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    Ha. Cheers ed. Ill text you.
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    underground sprinklers that are above the ground

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    Halfwit offsiders that cant see underground sprinklers that are above the ground, and hit em with the mower. Makes me wonder how some people get through life with so little intelligence..........

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    quote job too much they call back ok do it then ring back and say no.....then ring back again and say they had someone do it but let them down.....well grumpy me said tough suck it up nancy i am going home to have a beer ...its knock off time stupid and you arent involved......geez it felt good ...maybe should of posted in the happy section lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by NLALM View Post
    Halfwit offsiders that cant see underground sprinklers that are above the ground, and hit em with the mower. Makes me wonder how some people get through life with so little intelligence..........
    I'm sure we could dedicate a whole thread to that

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    Quote Originally Posted by geoff View Post
    quote job too much they call back ok do it then ring back and say no.....then ring back again and say they had someone do it but let them down.....well grumpy me said tough suck it up nancy i am going home to have a beer ...its knock off time stupid and you arent involved......geez it felt good ...maybe should of posted in the happy section lol
    That's unusual. A lawnie who is not sitting by their phone waiting for someone to call and say " can you come over right now"?

    It feels good to unload occasionally, well done

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    Quote Originally Posted by geoff View Post
    quote job too much they call back ok do it then ring back and say no.....then ring back again and say they had someone do it but let them down.....well grumpy me said tough suck it up nancy i am going home to have a beer ...its knock off time stupid and you arent involved......geez it felt good ...maybe should of posted in the happy section lol
    lol. Think that's better than my reply would be (*hang up*)

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    Unknown person rings up at 2pm on a Friday. Need you to do mowing and gardening this afternoon. Rang back - got voicemail. I said not today - maybe in a week when I can fit in another job. Never heard back and I don't really care.

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    Bobcat operators who quote $400 for a job then invoice you $500 for the job as well as tearing up the yard and leaving 150mm deep tyre depressions in the lawn from their huge truck which I have to fix at my cost for my client..................

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    Quote Originally Posted by PaulG View Post
    Bobcat operators who quote $400 for a job then invoice you $500 for the job as well as tearing up the yard and leaving 150mm deep tyre depressions in the lawn from their huge truck which I have to fix at my cost for my client..................

    Unless there is a compelling reason otherwise, I would only be paying the quoted amount
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    Quote Originally Posted by PaulG View Post
    Bobcat operators who quote $400 for a job then invoice you $500 for the job as well as tearing up the yard and leaving 150mm deep tyre depressions in the lawn from their huge truck which I have to fix at my cost for my client..................
    Don't know what it is with these guys but it seems universal. Bocat operator/ tree lopper in my street quoted our neighbour $300 for a job. Got the bill and it's $600, plus he totally destroyed the guy's stormwater and refused to fix it. They live three houses apart.
    Anyway word is travelling that the operator is a knob.

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    agree with what glassngrass said , tell them you will only be paying $400 unless thay can provide a good legit reason as to why it should now be $500 , and in future make sure all out side contractors are told and its listed on the quote that they a responsible to repair there damage they create ... to many people just pay these type of shonky operators and all its doing is feeding the vultures , wouldnt it be good if we could all quote $30,00 per mow and under cut back yarders then when the job is completed invoice the client for $60.00 and tell them the windows that we broke aint our problem .....

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    plovers make me grumpy, every spring!! if you haven't had the good fortune to come across these darlings, they are also known as spur-wings due to the nasty spurs on their wings which they try and whack you with....like this one this morning http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMmCU...ature=youtu.be




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    Plover versus Cox, brave bird but won't win!

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    The Australian cricket team,
    The Australian rugby team
    Both on par

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