At 06:39 PM 12/29/97 EST, you wrote: > >In a message dated 12/29/97 3:11:53 PM, pianobuilders@olynet.com wrote: > ><<My new estimate was considerably higher to cover the additional work now >needed. Alas, they still >wanted to shop around for the best price and, sure enough, they found someone >else who would do "the same work for hundreds >of dollars less.">> > >Del; > There is a quote that goes >"There is always someone willing to do the job a little cheaper and always >someone hunting for someone to do it cheaper, they are each others natural >prey." >Jim Bryant (FL) > Jim, Del, Ran into the "unwanted" price game situation a few years back, with a particularly pushy customer. A spur-of-the-moment non-diplomatic response blurted from either my mouth, or the mouth of one of the helpers: "Let's NOT find out!" It's been used quite successfully several times since. Guy Nichols, Member, PTG nicho@lascruces.com "Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts." Albert Einstein
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