JFife
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I've always found flushing to be overrated.
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What's a 'stain paddle'??? Barry, dude, that is awesome!! Screw 90%, that looks great!! Couldn't be any better!
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....I'll just have to catch up with you guys at Freaknik:) JH, eh?? Lived there for a spell myself, we'll have to talk sometime, JF
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Well said Rod!! Selling is so cool---my grandpa (successful retired bank president) will only deal with a good salesperson. Few years ago he bought five Rainbow vacuums from a woman on a DTD to his home. I/we do DTD for log home stuff, but I don't view it as selling, but as marketing. It all goes in a database.
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Nothing like the feeling of that good sale. Nothing. Nothing I've experienced. A shot of adrenaline. I get pumped just watching that show on A&E, about the used car lot in Vegas.
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Re: What Rod is saying about car quality, etc.
I've tried LIKE CRAZY to make determinations like this, only to find none of them will hold true. I've had great customers have awful landscaping and painting. I'm not criticizing Rod--I am not above profiling in the least. Only Democrats call that 'profiling'--we call it "market analysis". I just TRULY have never found the shoe that fits. And I've come to believe you really do have to treat every bid/proposal equally, with the same vigor. I've had some nasty homes be darn good customers. And visaversa.
Bad deal Aaron. Too bad it is an aquintance---kill 'em with kindness.
NEW IDEA:
Learned from sales tape. Guy sells steak knives doortodoor. He'd schedule an appt. with someone to meet them.....if he went (say, Tuesday at 9am) and they avoided him/weren't there (scared of being sold) he'd just leave.
He'd come back the NEXT DAY at 9am and shamefully and sorrowfully apologize to the lady, and say, "ma'am, I mis-read my calander. I didn't realize it until this morning, but I was actually supposed to be here yesterday. I owe you a tremendous apology. Would you accept my apology, and could we go ahead and meet now and discuss those steak knives you were interested in???"
This salesman said it sold 100% of time and here is why: If the person was honest, and said "no, I intentionally stood you up" then he wouldn't get a sale, but that RARELY happened. Most are faaaar to passive. ALMOST EVERYONE would say, "oh, don't worry about it, we can meet now". He knew at that point, if they were too passive to be honest about what they'd done, there was no way they were going to be able to resist a powerful, polished, presentation from an expert salesman. When this happened, he made a sale 100% of the time.
This guy's name was Judge Ziglar, Zig's brother and is the all-time record holder for knive sales in the country. Pretty cool I thought:)
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Hey! You came over from ContractorTalk! First off, I am far less worried about your water supply than I am about your back if you are planning on unloading this thing out of a truckbed. I think for that GPM, you are going to be stuck with a water tank at some point....don't see a way around that.
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Aaron,
If i may critique you though, this doesn't sound like a Williamson Co. house, or a WillCo customer. Or GH, BelleMeade (target zones). For this to have been the response, at the PROPOSAL OF BID, you obviously didn't weed-out aggressively enough. I bet it was a YP call. You have to be aggressive in weeding these out....point them out to pics on your website and say, "is your house about this size? Oh yes, this was a great project, they were thrilled. You can call them as a referral. We did X, X, X, X, and X, all for $6,800 on this home, which is a great value for a high-end Co. like ours." The good customers will just ignore this and say, "i'd like for you to stop by when you get a chance," the bad ones will say, "it's gonna cost that much? I didn't realize that." At that point, say, "well, knowing this is the price range we are in, are we wasting each others time to pursue with an estimate? I realize quality service isn't cheap, but what are your options?" If they say, "come on", there is a good chance they are a buyer and were setting you up with the "dang that's high" remark. If they are a gentleman and cannot/will not afford it, they'll pass. If they are true white trash, they'll still ask you to come, and tell you it is ten times higher than they want. Tough to weed those out.:)
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....More than fair. Call her back and apologize and say, "I am sooooo sorry ma'am, I got the numbers wrong, the actual total is more like $2100.00. I thought it looked funny, but it wasn't until you hung up on me that I figured out what I did wrong on my pricing. At that price, would you like to shedule for Sept. 15?"
