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Site Supporter   Location: Everson, WA Joined: Sun Jan 6, 2013 Posts: 28178 Real Name: Ace Winky 
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RocketScott wrote: A crane cop showed up on my jobsite today. We went round and round for a while about how he can bust me for this or that, but I knew he had nothing. I knew because we did this same song and dance three years ago. When he introduced himself I replied with "Yea, WE'VE MET" and explained when and where. Pro tip: Any time someone feels the need to say "I'm not really an a**hole", it really means they're an a**hole True. And there isn't any lipstick gonna cover that hole up either! _________________ Why does the Penguin in Batman sound like a duck? Because the eagle sounds like a hawk. |
| Wed Dec 13, 2017 8:06 pm |
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 Location: Puyallup Joined: Thu Aug 16, 2012 Posts: 9065 Real Name: Richard Fitzwelliner
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STED9R wrote: WaJim wrote: So the stockmarket is at a all time high...economy booming...right? Hows come all my customers are wanting their work done for freakin pennies claiming their broke.... WTH? I'm dying here. Gone are the days of "I need the car...just fix it" Aaaaalllllllll I get is..."Can we find some wrecking yard parts...how come an igniter for my Accura is $350?" "I was doing my own brakes and stripped the bolt...can you get it out for me? and Oh by the way my car was broken into at the mall and they took all the XMas presents ...."= Broke no money $$$$ work for free please Ill catch you later. And then there's the frikken interweb...."Hey, I saw on You tube a guy fixed a car like mine in three minutes." About to hang it up...  frustratedI had a biz and worked on custom coaches, band busses, rich people that can afford a million dollar coach and $500k Porsche that would slide into the coach storage. Every single one of them would brow beat, low ball, back stage tickets, I'll mail you a check etc. They could afford going rate, parts mark-up, road call/phone calls in the middle of the night, sometimes traveling hours to get a bus up an going again, all to have them look at the bill and negotiate! I got fully frustrated after a few years and just gave up, feeling your pain. Sometimes, being a free door mat has to be left at home. _________________ If she sits on your face and you can still hear, SHE'S NOT FAT. I'm going to type out 3 paragraphs and wax eloquently about a similar story in my life. Pm me if you figured it out. |
| Wed Dec 13, 2017 8:46 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Shelton Joined: Sun Nov 17, 2013 Posts: 5838
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Mediumrarechicken wrote: STED9R wrote: WaJim wrote: So the stockmarket is at a all time high...economy booming...right? Hows come all my customers are wanting their work done for freakin pennies claiming their broke.... WTH? I'm dying here. Gone are the days of "I need the car...just fix it" Aaaaalllllllll I get is..."Can we find some wrecking yard parts...how come an igniter for my Accura is $350?" "I was doing my own brakes and stripped the bolt...can you get it out for me? and Oh by the way my car was broken into at the mall and they took all the XMas presents ...."= Broke no money $$$$ work for free please Ill catch you later. And then there's the frikken interweb...."Hey, I saw on You tube a guy fixed a car like mine in three minutes." About to hang it up... frustratedI had a biz and worked on custom coaches, band busses, rich people that can afford a million dollar coach and $500k Porsche that would slide into the coach storage. Every single one of them would brow beat, low ball, back stage tickets, I'll mail you a check etc. They could afford going rate, parts mark-up, road call/phone calls in the middle of the night, sometimes traveling hours to get a bus up an going again, all to have them look at the bill and negotiate! I got fully frustrated after a few years and just gave up, feeling your pain. Sometimes, being a free door mat has to be left at home. "Your don't get rich by spending all your money" Said by a guy that made millions in inherited oil rigs in Texas (ling time ago now) trying to Jew us down on cost to build a well house that looked like a Pagoda |
| Wed Dec 13, 2017 8:48 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: East of Japan, not by much. Joined: Fri Jun 3, 2011 Posts: 12990
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Easy solution to the mechanic grinder.
