How about when you arrive to do a network installation, and when you ask for a patch cable, you get "Oh, the salesman said that YOU would supply us with everything we need."
I try to carry a few 8' spares for when this happens; I'm not going to quibble over a $7 cable. Of course, you get the occasional whack job who needs a 50 footer.
As soon as I leave, my next phone call starts off, "Hello, mister sales manager..."
Grrrrrr...
(Years ago, I carried a spool of UTP in my car, and frequently made cables on demand. But that was when we also installed network cards - networks were still a bit of a novelty back then.)
“I think you should treat good friends like a fine wine. That’s why I keep mine locked up in the basement.” - Tim Hawkins
Yup, been there, too, although it's been a few years. It used to happen a lot when I carried that spool around and made a bunch of cables.
Fighting back what you really want to say, I think that the best reply to that one is "I'm sorry, Mr. Customer, but we're not bonded or insured to do that."
I remember one customer who wanted us to run the cables down the inside of the walls, install wall plates, etc..., all for the cost of a normal installation.
Come to think of it, I think that's when we weren't even charging for installs.
“I think you should treat good friends like a fine wine. That’s why I keep mine locked up in the basement.” - Tim Hawkins
I here this from time -to-time. Usually I check the meter and say we owe a lot of credit for the 4 million bad copies they must have gotten.
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