago. It doesn't matter because he said "guessed" and "about",
and so she was trying to help him figure out what he paid. I'm not at
al convinced she wasnt' willing to give him a profit on the part, but
what I know she did want is to remind him of what he paid for the part.

I also can't tell if when Chris said it was about 25 if that's what he
paid for it or if that's what he intended to charge for it, based on
what he paid for it.

Chris, next time just say, The part is 25 dollars. Or whatever it is
with your profit. I'll bet that's what you usually say, and that's why
t his hasn't happened before.