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New Word of the Day
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Not to worry, VT...No such thing as a bad rebus.
Or is there?...
"All of our lives is a rebus
Of little wooden animals painted shy,
Terrific colors, magnificent and horrible,
Close together"............. ~ John Ashbery
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Thanks for the encouragement FUN...even though I left the -ly on the adjective.
Seems that my thoughts are on my upcoming trip.
Lowball:
1. to give a (customer) a deceptively low price or cost estimate.
2. to give a markedly, or unfair low offer.
:rant:
Sometimes I am guilty of certain behaviors that I despise in others. Most times I am not aware... until the offending behavior is perpetrated against me.
My biggest pet peeve concerning customers is being late, or cancelling an appointment.
The next peeve on the list are customers who go out of their way looking for a deal after being quoted, but, before the services are performed. I truly despise these lowballers.
There is nothing worse than booking an appointment several days out, having everthing on hand to perform services, then have a lowballer try to get an edge when I pull up.
What brings this topic to mind is that I have been bidding on a 9227c on Eb*y. I currently have two 849's, one for paint, and one for aluminum polishing...but need another for the smaller plates and pads.
I noticed at the beginning of the week that a Makita was lingering at $58 for two days.
On the 3rd day I bid $70, as this is what I'm accustomed to paying for used buffers at pawnshops.
Eventually the bid was met ($71) and the next day I bid $90.22...the top end that I would be willing to spend on a buffer, + shipping = $100. It took another day for my bid to be surpassed.
Not willing to go past my limit, I went to Cr***slist, key words Makita, 9227c. Nothing.
Then keyword, rotary buffer...BINGO... Price? $150. :surrender:
Well, after going through the lowball session on the other site, I sent an email and was pleasantly surprised when the seller not only dropped his price after I wrote of my interest, (but never mentioning price), but he also added a few other goodies to sweeten the offer.
Moral of the story? Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Thanks for the soapbox.
Seems that my thoughts are on my upcoming trip.
Lowball:
1. to give a (customer) a deceptively low price or cost estimate.
2. to give a markedly, or unfair low offer.
:rant:
Sometimes I am guilty of certain behaviors that I despise in others. Most times I am not aware... until the offending behavior is perpetrated against me.
My biggest pet peeve concerning customers is being late, or cancelling an appointment.
The next peeve on the list are customers who go out of their way looking for a deal after being quoted, but, before the services are performed. I truly despise these lowballers.
There is nothing worse than booking an appointment several days out, having everthing on hand to perform services, then have a lowballer try to get an edge when I pull up.
What brings this topic to mind is that I have been bidding on a 9227c on Eb*y. I currently have two 849's, one for paint, and one for aluminum polishing...but need another for the smaller plates and pads.
I noticed at the beginning of the week that a Makita was lingering at $58 for two days.
On the 3rd day I bid $70, as this is what I'm accustomed to paying for used buffers at pawnshops.
Eventually the bid was met ($71) and the next day I bid $90.22...the top end that I would be willing to spend on a buffer, + shipping = $100. It took another day for my bid to be surpassed.
Not willing to go past my limit, I went to Cr***slist, key words Makita, 9227c. Nothing.
Then keyword, rotary buffer...BINGO... Price? $150. :surrender:
Well, after going through the lowball session on the other site, I sent an email and was pleasantly surprised when the seller not only dropped his price after I wrote of my interest, (but never mentioning price), but he also added a few other goodies to sweeten the offer.
Moral of the story? Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Thanks for the soapbox.
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Hilarious!!!
Steve is one casino owner that I would never like to meet...Benny Binion, Jackie Gaughan and Sam Boyd were the best from what I heard.
Steve is one casino owner that I would never like to meet...Benny Binion, Jackie Gaughan and Sam Boyd were the best from what I heard.
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Re: Word of the Day
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ROFL!!!
Clue: verb
ROFL!!!
Clue: verb
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Clue: verb
^^^^:iagree:^^^^
I'm going to hang it up, right about......now, too.
Bob
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All right FUN , have a great week.
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For 08.21.2012's "new word of the day":
Ethics
Definition:
1.) Considered to be the moral standards by which people judge behavior.
2.) Are often summed up in what is considered the "Golden Rule" (as described below):
4.) "Norms" that are learned during childhood from setting/environments such as:
Home, Church, School, Social Settings, etc.,...that continue to develope throughout
one's different stages of life-growth---as one matures.
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IMO...
The above definitions do make sense as a 'general rule of thumb'.
