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    tell her to go f----- herself and if she wants to be like that to send all the legal details to you so you can pass it on to your lawyers , and untill then you will only refund her money once she gets three qaulified individuals to document what you did wrong and how thay think you are to blaim ... then you will let the courts decided ... sounds like another case of living the life style with out the funds to suport it or maintain it ...

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    Yeah they look like the modern fake wealthy types

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    Quote Originally Posted by fairdinkum View Post
    Part 3. She called me mid january and left a message "I just want to book you in to do my lawns this week. bla bla bla." Being flat out at the time I totally forgot to reply. And when I did her neighbour lawn a couple of weeks later, hers had been done so I didn't worry about it. Today she calls and starts abusing me and threatening to spread bad words about my business and calling fair trading if I don't refund the money. She's telling me I agreed to spray the weeds which was included in the price which I didn't do...when actually I said I would spray the weeds no charge next time I am there. She also reckons I mulched the lawn which killed it.....(not the 40 degree heat and no rain). I don't think I even had a mulch plug at the time. Anyway this pissed me off no end. Sure you blokes have been through similar situations before. It's a pissant amount of money. But I refuse to refund it. Should I just ignore the situation
    IF ITS NOT IN WRITING there is nothing to answer. Verbal can still be a legal contract BUT SHE HAS TO PROVE IT. If she tries to take it to court she will probably get some charge against her for trying to waste valuable court time with petty problems. Slanderous????
    (In common law jurisdictions, slander refers to a malicious, false,[2][not specific enough to verify] and defamatory spoken statement or report, while libel refers to any other form of communication such as written words or images.[3] Most jurisdictions allow legal actions, civil and/or criminal, to deter various kinds of defamation and retaliate against groundless criticism.)

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    MMMM She must have a sister up here Jas. Same situation where i mowed and hedged for $200 before xmas. I was going to do a bit of spraying for free to add value to my quote though it was a pretty wet day.Told her i would not spray as it was a waste of time and she said No worries,Her Son will do it. Sent off 4 invoices without a reply. Until i gave her a deadline before it would be passed on to the debt collectors.After Numerous emails of her trying to tell me job is not complete and what a crappy job i did, I told her to look at her invoice. No mention of spraying on it ,so pay up by due date.
    She paid me that night in total disgust. I Didn't tell her about the Photo's i took of that crappy job i did.Came up that good i was gonna ask to use them for marketing.

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    I have encountered these pricks as well. A few things that I notice about (some) people with money:

    A: They are tight, compared to normal working class people.

    B: They like to show off their money I.E. New Mercedes Benz in the garage.

    C: They like to talk down us lawnies.

    D: They think they deserve special treatment.

    From now on if I spot people like this I will add at least 20% to the cost of a normal job.
    Call it luxury car tax !!

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    The one way you can spot these cashed up ferals is they still live like ferals
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bluey View Post
    The one way you can spot these cashed up ferals is they still live like ferals

    And I thought you were going to say no secret garden on the forum


    by the way I agree with you bluey
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    Bugerrrrrrr.....stuffed up again. I am useless
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    A picture is worth a thousand words "Things that make me grumpy"
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    Same thing happened to me a couple of jobs back, in the first 5 minutes, gcs...the owner came to the rescue with a nice big board, but it gave me a bit of an adrenaline rush at the time. Got to love the wet, clay-y soils we have around here at present (not) ...
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    Quote Originally Posted by gcsmow View Post
    I have encountered these pricks as well. A few things that I notice about (some) people with money:

    A: They are tight, compared to normal working class people.

    B: They like to show off their money I.E. New Mercedes Benz in the garage.

    C: They like to talk down us lawnies.

    D: They think they deserve special treatment.

    From now on if I spot people like this I will add at least 20% to the cost of a normal job.
    Call it luxury car tax !!
    I agree 100%. In future I will just quote ridiculously high or simply just walk away because I wanna have nothing to do with people like this.

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    I used my snatch strap and yanked it out. Some times I think I could get by with just a 2WD ute but when this happens 4WD is worth it's weight in gold. That's the fourth time this year that I've bogged my ride on mower. I really miss the dry season

    Quote Originally Posted by Christine Wharton View Post
    Same thing happened to me a couple of jobs back, in the first 5 minutes, gcs...the owner came to the rescue with a nice big board, but it gave me a bit of an adrenaline rush at the time. Got to love the wet, clay-y soils we have around here at present (not) ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by fairdinkum View Post
    Part 3. She called me mid january and left a message "I just want to book you in to do my lawns this week. bla bla bla." Being flat out at the time I totally forgot to reply. And when I did her neighbour lawn a couple of weeks later, hers had been done so I didn't worry about it. Today she calls and starts abusing me and threatening to spread bad words about my business and calling fair trading if I don't refund the money. She's telling me I agreed to spray the weeds which was included in the price which I didn't do...when actually I said I would spray the weeds no charge next time I am there. She also reckons I mulched the lawn which killed it.....(not the 40 degree heat and no rain). I don't think I even had a mulch plug at the time. Anyway this pissed me off no end. Sure you blokes have been through similar situations before. It's a pissant amount of money. But I refuse to refund it. Should I just ignore the situation
    You just reminded me why I don't mow lawns any more!

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    Quote Originally Posted by gcsmow View Post
    A picture is worth a thousand words "Things that make me grumpy"
    The very same thing happend to me with my titan z5200 2 days after yasi hit us.

    Also....dog sh*t....pet hate.....pun!!!
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    Grump Grump Grump...

    Hired-machinery that fails after half an hour

    Hornet sting on the ear

    Rolling an ankle in a hole hidden by fluffy couch

    Migraine despite drinking plenty of water and electrolyte mix



    The good...

    My Kawasaki hedge trimmer is cutting like a champion and I got paid very well (I think) for the job!

    They are a very nice family to do gardening for.

    There will be some follow up work which is always good.

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