Things I've Been Asked By Customers

480sparky

Either way, my price would be the same.

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Handymanservice

I never understood the whole "pay in cash" discount thing? I guess they figure we won't report it if it is cash?
I hate that!
You are always under the microscope because they think you are going to "rip them off", and then they say something dumb like that. It's ok if you "rip off the government/jeopardize your business", so they could get a good deal though!

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wizendwizard

So I am on one of my flips yesterday.

Guy just walks into the house unannounced.
Comes upstairs where we are working.

Says "Hi, I'm a neighbor from down the street. I see ya'll are doing a lot of work over here. My wife and I are doing some remodeling of our house and I was wondering if I could ask for a favor."

I figure, "OK, here comes the noise complaint."

I introduce myself as the contractor and ask how I can help him.

"Well we are trying to hang some crown in the whole house and was wondering if I could borrow your carpenter to come make the cuts for us. We can hang and nail it but we can't get the cuts right. I can pay a few bucks."

I say "OK, do you have a miter saw of do we need to bring ours over. If we need to bring our tools you will have to pay contract rates."

He says "Oh no no no, I have a skill saw over there. I just need to borrow your guy for cutting. I can't afford to hire your company."

Needless to say we all had a great laugh.

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There is no such thing as an illegal immigrant, they are either illegal or immigrants.
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480sparky

"I"ll ask on a professional's forum and get free advice."

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send_it_all

Please tell me Skil is making a miter saw these days. Don't tell me he was actually trying to cut crown with a circular saw.

wizendwizard

OK I wont tell you he was attempting to cut crown with a circular saw, I really wont tell you he was. It isn't going to make it any less true.

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There is no such thing as an illegal immigrant, they are either illegal or immigrants.
I'm Retired, or a student, don't really know anymore.

480sparky

37: Can I borrow your tools (ladder, drill, cord, etc) this weekend so I can wire my basement myself?

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thom

We were remodeling a Hewlitt Packard office. We'd removed the interior walls, leaving the emt hanging from the ceiling with the boxes still attached and power still on.

One of their techies asked "what are you going to do with all the electricity that was in the walls?"

I told him "We'll pour it all into a bucket and save it before we remove the pipes."

gbryant1

Did a bid on a house today to replace some rotted wood and paint the lap siding and trim.
The HO asks if we could install vinyl siding for the same price as painting the old lap siding. I told him that we sure can because the paint that we use cost a little more that the vinyl siding, about 20% more.

joelv1967

LMFAO....I love the smart @$$ answers to stupid questions. Last night we had a bit of thunder and lightning. I told my cousin that it was happening, and he asked me "WHERE?" Of course, I answered "right here in the living room...didn't you see it??"