Ramairfreak98ss
05-16-2009, 10:34 AM
Guy has a 1mil+ home, not even his daily home, he lives in NYC and works there for some IT company.. i used to be in IT and was heavily into it and never in my life could i have made anywhere near the type of money this guy must.
He wanted to barter down our mulching/trimming price. I cut it from $700 to $625 because he also signed up for bi-weekly lawn service for his 1.5+ acre development home on a corner.
He is rarely there. We cut his lawn may 7th for the FIRST time, it wasnt overgrown really though, its a 3yr old home, lots of dirt/mud, nothing is THAT established yet. I was on site, the guys edge the massive sidewalks, trimmed good etc. He calls up TODAY, may 16th and wants his lawn cut because with the rain, its too tall, he has guests coming over lol. I said bud, your gonna have to tell us mid week to add you on our schedule when your on your off week, not the day of or especially a weekend, were not even mowing lawns now until wednesday in that area for residential homes.
Then he complains about the mulching/trimming we did for $625.00 May 5th, 11 days ago. He said his front sidewalk "to his house" is all stained black from the mulch and that the mulch isnt black its "brown". I looked at it the next day, since it rained the day after and surely, it wasnt pitch black like when we first apply it but was still black. He HAD to have his mulching/trimming done asap so we kept him on schedule. You all know you cant apply dyed mulches within 24hrs of rain, honestly its more like 36-48 hours if its not sunny/dry and warm out each day. I KNEW he was going to be a royal pita after his persistenance in the scheduling, i made sure every plant/bush/tree was trimmed nicely in the front, all front beds power edged, mulched great etc.
We put down pre emergent, pulled all the weeds, which there was a lot to start with. He said theres tons of weeds coming up. I wont pull a single one more though since hes going to call again next week then about the same damn thing. He should have had better service, or taken better care of his lawn and landscape prior. His old company is in my town and are reputable... its just cheap with a big property.
Im going out tomorrow to take a look at it for him, i wont be doing anything else though. He just needs to pay up, he got a lot for the money already, they just like to complain about something to try and wheel and deal after the fact and get more taken off the bill or something for free:nono:
He wanted to barter down our mulching/trimming price. I cut it from $700 to $625 because he also signed up for bi-weekly lawn service for his 1.5+ acre development home on a corner.
He is rarely there. We cut his lawn may 7th for the FIRST time, it wasnt overgrown really though, its a 3yr old home, lots of dirt/mud, nothing is THAT established yet. I was on site, the guys edge the massive sidewalks, trimmed good etc. He calls up TODAY, may 16th and wants his lawn cut because with the rain, its too tall, he has guests coming over lol. I said bud, your gonna have to tell us mid week to add you on our schedule when your on your off week, not the day of or especially a weekend, were not even mowing lawns now until wednesday in that area for residential homes.
Then he complains about the mulching/trimming we did for $625.00 May 5th, 11 days ago. He said his front sidewalk "to his house" is all stained black from the mulch and that the mulch isnt black its "brown". I looked at it the next day, since it rained the day after and surely, it wasnt pitch black like when we first apply it but was still black. He HAD to have his mulching/trimming done asap so we kept him on schedule. You all know you cant apply dyed mulches within 24hrs of rain, honestly its more like 36-48 hours if its not sunny/dry and warm out each day. I KNEW he was going to be a royal pita after his persistenance in the scheduling, i made sure every plant/bush/tree was trimmed nicely in the front, all front beds power edged, mulched great etc.
We put down pre emergent, pulled all the weeds, which there was a lot to start with. He said theres tons of weeds coming up. I wont pull a single one more though since hes going to call again next week then about the same damn thing. He should have had better service, or taken better care of his lawn and landscape prior. His old company is in my town and are reputable... its just cheap with a big property.
Im going out tomorrow to take a look at it for him, i wont be doing anything else though. He just needs to pay up, he got a lot for the money already, they just like to complain about something to try and wheel and deal after the fact and get more taken off the bill or something for free:nono: