Thanks to those of you who e-mailed me....Perhaps I'll do it again next year, but since this is my third time I would suspect not :o) Dan

Living in California we have "bug stations" at all the borders. Every time we went to Reno shopping, through the bug station we went on the way back. MOst times we got the 'wave'... But sometimes we were stopped. "Do you have any fruits or vegtables in the car?" If no, have a nice day. If Yes, expect confiscation. Didn't matter when / where / what, they'd take it. I know the purpose was to protect the 'ag state' from foreign bugs... But if someone had been through the station more than once & wanted to keep the oranges, "No" was always the answer. NOw folks ship things all over all the time. Sometimes on ebay I run across the "Can't ship to here here & here" disclaimer on a plant, but it's rare. When plant sales are between 2 people, often we're not aware of any regulations. Sometimes if we are, we just won't mark "live plants" on the box. It makes it through just fine. What I'm saying is the new regulations will probably only apply to businesses, as the old regulations have. Just my humple opinion.

You have Mail. Laura

It really depends how the contract is written. If the contract states that they they will give you a finished product for a certain amount, then it definitely is on the store. If it states exactly what individual steps they are going to provide and it makes no mention of these extra steps that need taken, then is is a matter of opinion as to whether you should be obligated to pay the extra money. I find it petty that installers try to charge extra placing you in the middle, unless it is an arrangement that you pay the installers direct..which I never agree with. If it you and the store that the deal is between, don't tell me that I have to deal with installers. It really depends how the contract is written, if it is indeed a proposal. My company does many deals as line item quotes and some as proposals. When it is a proposal, we tell them what the end result will be and it is our job to get it to that point for a certain amount of money, unless exceptions are written in the proposal. A line item quote is a little different in my mind as it states what steps will be taken and a price breakdown of each step...On that type it with me a matter of opinion (a judges perhaps) whether you would be obligated for an additional step that was not charged for that is needed and was not realized or couldn't be realized until after the job was commenced. Hopefully I didnt confuse you all the more.