I'm with you, Bill; and that dial tone does sound great!!
Regard,
H. Daryl Richardson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Polhemus" <bill@polhemus.cc>
To: <seaint@seaint.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 7:47 AM
Subject: Re: Fees
> Gil Brock wrote:
>> If everyone refused to enter into competitive fee quoting and everyone
>> provided a full service, we would not have the problem. Everyone
>> could charge what they think is reasonable.
> This is true.
>
> I quoted a woman, who called as a board-member on a condo association, a
> very reasonable fee of about $500 for an initial assessment of
> storm-damage for several units in the complex.
>
> "Oh, that's just too much, we only budgeted a couple of hundred dollars.
> Thanks but no thanks," and hung up.
>
> Her expectation is that she should pay ME less for the assessment and
> report than she'd pay a lawyer to draw up a contract. Used to be I'd
> have been upset. Too many low-ball jobs later, I was glad to hear the
> dial-tone.
>
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