Buddy Bucket Frustration

[CG]

Originally Posted by cdowns

i am simply saying that is the way many tradesmen feel about customers supplying thier own parts
many have the feeling that they want to do the whole job parts and labor from thier shop


did you ask this upholstery guy his feelings and policys before purchasing and supplying parts??

I understand what you are getting at with this. Im in the copier printer business and sometimes people buy parts and ask us to install them. If I put the parts in and I didn't supply them, and there is a problem with the part down the road they will come after me even though it was a problem with the part not the install.

Plus we like to make a little money on the part itself =)

[68shortstep]

CDowns is pretty much right.

Years ago, before I got all this gray hair, I used to install vinyl siding, among other things, & had one of the two or three largest remodelling companies in the area.

For an example, the siding I used I paid about $ 55 - 60 a square wholesale for, plus the (expensive) accessories. Could buy the cheap $$$ cr@p product at lumber yards all day long for $ 32 - 35.

People would say: "I'll provide the siding, & you just have your guys install it......"

My reply was usually something like: "No problem; my materials & my labor, the job is (an example) $ 3500. Plus you get a warranty on the workmanship. Your materials & my labor, the job is $ 3500, and no workmanship warranty. You decide."

I wasn't angry ......... I just didn't want the hassle & added liability exposure, & a possibly sorry-looking job upon completion (& the damage to my reputation) from using the cheap stuff.

Can't remember of even one homeowner who saw the logic in using "his materials."

[long69]

like it or not your describing a little known trait as greed, plain and simple.