Re: rant: clients

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yep...but this guy kinda sucked me in.


"Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Crash Gordon wrote:
>> <rant>
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>> </rant>
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>> Sorry, just had to unload this one or it'd bother me all night.
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> I've said this before but it bears repeating. As a matter of fact there
> are times that I often have to repeat it to myself. It does help me
> make decisions on who to deal with and who not to ....... though.
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> It's better to not have a customer than to have one who doesn't pay.
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> The time you wasted with this guy after the first attempt could have
> been better spent working for someone who DOES pay .....
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> Or Spent on:
> Doing an estimate for a new client.
> Paying your bills.
> Looking for new products.
> Picking up parts for the next job.
> Calling a customer who's had a recent problem.
> Taking the van for an oil change.
> Cleaning out the van.
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> All of which are productive, enhance your income, give you a sense of
> accomplisment and DON'T tend to piss you off.
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> I have to say however, that there WERE times when I HAD to take this
> kind of conduct, when I was first starting out. I'd guess that's
> (kinda) understandable. But at this point, there's just too much work
> there, from people who are MORE than willing to pay, and to wait for me
> to give them what they want. Obviously, getting work by good strong
> referrals in essential. However, it is exactly that, that you will
> strengthen by doing business with only those people who value what you
> do. The guy that wants you to do it cheap, is the guy you'll NEVER get
> a referral from.
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> (From the annals of Jim the Philosopher of the Alarm trade :-)
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