Decent people/clients

[skyhuck]

There are plenty of good people out there.

 

On Thursday night I was going to visit my mother in hospital, as we were leaving I noticed the dog was missing, we went looking for him to no avail. Decided we needed to go and would resume the hunt on our return.

 

Heading down the M65 my phone rings, its the vets, a lady has picked him up in the village and taken him to the vets for them to read the chip, hence them calling me. I ask if its possible for me to pay the vets to take him home (my son is in) They say the lady says she was willing to return him, so they hand the phone over to her, lovely lady arrangements are made.

 

I ring my son and tell him the lady is coming with the dog and tell him to give her £20 and a huge thank you.

 

Lady would not accept the money and we exchanged a few very nice text messages

[The she surgeon]

I was asked to quote the other week and when I got there it was a mature, healthy beech tree 'perfect'. It was road side and if I'd quoted I would have gone in for 4men, 1 day. I knew this guy had already got another quote in. The customer was at work so I called him to ask why it was he wanted the tree reducing and his response was- well it was reduced around 5 years ago before I moved in so I thought I should look after it and get it reduced again. I told him that the tree had never been reduced and explained why there was no need to have this tree reduced, it had been crown lifted in the past and if anything could do with one limb sorting out that was crossing and rubbing with another limb. He thanked me for being honest and said he would recommend me to others. Then I found out he still got the other tree surgeon in to do other works! That guy offered him no advice and would have carried out unecassary work for around £900 and he still got him in, huff! Some people 🙄

[Mick Dempsey]

I was asked to quote the other week and when I got there it was a mature, healthy beech tree 'perfect'. It was road side and if I'd quoted I would have gone in for 4men, 1 day. I knew this guy had already got another quote in. The customer was at work so I called him to ask why it was he wanted the tree reducing and his response was- well it was reduced around 5 years ago before I moved in so I thought I should look after it and get it reduced again. I told him that the tree had never been reduced and explained why there was no need to have this tree reduced, it had been crown lifted in the past and if anything could do with one limb sorting out that was crossing and rubbing with another limb. He thanked me for being honest and said he would recommend me to others. Then I found out he still got the other tree surgeon in to do other works! That guy offered him no advice and would have carried out unecassary work for around £900 and he still got him in, huff! Some people 🙄

So what did the other guy do?

[The she surgeon]

Took down some holly trees in the back. He never asked me to quote for that. I reckon that beech would have had a TPO on it anyway (I hope)

[skyhuck]

Some times the client likes you, some times they don't.

 

I try to alway meet the client on site, I hate quoting over the phone or in writing.

Edited February 14, 2016 by skyhuck

[Mick Dempsey]

Well, you win some.....

[gnfencer]

Annoys me when folk ask me for fencing quote over the phone.

They don't know the distance, the spec they want, the ground conditions.

They don't understand the various factors involved on pricing up.

 

The favourite is

"It's just a wee bit"

Arrives to find many hundreds of metres.

[Breezeblock]

my mate went to price a job last week got there at specified time knocks on the door to be answered by his daughter who then says can you come back later he's having a nap needless to say we never went back it gets on my ****

[Gary Prentice]

my mate went to price a job last week got there at specified time knocks on the door to be answered by his daughter who then says can you come back later he's having a nap needless to say we never went back it gets on my ****

 

I'd be saying something along the lines of "go wake him up" or failing that phoning him at 4AM to discuss an alternative meeting:biggrin:

[Mick Dempsey]

Clients are a pita, better off without them, oh hold on....