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Originally Posted by fastfredracing
It never seems to work out. I think its best to lay out the value of your service, or product, in clear $ monetary value right up front before you start .
Seems every time I horse trade my services, my labor is worth $20 dollars an hour, and the other side wants $200.00 an hour .
Im pretty much done with horse trading. If I need your services, Ill just pay you .
I gave a concrete contractor 3 full days of my time. I pulled one motor from a dump truck, pulled the second motor, then installed the first motor into the dump truck.
3 full 10 hour days, + some .
He poured a sidewalk for me. Took him just shy of 3 days.
He tried to hit me with a giant bill afterwards , even though , we agreed time for time .
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There are too many of these shady dudes who try to screw you around after the fact. I always get something in writing as opposed to a verbal agreement and this avoids the screwed over feeling you can get when a guy goes back on his word.