Being fair with competitive pricing - your opinions
Grimage
18 years ago
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Comments (71)homefry....It's easy to tell you are a professional, and a honest guy as well. I think your prices are more than fair. It's easy to see what kind of time and effort you put into your display, as well as your product. You will never be able to please everyone. I say as long as you have a clear conscience and your covering your bills, that's all that matters. I took some bhut jolokias to a local produce stand located at a "flea market". This is similar to an organized yard sale where people rent tables and sell whatever they please for you guys who have never heard of "flea markets". I spoke to him a few months ago and he expressed interest in selling any peppers I had left over. I had no intentions of trying to get rich, I just thought if I could pay for my soil and ferts, that would be nice. He's giving me $1.50 a lb for my habanero, chimayo, red savina, and Numex Twilight.When I took him some bhut jolokias, I suggested $1 a pod. He snorted and said he wouldn't be able to sell them for that much. I left him 18 and he said he would try to sell them 2 for $1. I don't really think he knows exactly what they are. I have more than I can use and maybe someone will be able experience something they otherwise would never have been able to. I won't find out if they sold or not until I call him on Friday. Tim...See MoreBeing Competitive, It's not only about price.
Comments (2)We had a long term customer shopping for pricing for a new boiler, indirect water heaters, oil tank and extras. They were shopping for the lowest bid, so we didn't give them an estimate. About a month later, they called the installers since they had no heat, hot water and frozen pipes, but the installers didn't return their phone calls. Turned out that the installers didn't perform emergency service, nor warranty work, plus they were too small and too busy to service what they sell. They called about 5 service outfits, but they were too busy to respond immediately, or didn't return calls. Upon arriving we discovered that the boiler was Triple Oversized, had no Low Water Cutoff, no Back-Flow Preventer, no isolation valves, no purge valves and too many other code violations and shoddy workmanship issues to list. Since they had no way of isolating the system from the domestic water, the antifreeze and chemicals mixed with the domestic water and or leaked out of the old fittings and valves. The installers also pumped contaminated oil into the new tank which plugged the fuel line, filter, pump strainer and nozzle. In addition, they failed to replace the rotted copper oil lines buried in concrete, plus had no FiroMatic valves on the tank or at the burner. They re-used a decades old oil filter with a leaking housing as well. The installers also re-used the old near-boiler piping, fittings, valves, circulators, air-scoop, expansion tank etc. Since they didn't install flo-check valves and heat traps, ghost flow from the boiler and indirect water heaters were heating zones even though they weren't calling for heat. The installers also re-used the old vent pipe and chimney thimble which rotted and fell on the floor a couple weeks later. They didn't remove the jacket from the boiler, so they crushed it and scratched it while moving it into the basement. The customer told me the installer's helper was pinned at the bottom of the basement stairs since the installer lost control of the boiler when a step broke. When I ran a combustion test, my smoke spot tester paper was charcoal black. For some reason, the installer lowered the pump pressure by 40 pounds, doubled the size of the electrode gap, pulled back the Z dimension and installed a much lager nozzle with a wider spray pattern. The customer told me the installer's helper tuned the system, but he tuned the system by sight and sound since he didn't have a pump tester, electrode gauge, wet kit or electronic combustion tester. He told the customer he'd been tuning systems by ear for over 25 years. The system was also installed without plans, permits and inspections. The burner was located 3 feet from the oil tank which is illegal, plus the installer reused a 1 inch oil tank vent pipe which is illegal as well. This customer also paid the installers in cash, so they had no receipts or documentation. To add insult to injury, the installers charged the customer about $800 additional in extras above their verbal quote. The $800 in extras brought the installation price within about $500 of what we would have charged them for a much better and much more efficient high quality installation....See Moreyour opinion - are info boxes good - put the price?
Comments (54)Some of you all are braver than I am !! I don't want to lose our realtor. For all the frustrations about this , I think she is good...probably the best real estate company in this area anyway, so if we lost her we would have to go to a less desirable agency. I gave her the copied posts and the next day I called her and she said she was reprinting them with the mls and price. She didn't make any comments about the forum posts I gave her though. I told her just to email it to me as an attatchment and I would take care of printing them and said I didn't mind. I dont' have them yet so that is frustrating. I guess theres two sides to the issue. She is working for me and so I feel like she should do what I want but on the other hand, realtors feel like if you hired them (the extremely competent professionals they inflatedly think they are) you should allow them to do their job and you should listen to their professional opinions. Thanks for all your comments. I can't believe some of you are still following this and still commenting. I really do appreciate your support. My opinion as a seller is, I'm not sure I want my neighbors knowing my business (price wise, as most neighbors will take them to be nosy) but at the same time, these days with the internet, they could find the info faster then walking over here to pick up the flyer. Most wouldn't come here if I'm home anyway, so hopefully if I get flyers, people that are interested are taking them. As a buyer, I would want the price on it and if not at least the MLS as long as I can get the info from realtor.com. I've come across a few houses I liked where I couldn't get the MLS to give me data on realtor.com or my Remax agents web site. In order to get the info I would have to join the listing agents site or call / email them for it; which I will not do. I do not want to speak to a realtor other then my own, and hate bothering her for things I can do myself. Yesterday hubby & I went looking at land. We saw a Caldwell Banker sign and decided to turn in the street. There was an info box complete with price & MLS. Even though it does not have a basement, we will consider it (at least until I walk it) because the neighborhood was very nice. Since it has a garage and some land, we may not need the basement....See MoreRoof repair -- fair price?
Comments (14)vashts85 , You said "Thanks for replying and let me know if I can clarify anything!" Where is the "RUBBER" and what perpouse does it serve? I have never seen rubber used in conjuction with Modified Bitumen roofing. As a matter of fact, the asphaltic materials that largely make up the membrane and sealants used on seams and penitrations will quickly destroy rubber if they come in contact. Hollysprings , Where are you seeing RUBBER in need of replacement? Vashts85 , You need to call one of the manufactures of Modified Bitumen materials (there are many and all have exelent product repersentives) and (A) ask about useing rubber products in conjunction with thier roofing and (B) what % of thier Bitumen roofing is used on residential buildings. Based on the answers,you can either continue to consider the contractor perposing to replace the rubber in hopes that thier higher price suggests higher quility work. You should also continue asking on homeowner diy type forums and disregard what I have told you. OR,take Klems advice and work with commercial roofers and seek consumer information from manufactures. Most important,realize that people adviseing you to replace your roof eventhough roofers don't think it nessary,are not fully engaged but just intertaining themselves on the net. To clearify,the ONLY things that requires taking the roof into consideration is the gutter fasteners and parapat wall flashing. My statment in my origional response about cost of possiable damge exceeding cost of repair,is only because of those 2 items....See Moretrianglejohn
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