But they just may not be the definitive answers when trying to define: Business Ethics.
Below is an excellent example...
[Thanks again goes to AGO forum member Vegas Transplant (VT)]:
As I understand it...
In the above example, a customer was trying to change VT's initial price-quote, for a detailing session,
to a lower monetary-value, while expecting the same
high-detailing-value that VT is highly regarded/reknowned to perform.
Conversely...
Aren't there incidents/examples, whereas some Detailers once they get their: "Foot-in-the-door"...
are wanting/trying for the infamous: "Up-sell"??
(And to convincingly promote: "Value-added-selling"...of Detailing products/multi-step-processes, I ask??)
Again, IMO...
The above are just examples of:
"Business Choices made within the architecture framework of marketing/selling techniques".
-However, the determining-factors of whether these techniques are 'ethical', or not, perhaps depend upon how
individuals, corporations, and institutions view/understand that,
even though there are Laws that govern, and even impose penalties for ethics violations in many Business settings...
Legislation can't define business ethics in its entirety, or for each and every 'ethical-situation' that may arise.
As such...
Determining what actions to take (ethics/morals) whenever dilemmas arise in doing business
with customers/clients are tricky, complex and multi-facted.
-Unlike some Businesses/Institutions (Wall Street; Lawyers...(which many folks have a deep-seated mistrust against),
currently there are no ethics-violations Laws overseeing the Detailer/Detailing Business.
IMO...Then...
How each and every "Detailing-Business Person" displays their ethics, may not only be a factor in determining
future customers/clients for themselves...But may also be a cumulative-barometer of how the
general populace views Detailing as a viable, reliable Business, in and withof itself...
Not some "fly-by-night" operation; or a second-class "wash&wax" citizen!!!
Just some thoughts I wished to express.
Bob
Ethics
Definition:
1.) Considered to be the moral standards by which people judge behavior.
2.) Are often summed up in what is considered the "Golden Rule" (as described below):
3.) Said to be: Rules for distinguishing between right and wrong,"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you".
^^^Thank you, VT!
4.) "Norms" that are learned during childhood from setting/environments such as:
Home, Church, School, Social Settings, etc.,...that continue to develope throughout
one's different stages of life-growth---as one matures.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
IMO...
The above definitions do make sense as a 'general rule of thumb'.
But they just may not be the definitive answers when trying to define: Business Ethics.
Below is an excellent example...
[Thanks again goes to AGO forum member Vegas Transplant (VT)]:
As I understand it...
In the above example, a customer was trying to change VT's initial price-quote, for a detailing session,
to a lower monetary-value, while expecting the same
high-detailing-value that VT is highly regarded/reknowned to perform.
Conversely...
Aren't there incidents/examples, whereas some Detailers once they get their: "Foot-in-the-door"...
are wanting/trying for the infamous: "Up-sell"??
(And to convincingly promote: "Value-added-selling"...of Detailing products/multi-step-processes, I ask??)
Again, IMO...
The above are just examples of:
"Business Choices made within the architecture framework of marketing/selling techniques".
-However, the determining-factors of whether these techniques are 'ethical', or not, perhaps depend upon how
individuals, corporations, and institutions view/understand that,
even though there are Laws that govern, and even impose penalties for ethics violations in many Business settings...
Legislation can't define business ethics in its entirety, or for each and every 'ethical-situation' that may arise.
As such...
Determining what actions to take (ethics/morals) whenever dilemmas arise in doing business
with customers/clients are tricky, complex and multi-facted.
-Unlike some Businesses/Institutions (Wall Street; Lawyers...(which many folks have a deep-seated mistrust against),
currently there are no ethics-violations Laws overseeing the Detailer/Detailing Business.
IMO...Then...
How each and every "Detailing-Business Person" displays their ethics, may not only be a factor in determining
future customers/clients for themselves...But may also be a cumulative-barometer of how the
general populace views Detailing as a viable, reliable Business, in and withof itself...
Not some "fly-by-night" operation; or a second-class "wash&wax" citizen!!!
Just some thoughts I wished to express.
Bob
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A "new word of the day" for 08.22.2012:
Ubiquitous
Definition:
1. Existing everywhere
2. Present everywhere at once, or seeming to be
3. Universal
4. Pervasive; abundant
-With seemingly every 'Tom, Richard, and Harry' in the car-care products industry
now having a: "Spray Wax" in their products line-up; it is no wonderment,
at least to me, that their ubiquitousness may have been a causation of the following thread:
http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/auto-detailing-101/54280-spray-waxes-out-gawwzoooo.html
-Just think...If an 'established Detailer' is taken aback at their pervasiveness...
