Absolutely agree. My point was more a matter of some thinking that because a particular job only takes a minute or two it’s value is minimal.
Your glass guys are savvy businessmen, too. Even if you don’t need anything in the near term, you’re likely to tell others about your experience. -D Sent from my iPad > On Dec 4, 2021, at 11:34 AM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > They do, but it burns goodwill to charge high rates for tiny jobs. > > I recently had a piece of glass cut to replace the chipped glass on my Ghia > speedo. I had no tools or skills to cut a 5" diameter round piece of glass, > so I took it to the local glass shop. When I came to pick it up, they had > made two, and charged me nothing as it was such a small and simple job > compared to what they normally do. > > Now, if I ever need new glass in a window or door, who am I going to call? > Who am I going to recommend to my friends? > > Allan > > >> On Sat, Dec 4, 2021, at 12:17 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: >> And those skills have value. >> >> -D >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>>> On Dec 4, 2021, at 5:30 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes >>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Picking us an actual skill. Buy yourself some picks and a Master lock #3 >>> which is commonly regarded as a very easy lock. You'll learn pretty fast >>> that it's not as easy as tv makes it look. >>> It's that old story, yes the job only takes a minute but it took me years >>> to develop the skills for that to be true. >>> Curt >>> >>> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android >>> >>> On Fri, Dec 3, 2021 at 5:13 PM, Randy Bennell via >>> Mercedes<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: Attempt to pick it yourself. There >>> must be youtube videos showing you how. >>> >>> >>>> On 03/12/2021 4:01 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: >>>> So I went by this locksmith this afternoon while I was out on errands. >>>> Coupla (apparently) Russian guys running the place. They didn’t look too >>>> busy. Guy comes out and looks at the tray, then the other guy comes out, >>>> they’re chatting in russki or whatever. We go back inside he tells me $65 >>>> to open it. I politely declined. He says wait a minute and goes in back, a >>>> few minutes later he comes back with a picking tool. He says he could >>>> probably open it with that, we go back out to look at it. I ask how much >>>> he says 65. I decline again. He asks what I was thinking to pay and I said >>>> this should take you like less than a minute, 10bucks. He walks off >>>> muttering something in russki. Ooooo. Kkkkk. >>>> >>>> He did mention somewhere in there about drilling it out so ima have a go >>>> at that. Nothing to lose. >>>> >>>> --FT >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