Pick up tools, and start to take stuff apart again. When they ask what is going on, tell them the longer they wait to pay you full price in cash, the more it is going to cost. Why ? Because now you have extra time in undoing all your work they don't want to pay you for. And, you charge by the minute for that stolen time. And, you charge for storage by the hour to release vehicles, so they better hustle to get a tow truck to haul their junk somewhere else to get repaired. Problem solved. _________________ Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day. Give a man a fishing pole, and he will drink too much beer, get tangled in fish line, hook himself in the nose casting, fall overboard, and either drown, or, go home hungry and wet. Give a man a case of dynamite, and he will feed the whole town for a year! BE ON NOTICE: PRIVACY NOTICE: Warning - any person and/or institution and/or Agent and/or Agency of any governmental structure including but not limited to the United States Federal Government also using or monitoring/using this website or any of its associated websites, you do NOT have my permission to utilize any of my profile information nor any of the content contained herein including, but not limited to my photos, and/or the comments made about my photos or any other "picture" art posted on my profile. You are hereby notified that you are strictly prohibited from disclosing, copying, distributing, disseminating, or taking any other action against me with regard to this profile and the contents herein. The foregoing prohibitions also apply to your employee, agent, student or any personnel under your direction or control. The contents of this profile are PRIVATE and legally privileged and confidential information, and the violation of my personal privacy is punishable by law. UCC 1-103 1-308 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED WITHOUT PREJUDICE |
| Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:01 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: maple valley Joined: Mon May 6, 2013 Posts: 2575 Real Name: Earl
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WaJim wrote: So the stockmarket is at a all time high...economy booming...right? Hows come all my customers are wanting their work done for freakin pennies claiming their broke.... WTH? I'm dying here. Gone are the days of "I need the car...just fix it" Aaaaalllllllll I get is..."Can we find some wrecking yard parts...how come an igniter for my Accura is $350?" "I was doing my own brakes and stripped the bolt...can you get it out for me? and Oh by the way my car was broken into at the mall and they took all the XMas presents ...."= Broke no money $$$$ work for free please Ill catch you later. And then there's the frikken interweb...."Hey, I saw on You tube a guy fixed a car like mine in three minutes." About to hang it up... frustratedThat's one reason I wouldn't do my own business. i'm too much of a soft touch, and would end up giving it all away. Some people like to ask me for the "buddy" discount, and i'm so easy, I give it to them   Last edited by Duke EB on Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:20 am, edited 1 time in total. |
| Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:18 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: Sumner, WA Joined: Mon Oct 15, 2012 Posts: 3025 Real Name: Dan
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Last few comments kinda hit close.
Customers that act cheap are asked to pay the original bill and leave...... AND I keep possession of the plane til I get paid. No exceptions. The customers that pays..... stays. The customer that complain or ask for special privileges.... leaves and don't come back. Or if they call, they are ignored, until they get the hint. Air show performers are the worse. They actually think I should pay them, for the privileges of working on their (usually) Piece of Shit planes that have been duct taped, baling wired, and hammered back together. One exception on the air show performers. Bob Hoover. One on the nicest man/pilot I'ved ever met. He was very good. _________________ US2A.org is done. Closed. From a blog: Political Correctness - the belief that one can pick up a turd by the clean end. Benjamin Franklin: It is the (civic) responsibility of every citizen to question authority. |
| Thu Dec 14, 2017 10:19 am |
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Location: Puyallup Joined: Thu Aug 16, 2012 Posts: 9065 Real Name: Richard Fitzwelliner
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Who ever the hell tightened this rotor to the distributor so hard that I needed to make a breaker bar for an Allen wrench. Of course the bolt is soft too so naturally it stripped andi only have a few inches to work with. The easy out doesnt work because i cant get enough torque through it to grab and twist the bolt. Yayyyyy the fan, rad and grill get to come out!!!!!!!!!!!!
_________________ If she sits on your face and you can still hear, SHE'S NOT FAT. I'm going to type out 3 paragraphs and wax eloquently about a similar story in my life. Pm me if you figured it out. |
| Thu Dec 14, 2017 11:11 am |
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In Memoriam  Location: Mukilteoish Joined: Sat Mar 26, 2011 Posts: 11595
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Mediumrarechicken wrote: that's how rich people get rich, haggle everything down and keep money in their pocket. Getting inside people's head to get them to say hey you know it wasn't that much work, yeah I'll cut you a deal... One of my clients owns several medium sized companies, plus over 200 commercial properties. Wouldn't be surprised if he was worth over a $Billion. But paying an extra $20/mo for faster home internet, he had to think about that. He doesn't mind paying, but wants a detailed cost/benefit analysis explanation before he writes the check. Even for small dollar amounts other people making far less would find trivial. _________________ NRA Endowment Member. How did they know my member was well endowed? |
| Thu Dec 14, 2017 11:46 am |
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In Memoriam Location: Mukilteoish Joined: Sat Mar 26, 2011 Posts: 11595
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Deciding between 2 health insurance policies. Higher deductible but all visits are included including hospital, or lower deductible with a percentage coinsurance per visit.......
