>> Sleazo wants me to bend the glass for him, pronto. <<
Ronnie, it depends on how much you need the money vs. how bad a taste you can
stand in your mouth. Personally, if my shop was busy making money I would tell
him to pound sand or better yet, explain to him that you are making money doing
work for your loyal and regular customers and if he wanted to "jump" in front of
them it would cost more. That would allow him to make the decision. And if you
still got the job then the extra money might help buy mouthwash.
>> Has anyone had any previous experience using service contracts? <<
Hi Pat,
I can tell you that you are right about the hassle factor of doing contract work
on other people's sign jobs. If you have a good "sense" about the condition of
the sign then you could do OK on them but some signs are simply bad news. Here
in AC, the main competitors who do the Casino work all do service contracts. I
can tell you that some make out OK and others are real losers but they seem to
think that they can make it up on the new work that they get as a result of
being the maintainer. I can't see where you would lose money if you can sell
contracts on your own work (unless you do shitty work and I don't think you do).
>> Bought a neon pricing guide at least 3-4 years ago
and found it to be a complete waste... <<
All I can say is that if people are following those prices as a guide then they
don't need money. Or where they live you can still get hamburgers for a dime....
and a loaf of bread is still 29 cents. We are in pretty much the same price
structure since we are close to each other and I always like when my competition
charges those prices. Means they won't be around long. Three of them went out
this year. Maybe they'll have time to write price guides too...<BG>
E-mail from: Tom Biebel, 30-Jan-1996
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