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bikeindy

bikeindy

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Guy calls me the other day. Hears from a guy I have done work for that I am reasonable and the right guy for the job. He has a 18 unit apartment building that he is rehabing. needs the power back on in 13 of the units since they have been off for more than a year the POCO here require a licensed EC to inspect and tag each meter. I told him that would be $1000.00 he didn't like my price and haggled with me. In this discussion I told Him there were a lot of EC's he could call another he said he had and every one was the same or Higher and he wanted me to do it for less. Then he said this, "I've got a couple electricians who do work for me and their good but they are not licensed and can't tag the meters so I need a licensed electrician to do it."

Now why does he think I would lower my price when he just finished telling me I wouldn't be doing any of the other work. I informed him that he could get in a lot of trouble here in Indy having unlicensed guys doing work in his building and hoped his insurance company didn't find out that was happening.
 
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I always think of the Kenny Rogers song when I hear situations like this :

You gotta know when to hold 'em,
Know when to fold 'em,
Know when to walk away,
Know when to run,
You never count your money,
While you're sittin at the table,
There'll be time enough for countin',
When the dealin's done !!!
 
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77401 said:
When these guys, that I know I won't be working for, are trying to get me to go down in price, I go up!
I'm at $1000 & they want $900, I go to $1100 saying I just remembered something I forgot & now need another $100.
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I almost always agree with you but that pic you have up makes it harder every day. It is killing me.
 
$1000 is not eniough for that job, if it was off for a year, he most likely had his hackers in there doing work, now he wants you to put your lic and insurance on the line, for who knows what lurks behind those walls, $1000 would be a real bargin for him, i bet other EC's he called are still laughing, we get calls from guys like him all the time, it does give us a break, to get a good laugh.
 
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