Then call on Sept. 15 and re-schedule for Oct. 10. Do this a couple more times, and finally call her back and say, "you know what, I went back over the numbers, and I was actually right the first time. So are you still interested in getting it done at $5800.??"
....Or you could just call them at around 3am and say, "hey I'm sorry, we got cut off earlier today...probably my cell phone. I didn't get to complete my proposal about restoring your deck."
Probably best just not to sweat it. Just be glad you aren't married to her--it could be worse.
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OK, so the TGS has a new ad- Semen Tanks?Did anybody have the nerve to click on it?
I have enough problems with worms, viruses, and Trojans without risking that.
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...Probably for cattle and the like. LOTS of money in semen. Interestingly, however, you cannot sell horse semen (at least not at the "high end" market). That is the whole problem with that fella who broke his leg at Preakness (I believe), he had just won the Kentucky Derby (dang, cannot think of his name). Most horses you have to put down after a leg injury--they simply cannot heal. But him--he is worth millions---as a stud. Thing is, they have to pork the old-fashioned way, no injections. So they are spending un-told dollars on him (Barbaro?) to get his leg healthy enough to simply mount some mares, and the owners can get their payday. Well, that is your lesson in Equine Ejaculate 101 for the day:)
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Honestly, I think that is just the price you pay for being in a year-round work zone. People in Michigan and New Hampshire are fretting in August, people in the Durty are chillin'. When Feb. comes and Ken Fenner is complaining about eating beans and cornbread at every meal because he is broke, you ATL guys can smile and show him the new platinum fronts you just got from all the housewashing you've been doing, :) It's all a cycle, be happy, this is Darwinism thinning out the herd,
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I'm not convinced that people are any less moral now than at any other time. You and I must live in different "societies."Agreed....read the old testament. Made our societies look mild. Ancient Rome. They had NAMBLA, back then...except it was legal and excepted!!
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Ashland!! They always have the cheapest gas!! Exit 40 I believe?? Is that right? Remember that from driving so much from TN to home in STL.
Integrity: points well made. As I think we all agree, Mike's decision, and there are variables that we don't know which should be considered. I'm not going to post on this anymore, because as I said, it's Mike's call. But my only point I'd want to be considered as a Christian is that, being a Christian does not imply that you have to be weak, or taken advantage of. I believe many use this as a crutch of sorts to keep from having to be bold--it is easier to just say, "I'll just love them anyways and hope they stop." A quick study of the Bible will show that Christians are anything but weak--and you shouldn't be ashamed to defend yourself. How is it "loving your other neighbors" to let these people go around menacing and terrorizing others in the neighborhood/city, without trying to stop them?? ....Or conversely, maybe your stopping these "kids" or whoever by whatever means necessary stops them from going to Hotshot's house and getting shot or something??
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Mike,I'm with you. If they can't afford gas, then destroying their car will likely drive them to more aggressive crime.
Nah, that's what we've been lead to believe. Don't fight back, just play dead and hope they hurry. How does that apathy help your family, your community, or your nieghbors?? The proverbial ostrich with his head in the hole. These are the same arguments Dems use when saying we shouldn't be fighting terrorism so hard, etc......it is just going to make them more upset and more resolved to hit us. How would you feel if our country was following that pattern of thought?? You'll say this is apple and oranges; I say nobody has the right to take your gas or your life, and the pattern is analagous. I say take a stand and make them pay for their crime whether it is through prosocution, assault, or having the Dobie gnaw off his berries.:) But you are a respectable guy and will do what is best for you and your family. It's always easy to tell someone what to do, different when you are wearing his shoes.
