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    doing a commercial quote yesterday when another person rocked up to quote ...upsold my quals and certifications, he didn't have anything but insurance (spose that's a good thing at least) and they sent him packing ...that's gotta be a good sign lol
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    It really annoys me when a prospective client gets a heap of lawnies to rock up for a quote all at the same time. If it happens to me I will just drive away. They will turn out a pita client for sure. At least have the decency to deal with each person one on one
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bluey View Post
    It really annoys me when a prospective client gets a heap of lawnies to rock up for a quote all at the same time. If it happens to me I will just drive away. They will turn out a pita client for sure. At least have the decency to deal with each person one on one
    +1 Bluey ,I understand getting several quotes but at the same time , then to send one packing, I would proceed with caution on this one

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    If you ever go for tender, this is the usual process. Everybody gets the specs and then a walk through all together.

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    doesn't faze me, its a NFP lot so I know the story they are dealing with. fwiw I got the job lol
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    So with these people calling for tenders they prolly want cheap and everything, its off my league but I reckon if its worth say $600 to actually earn a quid, then quote $285, and play the game.

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    Ive done alot of tender,s for different things (mainly large commerical and strata stuff) the most disapointing was always the government stuff.

    Previous company I worked for got invited to tender for the cleaning and lawn mowing for dep houseing in western sydney. Basic spec's where to attend once a month garden once a fornight cleaning (if i remember correctly)

    Visited around 80 complexes, walked around mapped everything out, put together comprihensive tender everything. Ends up going to the cheapest (of course) and we where pretty competitive so after a bit of digging found out why we missed out.

    Basically the company that wins the tender has its first review period after 1 yr. So all they do is tender dirt dirt cheap and never go. They then lose the contract at the 1 yr mark and the job goes for tender again. Sometimes the same company wins the tender again. Absolute joke. Spoke to one group of guys at one of the complexes who said that no one had been in 10 years and that they did the mowing themselves (they had the time after all)

    your taxes at work people

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    Sounds similar to my experience with the dept of housing. I was a Jim's franchisee at the time. A third party contacted 3 of us through the office to look at units from wollongong to Kiama. I looked at around 30-40 and made a point of talking to at least 1 tenant at each site. The standard of work was generally poor (1 tenant used to re mow his part after the contractors left) and at least 1 site the tenants mowed themselves as the contractors hadn't turned up for 2-3 years. Found out later that the guy who contacted Jim's just used us to do the quoting, then undercut our prices and submitted his own quote. Don't know if he got the job.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bluey View Post
    It really annoys me when a prospective client gets a heap of lawnies to rock up for a quote all at the same time. If it happens to me I will just drive away. They will turn out a pita client for sure. At least have the decency to deal with each person one on one
    Or they book you in for a quote and when you rock up to their house someone else has already done the job and they haven't given you the decency of a call to let you know. I always go and knock on their door with the sole purpose of embarrassing them, I had one feel so bad she booked me in for the next mow, I told her she now planned on doing to do to the new guy what she had done to me, as I walked away all I could hear was "I'm sorry I"m sorry I"m sorry" On the other end of the spectrum I have had people that dont give a sh!t even when you make them realize they have messed you around lol
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    First time working with my son on his first car. What better way to finish than a couple of grandfather ports.IMAG0062.jpg

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    new project ...8ft slate pool table for $100 ...now to restain and lacquer then refelt and fit LED lighting to the rails
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    The Waratahs winning the 2014 super rugby final. Awesome.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt1972 View Post
    The Waratahs winning the 2014 super rugby final. Awesome.
    Awesome indeed. I was there. Fantastic crowd and atmosphere.

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    Quote Originally Posted by m287j View Post
    Awesome indeed. I was there. Fantastic crowd and atmosphere.
    I'm green with envy. Haven't been to a live game in 13 years. Maybe next year. Bring on the All Blacks.

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    I'm a season member, at every game, let us know if you're going next year.

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