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Old 05-25-2007, 12:34 AM   #1
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Video Of A Competitor


Shot some video of one of our competitors doing a siding job. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnbfE_YS2WA

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Old 05-25-2007, 12:43 PM   #2
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Real pros, eh? At least they looked like they were having a good time
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Old 05-25-2007, 01:15 PM   #3
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Hopefully they don't get paid by the hour.
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Old 05-25-2007, 02:23 PM   #4
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I wonder how long it took them to get that high.
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Old 05-25-2007, 02:26 PM   #5
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My real question is how they managed to get the courses to line up with the top of the door there. They must have an actual contractor put up the starters or somethin
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if that's competition, well then i'm sorry.
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Old 05-25-2007, 02:57 PM   #7
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if that's competition, well then i'm sorry.

That flew over my head the first two times I read it~
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Old 05-25-2007, 04:59 PM   #8
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mayb theyell call me for an estimate<








when it pops off
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Old 05-25-2007, 05:09 PM   #9
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Patrick, how were you able to get the video?
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Guys....this people are volunteers.... "Putting up siding on the Habitat for Humanity House".


Volunteers are fun to watch
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I dressed up as a Bradco supply salesman their always sneakin up on ya
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She did have kind of a cute derrier also.
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She did have kind of a cute derrier also.
does the tw in your moniker stand for ..........too wide........
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does the tw in your moniker stand for ..........too wide........
Well...no...and her's wasn't "too wide" either...least not for my tastes anyway...heheh.
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She's chunky but not sloppy.

These are the people that when they get home, they say "Oh yeah, siding is easy. I've done it before, no problem"
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Shot some video of one of our competitors doing a siding job. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnbfE_YS2WA
Your "competitors" are Habitat For Humanity volunteers? Dude, I'd aim a little higher for your business. Trashing on the work volunteers do is pathetic...unless your post was a joke. In that case, ha ha.

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Old 06-28-2007, 06:02 PM   #17
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I think he was poking fun at the common misconception that vinyl siding can be easily installed by anyone. My crew gets a taste of this from me quite often: "Guys, I don't see the problem. The instructions on the box!" ect.

"Competitors" include homeowners that are deluded into believing that siding is always easy.

2 observations:

#1: I can't hate on them too much. I've looked like that trying to lock panels that came out of the box with a partially bent lock or were just cheap material.

#2: Say what you will. I would rather have them working with me (especially for free) than the ugly dudes that I have now. I think the crew would say the same about me.
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I agree w/MAC on this,they even knew english,what was that guy doing w/a siding removal tool???
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