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    Matt I would have asked him why he is no longer a contractor. Went broke no doubt
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bluey View Post
    Matt I would have asked him why he is no longer a contractor. Went broke no doubt
    Too old. He's retired which is why he's been getting his lawn mowed for the last 10 years. 10 years ago when I started I would have quoted $45, so my $55 was reasonable.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NLALM View Post
    Mate I had one yesterday, old woman comes out from next to where I was working, and asked how much to do her front edges which were overgrown thick buffalo. I thought it would take a bit of work, edge with edger then hit it with the whippy clean it up. She said she had a go but it nearly killed her, I could see where she had hacked the crap out of it.So me being very nice said $30 , well she nearly had a hearty on the spot oh no no no that's to dear Ill do it myself. Thank god I thought cause it was more like a $50 dollar job. Why do people think your going to bust your arse for Fark all.
    I hate it when they try the old "But I am a pensioner"
    Free money from the government, only had to work with 1 income for 15 years to pay the house off.. I hope my kids have it as good...
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    Sydney is full of them.
    These people think we are a service, and are the low life people of the world who cant get a real job.. Servants.- They believe they can throw a dime at us to mow their lawns...

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    I hate it when they try the old "But I am a pensioner"
    Free money from the government, only had to work with 1 income for 15 years to pay the house off.. I hope my kids have it as good...
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    Quote Originally Posted by imoww View Post
    Sydney is full of them.
    These people think we are a service, and are the low life people of the world who cant get a real job.. Servants.- They believe they can throw a dime at us to mow their lawns...
    Well we are a service. As are doctors, lawyers, mechanics, politicians etc. All jobs have their stresses else they wouldn't make money. Can't expect to win them all. I am not in the least bit surprised that people would be offfended by the hourly rate we need to charge to survive . As dean said in his book, anyone can a mow a lawn but not everyone can run a lawn mowing business. Ther eis more to making money though, a balanced lifestyle being one of them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by imoww View Post
    Sydney is full of them.
    These people think we are a service, and are the low life people of the world who cant get a real job.. Servants.- They believe they can throw a dime at us to mow their lawns...
    Know what you mean mate. I feel really insulted by that attitude. I know I shouldn't take it to heart. But I work just as hard as anyone. And I don't think it's right to look down on people for what they do for a living. That's just sh1t!

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    Quote Originally Posted by imoww View Post
    Sydney is full of them.
    These people think we are a service, and are the low life people of the world who cant get a real job.. Servants.- They believe they can throw a dime at us to mow their lawns...
    By the same token I am pretty good at spotting those who don't appreciate what we do. And I'm quite happy to quote an inflated price and see their jaw drop as I walk away safe with the knowledge that I won't be working for them.

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    Explaining to customers that 6 weekly cuts, are not considered regular in SPRING
    Neither is, "put ya mower on its lowest setting and come back in a month

    I know they are common annoyances and have been whinged about before, just not by me lol

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    Had to do a hedge today. Got the multi tool out and fired her up no prob. Wont rev. WTF...check throttle cable. Looks ok. Not busted. Trigger feels funny. Ok lets take off the trigger assembly. Bugger it is a torx head and I dont have it. Really need to do this hedge today. Took me hand held hedger out weeks ago. Never used it. Idiot. Thank christ not far from home. Go home. Cant find me torx set....hmmmm.......thats right son borrowed it and it hasnt come back. He is miles away. Go buy a torx set. Disassemble the trigger grip and find broken trigger. Cracked in half. How the hell did I do that. Go to mower shop. They have one you beauty $7. Go home and fit it and get back on the road and go do the job. Still dont know how I broke it. Moral of the story dont lend son tools
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    Day after posting how good the Makita whippies are and how they always start first go and every, 1, 2, 3 , 4 .....10 pulls, no go. What's happened, that's right 5 minutes earlier the whippy fell from the side of the trailer on to the road (not that hard). Look at the spark plug, its shattered. The lead also has been hit hard enough so its come out of the rubber thing that holds it all together, had to wait till I got home to fix it, there was a little spring clip in there that clips on to the plug that was never designed to come out. Murphies law.

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    Quote Originally Posted by steveo View Post
    Day after posting how good the Makita whippies are and how they always start first go and every, 1, 2, 3 , 4 .....10 pulls, no go. What's happened, that's right 5 minutes earlier the whippy fell from the side of the trailer on to the road (not that hard). Look at the spark plug, its shattered. The lead also has been hit hard enough so its come out of the rubber thing that holds it all together, had to wait till I got home to fix it, there was a little spring clip in there that clips on to the plug that was never designed to come out. Murphies law.
    My second last job of the day I was blowing the footpath in a street where their all in competition with each other. A lovely lady starts walking across the road towards me holding a Makita Blower that she couldn't start. I look at the choke/bulb stuff and started it first go. A not so grumpy Makita story.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bluey View Post
    Had to do a hedge today. Got the multi tool out and fired her up no prob. Wont rev. WTF...check throttle cable. Looks ok. Not busted. Trigger feels funny. Ok lets take off the trigger assembly. Bugger it is a torx head and I dont have it. Really need to do this hedge today. Took me hand held hedger out weeks ago. Never used it. Idiot. Thank christ not far from home. Go home. Cant find me torx set....hmmmm.......thats right son borrowed it and it hasnt come back. He is miles away. Go buy a torx set. Disassemble the trigger grip and find broken trigger. Cracked in half. How the hell did I do that. Go to mower shop. They have one you beauty $7. Go home and fit it and get back on the road and go do the job. Still dont know how I broke it. Moral of the story dont lend son tools
    It was quite windy today in my neck of woods and I thought I could hear some long distance muffled swearing like short wave radio surfing on the back of the wind. It must have being coming for SA.
    Cheers Garry

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    Well I'll be rooted, now the friggen cox ride on is playing up. The accelarator pedal feels sluggish especially in reverse 2 days after I give it a rap on this board, that's the last time I am ever positive about anything on this board.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bluey View Post
    Had to do a hedge today. Got the multi tool out and fired her up no prob. Wont rev. WTF...check throttle cable. Looks ok. Not busted. Trigger feels funny. Ok lets take off the trigger assembly. Bugger it is a torx head and I dont have it. Really need to do this hedge today. Took me hand held hedger out weeks ago. Never used it. Idiot. Thank christ not far from home. Go home. Cant find me torx set....hmmmm.......thats right son borrowed it and it hasnt come back. He is miles away. Go buy a torx set. Disassemble the trigger grip and find broken trigger. Cracked in half. How the hell did I do that. Go to mower shop. They have one you beauty $7. Go home and fit it and get back on the road and go do the job. Still dont know how I broke it. Moral of the story dont lend son tools
    Hey Bluey I was in at my local mower repair shop the other day and there was a contractor there waiting to pick up his multi tool, the owner does all the hard repairs and his wife, who is Thai does all the easy repairs, just then his wife walks out with the multi tool and hands it to the contractor and says "It was da Park Pug"
    Well I thought it was funny
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    split and took a chunk out of the mulchmaster, not too impressed (new one is about $1300) have to see if it can be welded?
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