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The RIGHT thing for you to do is protect you family, at all costs. Not defending yourself in this action is a show of weakness, one that a predator will prey upon. I grew up on a back road at the bottom of the hill, two working parents. During my childhood, we were broke into FOUR TIMES. I assure you, you don't want to find out what that will do to make your families life worse, more fearful, etc. This might be petty, but it is theft nonetheless and a form of terror if you ask me.
If I were you, I'd try to catch them in the act, and do something that might be defined as "crazy", and get that reputation as opposed to "easy target" or "harmless". Make sure this stops HERE....I can still remember being a kid and coming home from school with my mom and seeing the front door cracked open, and her just dropping two bags of groceries to the ground in shock. I'd do something overly-protective now...and worry about the fallout later.
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Scott,
Yeah, I was just interested if they named her "Reagan" after his acting accomplishments as opposed to his political accomplishments.
You guys ever see, "IT" by Stephen King?? That clown had fangs. And lived in the drains.
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"Hills have Eyes"...isn't that Horror?? I may check it out. Don't really like scary stuff. Especially hate creepy stuff. Watched an episode of HBO's "Carnivale" and I still have nightmares. Clowns [shiver].
...Now if you want to rent something good, get the first season of "PrisonBreak". Literally, I stayed up until 5am three nights this week watching it. Unbelievably good. Like, "24" good.
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The theory "credit" is rediculous. My parents have never paid a bill late in their life, never had a card balance, paid cash for their home, etc......and for that.......their credit score is "good". The trick to a good credit score is that you need to borrow lots of money, pay it back, and have lots of unused cash available on credit cards. Craziness.
I feel for ya Kentucky. One of the wealthiest guys I know personally, was bankrupt at about your age, and at 50, was a multi-multi. The one thing bankruptcy cannot ruin is YOU; meaning, in my friend's instance, he had people that NEW he could make it, and investing money in HIM was a wise decision. Paid off for him, and paid off for investors. Anyone that feels that way about you?? (not family, friends, IMO) I went to college with this guy's kids, and he was a well-known alumni; I'll see if I can find a story about him and I'll email it to you.
You might read "Guerrilla Marketing" and "Guerrilla Selling" lots of stuff in there to do for free. My advice would ALWAYS be to go for networking. Realtors. Painters. Etc.
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Neil,
...sorry to interrupt, but your wife/girlfriend's name is "Reagan"?!?!? WOW! That is awesome!! I imagine she is too old to have been named after the President, but was she named after RR, the actor?? If I ever have a child, I'm going to name them, "Cheney", boy or girl.:)
Movie: That's funny, my bro went and saw it, walked out half-way. Huge Farrell fan too. My dad also hated it. We aren't southerners/nascar'ers....would that make a difference??
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Well played Camalot,
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...This is one of those unpredictable things John----the reason that every job you do, the contracts seem to get longer and longer:) More things to disclaim each time you do a job.
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not a housewasher here.....but like Celeste said, re-screening is super-easy. Matter-of-fact, sometimes with what I do, what you do, etc. it is easy to just get a description of a problem over the phone and say, "I'm sorry for the trouble, we've never heard of this before, it's a first for us, but I'll look at it" and just go fix it. I can tell you, for the time you've spent typing these posts, I could have replaced those screens. It's that fast/easy. Probably cost you $10 in material/tool at Lowes. I'd actually SUGGEST you go do this yourself, and not hire it, because this is a handy little skill to have. Imagine if a GOOD customer had five screens like that and was gone for the day, you have the products on truck, and spent 20 minutes and fixed them...bingo.
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Dang,
Mbryan just showed the size of his scrote, and his belief in *****. Anyone from PWNA care to counter with a similar offer to Jason?????:)
pretty color
in Wood Cleaning & Restoration - Decks, Fences, etc.
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John,
Not familiar with the product, I'd say there is an application issue. Call manufacturer, that will be the simplest solution. Not a problem I'd expect of the product in mention.