Stavross 15,594 Posted July 1, 2023 Report Share Posted July 1, 2023 54 minutes ago, Greyman said: Mate make sure you get plenty of interim payments and don’t let the blokes credit get to high, I would have told him to f**k off when he came back to you as he is only interested in money and not you or your work so is more likey to try and wriggle out of paying you at the end have had 40 years dealing with people and that’s an early red flag mate We’ve had the money chat, and I’ve set my stall out, I’ve told him what I want, I won’t charge any more if it runs over or less if I finish early ( not much chance of that) I don’t want to come across as Ronnie Kray but he will pay me when I finish, I’ve never had anyone not pay or get money off, if we have an agreement that’s what it is, I wouldn’t ask for more so they can’t ask for less 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 27,158 Posted July 1, 2023 Report Share Posted July 1, 2023 1 hour ago, Greyman said: Mate make sure you get plenty of interim payments and don’t let the blokes credit get to high, I would have told him to f**k off when he came back to you as he is only interested in money and not you or your work so is more likey to try and wriggle out of paying you at the end have had 40 years dealing with people and that’s an early red flag mate Bang on mate... its take it or leave it on my prices, I know our worth now, if you do a decent job you should be paid the right money. There's no other industry where you get f****d about for money like the building game, long payment terms are a thing of the past for me, been bit a couple of times, its almost like people dont see it as real money.. 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stavross 15,594 Posted July 1, 2023 Report Share Posted July 1, 2023 3 hours ago, NEWKID said: There's no other industry where you get f****d about for money like the building game, long payment terms are a thing of the past for me, been bit a couple of times, its almost like people dont see it as real money.. Your not wrong, I worked as a mechanic for 25 years and never once had anyone turn up without the money to collect their motor on the other hand my twin brother has a dry lining company and when we were younger the amount of people that wouldn’t pay was ridiculous, we spent a lot of time visiting people at home or on sites, it was always private builds or small building companies, most of them were because he was young and they thought they could take the piss, now he mainly does commercial because they are on a 14 day account so you know you will get paid or the bill goes up and we are getting too old for rolling around on the floor with idiots now ( lol ) 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gypsydog94 4,589 Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 Seeing plenty about this year 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Squirrel_Basher 17,100 Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 Helped a mate out yesterday with a bit of machine work around his lake or pond as I call it .It’s developed a leek through a land drain into the stream that feeds it .Few decent bream and perch seen in the shallows when I got there . Took some of the clay from the outfall end and built a battered bank over a few Gabon baskets he put in .Hopefully he lets it dry out before opening the sluice to fill it . 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel cain 45,390 Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stavross 15,594 Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 Lad asked me to put a little pad in for him while I was getting things ready for concrete, ok I said, half a day’s cash, did a tidy job then his builder got his hands on it ( lol ) so I left him too it and went back to putting concrete forms in 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
keepdiggin 9,561 Posted July 5, 2023 Report Share Posted July 5, 2023 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Squirrel_Basher 17,100 Posted July 5, 2023 Report Share Posted July 5, 2023 14 minutes ago, keepdiggin said: That all done by one spread mate ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
keepdiggin 9,561 Posted July 5, 2023 Report Share Posted July 5, 2023 Just now, foxdropper said: That all done by one spread mate ? No pal two of us one lad mixing 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stavross 15,594 Posted July 5, 2023 Report Share Posted July 5, 2023 Bit of pottering around the farm today because the builder on the job I’m on was putting the steel frame roof trusses on, he asked if I wanted a day with him, I politely declined ( lol ) combine’s are out getting ready for the start in a couple of weeks, it seems to come round really quickly now, I might get a bit of leading in work on an evening if it’s good weather and they can carry on through the night 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gypsydog94 4,589 Posted July 5, 2023 Report Share Posted July 5, 2023 New bird scarer working well 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MH1 1,873 Posted July 5, 2023 Report Share Posted July 5, 2023 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stavross 15,594 Posted July 5, 2023 Report Share Posted July 5, 2023 2 hours ago, Gypsydog94 said: New bird scarer working well And farmers always plead poverty ( lol ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
low plains drifter 10,485 Posted July 5, 2023 Report Share Posted July 5, 2023 I'm too good to these paraffins, look at the community spirit on that, after a hard days toil aswell, cleared the fuckun street and carted the lot to the tip You know? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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