it never ends. guy calls my newspaper add. he needs a few things done at an unoccupied dwelling. remove ivy, and remove a few large shrubs(junipers and yews) , but only the ones he has marked with a ribbon tied to them. so i go look, there are like 15 there, but only 3 have a ribbon tied to them. so i give him a quote on removing the ivy and the ribboned shrubs. fine he says, go with it. went there today, and wouldn't u know it, ALL 15 SHRUBS HAD A RIBBON TIED TO THEM! what a scammer. when does it ever end?
when does the kaniving bull#%%$#@ stop?
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You call him, tell him nice try, if he wants all 15 taken out, fine, the price goes up. Just take the price and multiply it by 5. If he says no, tell him to bugger off and never call the service again.
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I say it's poor communication on your part.
Women are much better communicators than men. :laugh:
If it would have been me, when I called back, I would have clarified with the guy how many shrubs there actually were.
I would have said, "so now for your price to remove the shrubs, I saw three of them with ribbons, do you only want 3 of them removed?" Then he would have said, "Oh sorry, the ribbons must have blown off.. I want all 15 of them removed."
I say let your wife handle making the calls. She will probably do a better job.
Women are much better communicators than men. :laugh:
If it would have been me, when I called back, I would have clarified with the guy how many shrubs there actually were.
I would have said, "so now for your price to remove the shrubs, I saw three of them with ribbons, do you only want 3 of them removed?" Then he would have said, "Oh sorry, the ribbons must have blown off.. I want all 15 of them removed."
I say let your wife handle making the calls. She will probably do a better job.
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LOL my.......off at Jodi
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Call him and say no thanks. You would not get payed anyways.
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Not me.......... I would have gone an trimmed the bushes I origionally looked at with the 3 bushes, then left him a bill......
When he called asking why I hadn't trimmed the other 12, I would have said, well I dont know where them other ribbons came from but when I looked at the job the first time, they wernet there...
When he called asking why I hadn't trimmed the other 12, I would have said, well I dont know where them other ribbons came from but when I looked at the job the first time, they wernet there...
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I think satxmow hit the nail on the hammer, If he this much of a weasel he will probably want it done for cash too. Which is convenient when he doesn't pay you.
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You tell em' Bobby.......... I agree with the call them back and tell the guy, that there was some kind of mistake, and you saw 3 ribbons, and bump the fire out of price...... If I had to bet I would say he had someoneelse out there first, that said he would get his crew to pull up the 15 for a price and he thought you would send out your crew........ and he would get it for the 3 price of three.
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Well he wont pay anyway, so you would be working for free. I would solve the problem by ignoring it. Unprofessional? No, just not worthy of my time and the energy it would take me to speak.
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Sad to say it never ends, you really have to roll with the punches.
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