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    Quote Originally Posted by MAGOO View Post
    just turn up with a trailer full of rubbish and ask them for the cash .. if not leave it on the front door and advise that only covers half of the bill and you will be back !!

    good luck with it
    did a cleanup today, kept finding syringes, in rubbish bags, kitchen cupboards, drink cans, i think the last straw was the couple i found in the garden
    out come the camera, also a big increase in price,
    Do you guys have a policy regarding sharps???

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    Quote Originally Posted by cadase View Post
    did a cleanup today, kept finding syringes, in rubbish bags, kitchen cupboards, drink cans, i think the last straw was the couple i found in the garden
    out come the camera, also a big increase in price,
    Do you guys have a policy regarding sharps???
    my policy regarding sharps = walk , dont need work that bad .

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    Far too easy to prick your self.....is your life worth it...If I see anything like that I walk and bill for time taken thus far, and inform them of situation, a specialist is required. My life is worth for more than what they or anyone could pay...
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    We always ask for money upfront, it has happened that we were told by the tenant just off to the bank...back in ten. okay we get started on the lawn. Then they said sorry can't get the money today. We said sorry no mow then! Our motto is no dough..no mow! It is a lot harder to get the money later, by that stage the lawn will be overgrown again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cadase View Post
    did a cleanup today, kept finding syringes, in rubbish bags, kitchen cupboards, drink cans, i think the last straw was the couple i found in the garden
    out come the camera, also a big increase in price,
    Do you guys have a policy regarding sharps???
    Same as Geoff, stuff that! Be very very careful! Tell who ever it is to get a specialist company into to collect them before you return to the site. From memory we used a company called duratech to do this back in QLD. Junkies don't care for themselves why would they care if they put anyone else in danger...

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    Quote Originally Posted by cadase View Post
    did a cleanup today, kept finding syringes, in rubbish bags, kitchen cupboards, drink cans, i think the last straw was the couple i found in the garden
    out come the camera, also a big increase in price,
    Do you guys have a policy regarding sharps???
    I would have walked away on the first one and phoned the client and told them if they wanted the job done they need to clean it up. Too risky to muck about with.
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    Quote Originally Posted by geoff1969 View Post
    my policy regarding sharps = walk , dont need work that bad .
    I will not take on work in Dandy anymore after doing 3 jobs there and finding syringes in the lawn on each one of them. Screw that.

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    I Have done a lot of renters while I find them unrealiable for regulars "touch wood" I havn't been stung .. yet!

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    I attended to a weeding and mow job last year when i found 3 syringes and alcohol swipes in the garden bed.
    I was damn lucky to have the garden rake in my hand at the time when i did a quick sift through the garden bed.
    I threw the rake back in the truck and told the people inside " I'm not doing this job because theres syringes in their garden.
    They said they will get rid of them. I said i dont care. No means no. And walked.
    You just cant trust people like this. They may have had more syringes in the garden bed I would not have seen.

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    Yes, and then you would feel a bit of a prick.

    Quote Originally Posted by imoww View Post
    I attended to a weeding and mow job last year when i found 3 syringes and alcohol swipes in the garden bed.
    I was damn lucky to have the garden rake in my hand at the time when i did a quick sift through the garden bed.
    I threw the rake back in the truck and told the people inside " I'm not doing this job because theres syringes in their garden.
    They said they will get rid of them. I said i dont care. No means no. And walked.
    You just cant trust people like this. They may have had more syringes in the garden bed I would not have seen.

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    I had these so and so's ring me up right in the busy time of year wanting the yard tidied and mowed
    " RIGHT NeoW !!! becuse uf ut didn't git done by Thearsday they are going to charge us another weeks rint !!!" (guess which country they were from).

    At the time my trailer actually did have a broken spring so I told them that I'm not going anywhere until I get this trailer fixed, have to order parts, it'll take a few days before I'm on the road again.

    Remember that one guys if you want to get out of doing a 5hit job, I've got a trailer with a broken spring and I can't go anywhere till I get it fixed.

    Quote Originally Posted by Bgs View Post
    The only renters I have had trouble with and am now very weary of are the one off exit cleans

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    yes just got burned $200 by a tenant last week that was out going! Did and said all the right things...other than pay me. A little disappointed in myself for giving a tenant the chance and now it will be harder for other tenants, all tarred with the same brush. There is no trust!
    To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tree beard View Post
    yes just got burned $200 by a tenant last week that was out going! Did and said all the right things...other than pay me. A little disappointed in myself for giving a tenant the chance and now it will be harder for other tenants, all tarred with the same brush. There is no trust!
    Don't worry mate . It happens to us all every now and then. Don't become too jaded. There are some good people out there still.
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    Got a call this afternoon for a lawn I said I can quote today , she said ohh I thought it would be just a standard price , I said I always quote first.

    On turning up it was knee high thick and lush edges never been done, note on door demanding tenant call agent immediately!

    Left the quote, a big one but it will be cash up front or NO MOW!

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    Yep I did a similar quote yesterday. Kikuyu knee high on a big corner block. Brain dead drug addled fruit loop answers the door and tells me what he wants. I work it out and say it is gonna cost ya $350 plus dumping. He says the last one was only $35 and I am only a pensioner. I laughed and said good luck and walked away.
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