dealing with idiots rant

[jennie285]

It is the same in the building industry, I tell people of you want cheap get a project home company to build it, but don't complain when the windows don't open, and the doors rub on the jambs, and carpets, and the kitchen hinges fall off, just to name a few problems we have seen from inspecting local builders homes, and project homes. My answer is, you get what you pay for, if you are not prepared to pay the price don't buy it....

[HK1837]

I've got a shed full of good stuff that I would sell, except for the idiots - ie I don't wish to deal with them. That's why unless it is to people I know aren't going to stuff me around, any stuff I decide to get rid of nowadays goes straight over to Greg's for him to sell. He's much better at dealing with idiots than I am! Guess it comes from all the years of experience.

[ozbox]

yeh byron i was put on this earth to sort out the morons....

[mook]

Very interesting thread. i have only purchased from a wrecker once and i was happy to pay the $200 for the bonnet i was after. I felt that it was a more than fair price to pay. quick and easy! no rooting around, no bidding, no photos, no haggeling. I wonder how much time i have wasted looking for a bargain on ebay.. I could have been working. interesting thought.

I think that sometimes people forget that running a wreckers is a source of income not a hobby.


Also the bonnet was perfect, never messed with. not like ebay..

[wbute]

I get screwed from every angle in my line of business. I dont even get the pleasure of telling them they are f%^kwits.
I take it out on telstra instead

[Blocker]

Ok so we're all having a whine about idiots in our lives.

1. Pilots.
2. Webhost services.

That's all I have to say about that.

[Gaddy]

PPL I see it this way!!

Good things arent cheap!!

Cheap things arent good!!

And retail would be a whole lot better without the customers!!

In my business we have TAXES!! All my boys know what they are!! Here are a couple!!

Fu*&w$t Tax!! 10% Min

Champ Tax!! ( when a customer calls you CHAMP!!) 10 to 20% Min

Tellin me how easy the job is tax!! Do it yourself then Champ!!!

You get my drift Im Sure!!

And yes Ive done the forklift thing but with Glass!! When the customer tells me that the piece of glass he wants, and I have, isnt worth the 5 bucks Im askin for it, I happily throw it in the bin while he is watchin!!

Now that feels great!!

Stoopid Customers!!!

[the ski man]

i'll say that im with you adam, i have only ever sold one car yet advertised 3 in my lifetime, each time a herd of morons comes along to waste my time.

i appreciate reading this thread though, im not one to trust people on ebay and unless i can touch the part i really dont feel happy about buying it. i spend far less time in a wreckers because i know the stuff they keep is going to be good, rocking up at someones place on the whim of a classified ad means i spend time sifting the good from the bad in whats been advertised.

i.e. rocking up with full intent to buy a pair of hx-z front doors in "immaculate" condition only to find that they are hq doors and had major and dodgy rust repairs to the inside, sure they looked good but were not worth what he was asking nor were they what he'd advertised, so not only did he waste my time but i wasted his with no sale. (im not accusing anyone on here of doing such a thing, but i do believe the buyer has a right to question what theyre potentially buying)

i agree that there are morons out there who have no idea and yes it frustrates me too.

i like wreckers and love wrecking yards, if it wasnt for my local boys here in adelaide my van would have become old and tired many years ago. if it wasnt for OHS rules i'd be out the back helping them remove the bits im after too. its good to ring and say hey i need this, can i get it, how much?

i also like forums like this, people can vent and chat to each other, and ask around for parts - its better dealing with mates than with unknown morons.