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Old 01-06-2009, 05:00 PM   #1
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Home Tours With Customers

Has anyone organized a customer home tour of your remodeling jobs? ( 3-4 homes in a neighborhood including either a kitchen, bath, lower level or other)

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Old 01-06-2009, 05:01 PM   #2
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no, but I might need to start
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Old 01-06-2009, 05:06 PM   #3
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Old 01-06-2009, 05:32 PM   #4
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Ha Ha, home tours. These work great according to my friends that do it.

Here's my little story,
I go out and price a high end remodel, everything top shelf, customers very conservative and cautious. So I say how about a tour of a home I did.
Thinking to show off my fine work.
I call the people who I want as my showpiece remodel, he's the president of a prestigious Yacht Club, a very distinguished looking guy and ask for a tour that weekend. "Admiral Hornblower" consents.

That weekend we drive up to this estate, everything perfect, and ring the bell. My distinguished looking Captain answers the door in his Navy Dress Whites uniform, looking like the boss of every ship captain in America, except,
He's pukin', f**kin', piss in his pants drunk and burping fumes like a one cylinder kerosene log splitter!

Oh Damn!
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you serious?
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Good lord, that had to be funny no matter what. Maybe you shouldn't have installed that keg-o-rator, or the 3 wine coolers for him!!!
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I still have the keys and alarm codes for every house I have remodeled from 1998-2008.
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True story, Lafayette Yacht Club.
And I didn't get the job.
But it was funny, just not to my prospects.
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I still have the keys and alarm codes for every house I have remodeled from 1998-2008.
Just like your car keys right? Don't know where they are, but you have em.
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Old 01-06-2009, 06:18 PM   #10
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Thats some scary murphys law crap right there...but it had to be good for a laugh.
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Old 01-06-2009, 07:27 PM   #11
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Wasn't funny at the time.
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Old 01-06-2009, 09:51 PM   #12
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iam a siding contractor so i dont have to get into
anyone's house. thank God
But i do bring prospective customers around to
show them jobs ive done.i sold an 80,000$ siding
job like that
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I still have the keys and alarm codes for every house I have remodeled from 1998-2008.
so if the construction bus.goes belly up, you could still have a promising career....
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so if the construction bus.goes belly up, you could still have a promising career....
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