did ya ever regret taking a job on ! (updated mounted up pics)

[CrabCrazy]

i wouldn't accept work from him anymore...you don't need the pain...

[swampfox]

   Fossie,  I feel for you man.  There are some folks you can't help but to remember when they come back with something else.  Good luck !

[cooterwhitt]

I got a guy down the road from me I bought have to rude to story goes year after year he talks about bringing me deer and well he never does but he wants to learn how and I keep telling him no I don't teach classes he finally this year had a euro mount he wanted me to show him how to clean it and I told for 125 I would show him well he insisted he was going to boil that's when I said have at it well 5 hours later he showed up at the shop with a see thru deer skull I like to laughed my butt off he was like what did I do wrong I said u boiled it he sailed that's what the other taxidermist told me that's when I told him there's the reason I get all the deer mounts around here now ain't seen him since so some times u just got to let idiots be idiots

[linder]

I am a professional worrier and I know just how you feel, but BELEAVE ME  you are putting to much thought and worry into this matter, you need think about how you really want to handle this and concider all the advise that these good pepole have given you  and then go with it .Now after you do take care of it do not set and second guess yourself stand by your decision and let the cards fall were the may.life to short and down the road if it's ever mintined just say'' that was an unusual situation ''  don't dwell on it and go on from there . just my thought on the matter GOOD LUCK.

[John C]

Never, never, promise to put a customers work in competition.  Since you've painted yourself into a corner, you may consider using a competition quality cape, and use his on one of his remounts...nobody will ever know but you.

[Jim Willard]

Been there!  I feel your pain.  I think honesty is the best approach. Tell him he's at the end of your list, since he was one of the last to come in. it wouldn't be fair for him to jump in front of the others for the same price. if he were willing to pay rush service for 1-1/2 times the price he could go ahead of the pack. tanneries offer a rush service why can't you?  tell him you've changed your mind about the competition, you want to mount your own and he'd have to go back in line or pay for rush service.  don't forget who owns the business. customer's only right to a point. if you're concerned about what he may say to potential customers remember that they will consider the source. if he's a pain to you, he's probably a pain to others. 
give him the best job you can give him. be fair and firm. good luck! 

[wetthereel]

Never, never, promise to put a customers work in competition.  Since you've painted yourself into a corner, you may consider using a competition quality cape, and use his on one of his remounts...nobody will ever know but you.

if u go this route, i would tell him u r switching out the capes. to do this w/o informing him seems to be morally wrong.

also, just because someone else pays more to be moved up the list, doesnt mean those who pay regular price deserve to be moved down or rushed to make room for the other guy.

good luck!

[michael p.]

also, just because someone else pays more to be moved up the list, doesnt mean those who pay regular price deserve to be moved down ......

How do you then move somebody up the list who's paying more without moving one down?

[tem]

i cant imagine having some one stand over me who doesn't know any thing about the business and tell me how to mount an animal. that's like me telling a Doctor how to work on me. i feel for you fozz. good luck. theres a lot of good advice here.

[cooterwhitt]

I couldnt move nobody on my list everybody has there number and that's how the hides get sent out and that's how my forms are ordered and out they go in the same order

[James Marsico]

Rush!,  Top Priority!  ,  Urgent!,  Next!,  Red Lined! ,  Do First!,  Immediate Action Required!,  Dead  Line Reached!,  Today!   Have a file folder on the wall  or door  with all these  headlines  and invoice work orders in each. When anyone asks which is which  or whats the difference you answer truthfully that is top secret info only known to you.    

[Old Fart]

"How do you then move somebody up the list who's paying more without moving one down?"

You do ALL the "rush" work on an overtime basis.........that is.....evenings and weekends. The regular customers get done during work hours and no one will get moved down in order. If you don't have evenings and weekends to do that, something's wrong. That doesn't mean that you don't do rush work "during" those regular hours, it just means that you make up the time during the overtime(evenings and weekends) so that everything is done on schedule. The rush order pays for the overtime.

[JSeiler]

Keep the sale short, sweet and simple, and shut up. Now buddy, knowing you,, we are going to have to work on that last part. ;-)

LMAO, that is so true it is funny lol

[Mill Creek Taxidermy (fozzie)]

Hey What the heck , I come in for lunch and John is slap'n his gums lol.  Ok back to work !quote author=JSeiler link=topic=296030.msg2040698#msg2040698 date=1328895575]

Keep the sale short, sweet and simple, and shut up. Now buddy, knowing you,, we are going to have to work on that last part. ;-)

LMAO, that is so true it is funny lol
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[horsedoctor]

Sign in my brother in laws mechanic shop might work well in this situation...

Shop Rates:
Normal shop rate.            $50/hr
Rush job.                      $75/hr
If you watch.                   $100/hr
If you tried first and screwed it up. $200/hr

TGIF!