Richard Martin
04-16-2001, 06:39 PM
I was cutting my own grass on Friday when one of my competitors (who recently inheirited a ton of money) stops by and asks if I would be interested in buying their route. In exchange for this 8 lawn route I would have to cut their grass for free for 2 years. Their lawn is about 40 X 100 or about 5 trips down and back on the Chopper. Extremely simple to do with very little trimming. About 20 cuts a year and it's deductable.
So they asked me to come by today and we could work out the details. I wanted to know the usual, how much they charge, how often they cut etc. so I can see if the route is worth it or not. Come to find out all they <i>really</i> wanted was someone to pick up their route and cut their grass when they're away on vacation 4 or 5 times a year.
I said "Thanks, but no thanks". I figured I would just wait until their customers get tired of waiting to get their grass cut and pick them up for free. What do you all think?
[Edited by Richard Martin on 04-16-2001 at 06:43 PM]
So they asked me to come by today and we could work out the details. I wanted to know the usual, how much they charge, how often they cut etc. so I can see if the route is worth it or not. Come to find out all they <i>really</i> wanted was someone to pick up their route and cut their grass when they're away on vacation 4 or 5 times a year.
I said "Thanks, but no thanks". I figured I would just wait until their customers get tired of waiting to get their grass cut and pick them up for free. What do you all think?
[Edited by Richard Martin on 04-16-2001 at 06:43 PM]