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Posted by David Moffitt on May 4, 2007, 12:03 am
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>> >> Kpro;
>> >> I've thought about the something. The car collision guys charge $25
> for
>> > an
>> >> estimate now. And you come to them!
>> >> But if our competition doesn't come up to speed, then we [HVAC
>> > Contractors]
>> >> would be held back.
>> >> I'm not sure as a homeowner I'd be receptive. Do the window
>> >> installers
>> >> charge to come out? Do plumbers? [Basically other tradesmen?].
>> > It's starting to come to this in many different fields.
>> > It has to start somewhere... I prefer to be a leader than a follower.
>> > We will be better off (as a whole) if we get paid for our
> time/knowledge.
>> > That's what happens when you're sick and you go to the doctor's office.
>> > They're no different than we are. Except they get paid for damn near
>> > everything they do... for some reason WE (as contractors) feel that we
>> > have
>> > to give shit away.
>> Do you give your system away if your customer cannot pay? The doctor does
>> every day. Bad example.
> Yes, your example IS bad.
Medical people "give shit away" every day.
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> Have you never done anything because you felt like giving back to the
> community??????
I do a lot of free work. I spent a week in Baton Rouge at LSU giving free
medical care for hurricane Katrine victims.( LSU was the triage center for
those evacuated) My family (who all went) collected 3 semi truck loads of
aid. 1 Truck of food and water. 1 Truck of clothing. 1 truck load of medical
supplies. All delivered by us and 3 volunteer truck drivers. We handed out
$10,000.00 in donated cash to victims that we selected by need. Most of them
were old people and couples with small children.
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> I just did a job for a great guy,
> made out the invoice and wrote P A I D accross it
> with the word F R E E in the total line...
> why, cause I felt like it.
God bless you.
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> All you people see in general is the bad things... well, let me tell
> you...
> we are not all the same. There are good and bad people in every
> nationality.
> Just as there are good and bad people in every trade.
> Now what 'other' question do you want to ask of me?
None sir. I bow to your kindness for your fellow man.
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> >> I've thought about the something. The car collision guys charge $25