Hey guys, Ha; once again I appreciate the posts; well all but about 2? Yet, I probably had those coming
Here's the card I played today................
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Originally Posted by Dueller
****** Milt. I think.
...... but YOU set that precedent. If I hadda guess, you didn't wanna see your buddy screwed. But you made it clear that he was gonna get the benefit of the bargain ya'll made, even if it came at your expense.
Nothing wrong with your way or his. Just different perspectives. |
He showed up at my office today and he was pissed off; steaming mad. This is our second time on this project where I've seen him like this. He started by going off on what he was going to do, telling me what the court of law would uphold, etc. I mad a few digs to keep it fuming for the first few minutes.
I then told him that I could understand that he thought my intentions were to screw him out of his cut; I told him that was not the case. I also told him that his friendship meant more to me than the business relationship and I realized that I may have crossed the line that will make that repairable, but I was sorry for doing so.
I told him that I could appreciate his position and that there was no way I was planning to reneg on my commitment to pay him his fees. I then got up, walked over to him and put a mid-five figure check down right in front of him. I said, money talks eh pal.
Then I went back to my chair and told him over the next 15 minutes all the things that I was not happy about, I then gave it to him in writing; each item spelled out. I told him that I would honour the full deal for the 10 homes however I would not honour it moving forward for any future deals and upon the final completion of these 10 homes our business deal was done.
We breifly spoke about the future; I told him my alternate plans which did not involve him. I told him he would have the opportunity to continue working with me, but not if it was going to cost us our friendship.
We then went over to the site and I took him through 3 of the homes and pointed out some of the contentious issues. It was a civil afternoon.
Here's the BEST PART GUYS...... we then went for a beer! Things lightend up and we were laughing again. I felt good and he felt good.
We don't know how we're going to go forward; but I just received an email from him with an updated, proper CTC, which is a good start. Once again, the posts I read this morning were very helpful, so
thanks again.
I'm gonna go and watch a movie, relax and take my mind of things for awhile; it's been a long, tuff day.