Topica Loopframe_Guzzi Archive


Subject: Re: Broken bolt Blues cont.

Author: Greg Field

Date: Dec 27, 2004, 8:37 PM

Post ID: 1718118413




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When I give estimates, I make sure to emphasize that it is just that.
There's no flat-rate manual for working on thirty-year-old Guzzis. It
takes what it takes. If they can't live with that, I encourage them to
take their bike elsewhere or do it themselves. Still, after all that,
sometimes they get pissed anyway. Que sera . . .

GF

 Love it when i tell a customer,its a half hour to a hour to replace
both crash bars,then I spend 3 or 4 cause of problems or previous hack
job,tell customer ,im only chareging 2 hours,He is pissed,cause i went
over quote,i am pissed cause i worked at less than half wages,no
win.OLD shit is VERY hard to estamate time on,Mark

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When I give estimates, I make sure to emphasize that it is just that.
There's no flat-rate manual for working on thirty-year-old Guzzis. It
takes what it takes. If they can't live with that, I encourage them to
take their bike elsewhere or do it themselves. Still, after all that,
sometimes they get pissed anyway. Que sera . . .


GF


<excerpt><fontfamily><param>Arial</param><smaller>Love it when i tell
a customer,its a half hour to a hour to replace both crash bars,then I
spend 3 or 4 cause of problems or previous hack job,tell customer ,im
only chareging 2 hours,He is pissed,cause i went over quote,i am
pissed cause i worked at less than half wages,no win.OLD shit is VERY
hard to estamate time on,Mark</smaller>

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