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    Could you here the filter pumps running to blend it, funny.
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    paralysis ticks




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    Would have had to top up the chlorine levels extra quickly that week. A mate of mine works at one of the YWCA recreation centres here in Melbourne; this sort of occurrence is legitimately classified as a 'Code Brown'.

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    online payments with no reference to let you know who paid you grrr




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    Quote Originally Posted by Redeye View Post
    online payments with no reference to let you know who paid you grrr
    Agree, I have gotten around this in part by trying to stagger what I charge, ie. I have clients for similiar type jobs but charge them 70, 71, 72, 73, etc. Doesnt always work, but does help occasionally. Plus I make a little more on the numbers as they go up.

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    Pittwater mowing has paypal payments on his website. listed (i.e. $50, $60, $80 $100 etc)
    He even requests customers to put their name in the description when they make a payment.

    Ive tried to get my customers to put their name in the description when they pay. Doesnt work for Stratas tho. When they pay, its an acct or job No. as the description....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Redeye View Post
    online payments with no reference to let you know who paid you grrr

    Maybe this should be on post things that make me happy.......yay i got paid

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    Quote Originally Posted by Redeye View Post
    online payments with no reference to let you know who paid you grrr
    Yes then they get upset because you send them a reminder.. I already paid you.

    Well make a reference its from you stupid lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by imoww View Post
    Pittwater mowing has paypal payments on his website. listed (i.e. $50, $60, $80 $100 etc)
    He even requests customers to put their name in the description when they make a payment.

    Ive tried to get my customers to put their name in the description when they pay. Doesnt work for Stratas tho. When they pay, its an acct or job No. as the description....
    I've just set up paypal payments on my website. But I've set it up so they have to fill out a form with all their details, including adding a little to cover the paypal expese, before it goes to paypal. Those details are prefilled in the paypal form. I get a notification whenever a form is filled out on my website. And I can also check it against the unique id of the form entry in the admin area.

    The reason I've finally set that all up was sparked by another grumpy moment of people not leaving money or not being home when they should. . . the usual gripes. Twice in 2 weeks I'd been let down by mass non-payment by those who have always been reliable. And it always seems to happen at times when I need the money the most.

    Anyway enough of my complaining. At least there's more payment options now

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    Had the first annoying fly buzzing around me today, they usually start in a few weeks time. I think with all the rain now the heat they are coming early.. I hate flies
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    Gets worse than flys, Mozzies will be here soon!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by darrens View Post
    Gets worse than flys, Mozzies will be here soon!!!
    Don't start me on bloody mozzies. We have the bloody things all year round here. So bad we can't go outside much. And there's no creek or river nearby. The only thing I can think of is I can hear a water feature in the place behind us. I reckon there must be puddles around it that the buggers breed in

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    My wife and I lived in a rental where there were swarms of mozzies in the shrubs next to the driveway. We had to make sure we didn't hang around the car for more a minute or 2 after pulling up or we would be eaten alive.

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    My problem is I taste to good to them, anyone I'm with does not get touched while I get swarmed.

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    People who book you in for a job then get someone cheaper and dont tell you. Did a quote for a young couple who own a rental. Tenants had bolted and left it in a mess. They had flown over from ACT to fix it up. Had tradies in doing all sorts of things. They wanted a lot of pruning done and some small trees removed plus lawns etc. They needed it asap as they were going back in 3 days. Gave them the quote on the spot and they booked me in. Locked in my free day for this job and didnt accept others as I had this booked.

    Get to the job Wednesday morning and there are branches lying every where in the front yard. WTF?. Owner comes out and says didnt you get my msg. What msg. We found someone cheaper. Check my phone and show him the history of our convos. No msg. Oh must have stuffed up.

    Well I am pretty livid as I now have a free day with nothing to do and I had locked this in. Told him so too. Then I had a look at the job and said what is he still doing it. No he is finished. Your joking. Trees were hacked to buggery and greenwaste was still lying all over the place. I said to the bloke how much cheaper was he. He was less than half my cost and didnt take the greenwaste. I said I bet he wasnt a registered business. No he just worked out of a station wagon.

    I gave the bloke a serve about booking a job in if he was still seeking quotes and not having the decency to let me know. It was over $500 and I went against my normal rule of getting a deposit for jobs like that because I felt sorry for them having had all the expense from crap tenants. Kicked myself all the way home and then took my frustrations out on a gum tree down the back I wanted to take out. Missus came home and laughed at me for doing that. Made her help me clean it up.
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