Looking over the previous bills and EOB's. Over $1,000 to lance a boil at the clinic, and $263 to give an injection into an existing IV. $5,000 a day to watch TV, talk on the phone, and eat shitty food. They probably charged me for the food and TV too. Fucking ridiculous. Almost like I'm paying for someone elses healthcare too...................... _________________ NRA Endowment Member. How did they know my member was well endowed? |
| Thu Dec 14, 2017 1:02 pm |
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In Memoriam  Location: Tacoma Wa Joined: Tue Oct 8, 2013 Posts: 16607 Real Name: George Bailey
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Mediumrarechicken wrote: Who ever the hell tightened this rotor to the distributor so hard that I needed to make a breaker bar for an Allen wrench. Of course the bolt is soft too so naturally it stripped andi only have a few inches to work with. The easy out doesnt work because i cant get enough torque through it to grab and twist the bolt. Yayyyyy the fan, rad and grill get to come out!!!!!!!!!!!! Must be BMW? IIRC the allen socket head machine screw holding those to the shaft is like a 3.5 mm allen......which at the time I was working on Britshit I had to make. They strip immediately if you're using Amurican 1/8 allen that fits but not snugly. AAAAAnd they also have a way of RIP. (rustinginplace) Carefully...Snap the top of the rotor off so you can use something to clamp to the outside of the socket head cap screw. Nice fresh set of small vice grips. _________________ "Remove one freedom per generation and soon you will have no freedom and no one would have noticed."......Carl Marx "Let us Cross the river and sit in the shade of the trees" .....Stonewall Jackson T. Jefferson "....the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. it is it's natural manure" |
| Thu Dec 14, 2017 1:09 pm |
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In Memoriam Location: Tacoma Wa Joined: Tue Oct 8, 2013 Posts: 16607 Real Name: George Bailey
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Duke EB wrote: That's one reason I wouldn't do my own business. i'm too much of a soft touch, and would end up giving it all away. Some people like to ask me for the "buddy" discount, and i'm so easy, I give it to them I've dealt with you before.....I must be SOME PEOPLE. Your Buddy discount varies depending on whats in-coming new to you. Haggling sometimes takes 10 minutes, 3 texts (rangefinder), but IIRC the Limited took like 6 or more months. I remember a Detonics that forced a XD sale in like 2 blocks and we were going 35+mph. Lets just say, yeah you'd probably starve. _________________ "Remove one freedom per generation and soon you will have no freedom and no one would have noticed."......Carl Marx "Let us Cross the river and sit in the shade of the trees" .....Stonewall Jackson T. Jefferson "....the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. it is it's natural manure" |
| Thu Dec 14, 2017 1:16 pm |
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Location: Puyallup Joined: Thu Aug 16, 2012 Posts: 9065 Real Name: Richard Fitzwelliner
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WaJim wrote: Mediumrarechicken wrote: Who ever the hell tightened this rotor to the distributor so hard that I needed to make a breaker bar for an Allen wrench. Of course the bolt is soft too so naturally it stripped andi only have a few inches to work with. The easy out doesnt work because i cant get enough torque through it to grab and twist the bolt. Yayyyyy the fan, rad and grill get to come out!!!!!!!!!!!! Must be BMW? IIRC the allen socket head machine screw holding those to the shaft is like a 3.5 mm allen......which at the time I was working on Britshit I had to make. They strip immediately if you're using Amurican 1/8 allen that fits but not snugly. AAAAAnd they also have a way of RIP. (rustinginplace) Carefully...Snap the top of the rotor off so you can use something to clamp to the outside of the socket head cap screw. Nice fresh set of small vice grips. Yup bullshit motor weeks. I tried vise grips they just slip. Tommrow I'm going to borrow a pancake air tank since my compressor shit the bed and I'll hit it with a die grinder and make two flat spots on it, then hopefully I'll make that bolt my bitch _________________ If she sits on your face and you can still hear, SHE'S NOT FAT. I'm going to type out 3 paragraphs and wax eloquently about a similar story in my life. Pm me if you figured it out. |
| Thu Dec 14, 2017 1:49 pm |
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Site Supporter Location: Shelton Joined: Sun Nov 17, 2013 Posts: 5838
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Parrot jaw pliers. Might be enough to do it. Almost always work better than vice grips
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| Thu Dec 14, 2017 2:03 pm |
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Site Supporter Location: maple valley Joined: Mon May 6, 2013 Posts: 2575 Real Name: Earl
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WaJim wrote: Duke EB wrote: That's one reason I wouldn't do my own business. i'm too much of a soft touch, and would end up giving it all away. Some people like to ask me for the "buddy" discount, and i'm so easy, I give it to them I've dealt with you before.....I must be SOME PEOPLE. Your Buddy discount varies depending on whats in-coming new to you. Haggling sometimes takes 10 minutes, 3 texts (rangefinder), but IIRC the Limited took like 6 or more months. I remember a Detonics that forced a XD sale in like 2 blocks and we were going 35+mph. Lets just say, yeah you'd probably starve. hehehe! honestly, I don't mind the buddy discount with you, just giving you a hard time  I'd definitely starve  |
| Thu Dec 14, 2017 2:23 pm |
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Site Supporter Location: Everson, WA Joined: Sun Jan 6, 2013 Posts: 28178 Real Name: Ace Winky
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Pissed off? No pecan pie. Where the hell is the pecan pie??
_________________ Why does the Penguin in Batman sound like a duck? Because the eagle sounds like a hawk. |
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