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Noon-Air
 
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Thats nice for your hobbies, now answer the questions....

Just exactly what is it that you do??? how much are you overpaid?? what does
it cost you to pay for a roof over your head??? how much does it cost to
feed your family??? how much does it cost for your medical and dental
insurance?? how much do you pay in taxes?? how much does it cost to run and
maintain your vehicles??? how much less can you get paid and still survive??

inquiring minds want to know.

one more question to add to the mix.... How many hours a week do *you* work
before you demand to be paid overtime???

inquiring minds still want to know.


"Richard J Kinch" wrote in message
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Noon-Air writes:

Kinch.........You never answered the question I asked a week ago.........

Just exactly what is it that you do?


Google "Richard Kinch" (no quotes):

http://www.google.com/search?q=richard+kinch

16,500 hits today.

9 of top 10 are about me.

Google "Richard J Kinch" (in double quotes), 1570 hits, all me.

For another one of my unusually successful pro-bono do-it-yourself
enterprises (besides HVAC), Google "garage door spring" (no quotes). Mine
is the second of the top ten, the one with actual advice vs yelling "no
touchie!" or trying to sell something.

What do I do? Among other things, I spend a fair amount of time every day
answering fan mail from fellow do-it-yourself'ers.



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"Richard J Kinch" wrote in message
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Compressor or
condensing unit, the price you pay is double what the installer's

company
pays. In fact, everything they use, fittings, copper, freon, is doubled


Nothing wrong with that. The do-it-yourself'er buys one at a time, you

buy
'em by the truckload.

Of course I stocked up on a lifetime supply of R-12 in 1990, and R-22
later, when it was still cheap and legal. I'll bet you pay more today

than
I did then, carrying costs included.



Oh....my....

Richard...you know you need to pay a hefty tax on that much R12...I sure as
hell hope you have reported it...cause I know of about 10 that just did.





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Richard J Kinch wrote:
Steve@carolinabreezehvac writes:


That is not a fair price, but you are being victimized by the "parts not
labor" warranty scam, and the trade protection racket.



Not really. Richard..you really dont know a d*** thing about running a
business do you?



I suppose you want to whine about how much it costs to put a truck and tech
on the road.

While I have some business experience, I admit it is limited to competing
fairly and without artificial barriers to entry. You may be right: I don't
know much about the inside of your collusive, anti-competitive, and
protected trade. I do know that the alt.hvac cronies are the meanest bunch
of roustabouts in the NNTP universe, and don't fairly represent the HVAC
biz.

I dunno what it is about fixing stuff for a living, but whether it is AC
units, or garage doors, or brain surgery, you all seem to think your labor
is worth many times what mere mortals can do, but you need all kinds of
barriers and licenses to force people into paying it.



Then fix it your own damned self. Or better yet, price shop and deal
with a cheap hack who'll end up costing you 3 times as much in the long run.
Ignorant price shoppers. Sheeeeesh.
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Richard J Kinch wrote:
Steve@carolinabreezehvac writes:


That is not a fair price, but you are being victimized by the "parts not
labor" warranty scam, and the trade protection racket.



Not really. Richard..you really dont know a d*** thing about running a
business do you?



I suppose you want to whine about how much it costs to put a truck and tech
on the road.

While I have some business experience, I admit it is limited to competing
fairly and without artificial barriers to entry. You may be right: I don't
know much about the inside of your collusive, anti-competitive, and
protected trade. I do know that the alt.hvac cronies are the meanest bunch
of roustabouts in the NNTP universe, and don't fairly represent the HVAC
biz.

I dunno what it is about fixing stuff for a living, but whether it is AC
units, or garage doors, or brain surgery, you all seem to think your labor
is worth many times what mere mortals can do, but you need all kinds of
barriers and licenses to force people into paying it.



Then fix it your own damned self. Or better yet, price shop and deal
with a cheap hack who'll end up costing you 3 times as much in the long run.
Ignorant price shoppers. Sheeeeesh.
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In article ,
"Steve@carolinabreezehvac"
wrote:

"Richard J Kinch" wrote in message
. ..
Compressor or
condensing unit, the price you pay is double what the installer's

company
pays. In fact, everything they use, fittings, copper, freon, is doubled


Nothing wrong with that. The do-it-yourself'er buys one at a time, you

buy
'em by the truckload.

Of course I stocked up on a lifetime supply of R-12 in 1990, and R-22
later, when it was still cheap and legal. I'll bet you pay more today

than
I did then, carrying costs included.



Oh....my....

Richard...you know you need to pay a hefty tax on that much R12...I sure as
hell hope you have reported it...cause I know of about 10 that just did.


ROTFLMAO


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Steve@carolinabreezehvac wrote:

"Richard J Kinch" wrote in message
. ..

Compressor or
condensing unit, the price you pay is double what the installer's


company

pays. In fact, everything they use, fittings, copper, freon, is doubled


Nothing wrong with that. The do-it-yourself'er buys one at a time, you


buy

'em by the truckload.

Of course I stocked up on a lifetime supply of R-12 in 1990, and R-22
later, when it was still cheap and legal. I'll bet you pay more today


than

I did then, carrying costs included.




Oh....my....

Richard...you know you need to pay a hefty tax on that much R12...I sure as
hell hope you have reported it...cause I know of about 10 that just did.


Ummmm! Make that 11... ;-p Finders fee is ten percent... Hot Damned..
How about a New Mercedes 500sl Service vehicle!






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Terry,
I'm sorry to tell you different but the amount of money that the Big 3 car
manufacturers in Detroit, Michigan
pays just for workman's compensation insurance alone to manufacture EACH car
or truck that comes off the assembly line
is about $6,000.

Jabs


"TURTLE" wrote:
(snip)
A Brand new Chevy Silverodo King Cab fully loaded cost to the manufactor
to
produce is about $6,800.00 . They sell for $28,000.00 to $35,000.00 and
who's
getting this big bunch of cash for nothing by selling them. Now they
sometimes
fix or replace them for 5 years or a 100k miles.

TURTLE




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In article ,
"Jabs" wrote:

Terry,
I'm sorry to tell you different but the amount of money that the Big 3 car
manufacturers in Detroit, Michigan
pays just for workman's compensation insurance alone to manufacture EACH car
or truck that comes off the assembly line
is about $6,000.

Jabs


LOL
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Steve@carolinabreezehvac writes:

Richard...you know you need to pay a hefty tax on that much R12


Ooops! Wasn't aware of that. Which line on my 1040 do I use to report it?


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Noon-Air writes:

Just exactly what is it that you do?

inquiring minds still want to know.


"Inquiring" means "Google" nowadays. Apparently you haven't heard.
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"Richard J Kinch" wrote in message
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Steve@carolinabreezehvac writes:

Richard...you know you need to pay a hefty tax on that much R12


Ooops! Wasn't aware of that. Which line on my 1040 do I use to report

it?

Your local EPA rep will gladly show you how, and where to report it as he is
auditing you...

Dont make things public that you dont have the knowledge to defend.

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****in troll......

Google this....

*PLONK*

"Richard J Kinch" wrote in message
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Noon-Air writes:

Just exactly what is it that you do?

inquiring minds still want to know.


"Inquiring" means "Google" nowadays. Apparently you haven't heard.



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