The post whore thread.

[Grant H.]

*points to the sign and slowly drawls* It says $5 Thursdays at the Chip n' Whales. It don't matter what it's worth to ya, it's what the sign says ma'am. If you wanna see Chris Farley dance, ya pay five dollas.

Most things are negotiable, even services such as this.

You just have to be willing to walk away...

[ChickNorris]

Most things are negotiable, even services such as this.

You just have to be willing to walk away...

I disagree. Enjoy the view fellas...

[ChickNorris]

I won't negotiate for a person's services.

[Grant H.]

Now you're making me feel dirty...

Negotiating on services depends on the situation in play. There are situations where it is reasonable, and there are situations where it isn't.

(I generally expect some level of negotiation for my services with my customers. Less so for day to day things, but when I am building proposals for projects)...

[brutal]

Just the value of paper or card stock or whatever. Most reasonable people don't ask for those things though. My favorite are the ones who realized they were accidentally hording garbage and just use it as an opportunity to throw stuff away.

I shudder to think how much my wife has in craft "stock."

Mostly because her recordkeeping sucks.

[brutal]

Now you're making me feel dirty...

Negotiating on services depends on the situation in play. There are situations where it is reasonable, and there are situations where it isn't.

(I generally expect some level of negotiation for my services with my customers. Less so for day to day things, but when I am building proposals for projects)...

I love the purchasing people that get involved after having done business with the same client for umpteen years and then suddenly your fees are "egregious" because they're used to getting 10x larger projects that have so much pad in them at 50% less cost. LOLz

[ChickNorris]

Now you're making me feel dirty...

-lol

[Grant H.]

I shudder to think how much my wife has in craft "stock."

Mostly because her recordkeeping sucks.

My wife proudly says that all of her craft stuff fits in one box...

I get annoyed when she calls our house a box...

[wyome]

My wife's yarn room has ventured into other parts of our house...

[Grant H.]

I love the purchasing people that get involved after having done business with the same client for umpteen years and then suddenly your fees are "egregious" because they're used to getting 10x larger projects that have so much pad in them at 50% less cost. LOLz

Always happens...

They have to justify their job somehow. "Look, I saved us 10% on this project"...

The fact that I just gutted the warranty I normally offer on our radio networks doesn't get mentioned. Then, when things fail, the engineering/non-bean-counter folks are thinking "yay, gets fixed under warranty" until I send them back the amended warranty that the bean counters approved to get their price cut...

I've only had one customer not come back for repeat business because of this kind of game, but based on anecdotal information from a friend "in the know", they weren't coming back anyway and used that as the reason.