The worst bid for me was a large driveway. I had just purchiced a 20" surface cleaner and thought it would realy shorten the the time it took to do things a lot. I ended up working 6hrs for $100. Will know better next time. Seems like I keep saying that. Well the excersise was free anyway. How about you??
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The worst bid I ever made and won was....
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The worst I ever did was a deck that I just knew wasn't going to look right with the color stain the home owner chose. Instead of trying to stear him away from it I just did it. I hated it and so did he. I restripped it and sealed it in the color he allowed me to pick, and it turned out beautiful. But I lost most my profit. I did the second for nothing since I figure it's my responsibility to educate the consumer as well as possible on their type of wood and what looks good, and didn't bother with the time to do it. Now I know better.
Jeff
The worst I ever did was a deck that I just knew wasn't going to look right with the color stain the home owner chose. Instead of trying to stear him away from it I just did it. I hated it and so did he. I restripped it and sealed it in the color he allowed me to pick, and it turned out beautiful. But I lost most my profit. I did the second for nothing since I figure it's my responsibility to educate the consumer as well as possible on their type of wood and what looks good, and didn't bother with the time to do it. Now I know better.
Jeff
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Jeff Moen said:
Thats something you do when new. Customer changes work order, they change price. It was unneccessary to do it at your expense, he picked the color. Your professional duty is to advise, not argue.
Worst project ever was 2800 s/f of cedar that had failing solid on it. Scheduled four days for it and it took 10 days to complete with the weather.