Then...Just imagine the difficulty that a person, new to the detailing scene,
is having in the departmentalizing/discernment of: "Spray-Waxes"
Bob
Ubiquitous
Definition:
1. Existing everywhere
2. Present everywhere at once, or seeming to be
3. Universal
4. Pervasive; abundant
-With seemingly every 'Tom, Richard, and Harry' in the car-care products industry
now having a: "Spray Wax" in their products line-up; it is no wonderment,
at least to me, that their ubiquitousness may have been a causation of the following thread:
http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/auto-detailing-101/54280-spray-waxes-out-gawwzoooo.html
-Just think...If an 'established Detailer' is taken aback at their pervasiveness...
Then...Just imagine the difficulty that a person, new to the detailing scene,
is having in the departmentalizing/discernment of: "Spray-Waxes"
Bob
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08.23.2012's "new word of the day":
Frangible
Definition:
1. Capable of being broken
2. Breakable.
3. Fragile.
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-Regardless of ones choice...[whether it’s peanuts (expanded polystyrene loose fill),
paper bags (Kraft paper; Kraft shipping bags; unpadded "lunch sacks"),
or inflated polyethylene air-packets]...
AGO’s ‘picking/packing/shipping’ Departments’ personnel have…no doubt…
been trained/instructed on the costs/qualities of different: Packaging void-fill systems.
As such…
Said AGO personnel will know:
1) Products frangibleness, if any
2) The need for products' frangibility-protection---the cushioning against shock, so to say
3) The void-fill materials’ costs (inventory/re-stocking; amount(s) required for out-bound products' boxes/containers)
4) The burden of transportation costs for packing/shipping the products, and then shipping the package.
5) TO: Diligently try to full-'fill' AGO customers packing-material(s) requests.
(Of course I assume the above are factors in the overall price-setting of doing: "Consumering".)
BTW… For the "peanuts-haters" amongst us:
The Peanut Hotline phone# is: 800-828-2214
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Another thought on frangible:
-As of late...
There have been quite a few AGO forum members posting their negative-experiences
with "polishers/buffing tools"...No 'brand/type' seems immune.
One of the latest threads: http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/porter-cable-7424xp-updates/54298-piece-junk.html
Just saying...
Bob
Frangible
Definition:
1. Capable of being broken
2. Breakable.
3. Fragile.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
-Regardless of ones choice...[whether it’s peanuts (expanded polystyrene loose fill),
paper bags (Kraft paper; Kraft shipping bags; unpadded "lunch sacks"),
or inflated polyethylene air-packets]...
AGO’s ‘picking/packing/shipping’ Departments’ personnel have…no doubt…
been trained/instructed on the costs/qualities of different: Packaging void-fill systems.
As such…
Said AGO personnel will know:
1) Products frangibleness, if any
2) The need for products' frangibility-protection---the cushioning against shock, so to say
3) The void-fill materials’ costs (inventory/re-stocking; amount(s) required for out-bound products' boxes/containers)
4) The burden of transportation costs for packing/shipping the products, and then shipping the package.
5) TO: Diligently try to full-'fill' AGO customers packing-material(s) requests.
(Of course I assume the above are factors in the overall price-setting of doing: "Consumering".)
BTW… For the "peanuts-haters" amongst us:
The Peanut Hotline phone# is: 800-828-2214
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
Another thought on frangible:
-As of late...
There have been quite a few AGO forum members posting their negative-experiences
with "polishers/buffing tools"...No 'brand/type' seems immune.
One of the latest threads: http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/porter-cable-7424xp-updates/54298-piece-junk.html
Just saying...
Bob
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True indeed. However, most referrals want what the referrer paid for. I have the hardest time trying to upsell in Maryland. I also have gotten to the point that if the potential client is not trying to become a regular customer, then I'll pass on the referral unless it's a lucrative detail.
IMO...Then...
How each and every "Detailing-Business Person" displays their ethics, may not only be a factor in determining
future customers/clients for themselves...But may also be a cumulative-barometer of how the
general populace views Detailing as a viable, reliable Business, in and withof itself...
Not some "fly-by-night" operation; or a second-class "wash&wax" citizen!!!
Just some thoughts I wished to express.
Bob
Ran into the above wall on Wednesday. I have a customer that scheduled a full correction on his partially repainted (post accident) vehicle. On the day of his appointment (SC) it rained and he deferred. The next trip to SC he was in Florida. We couldn't make another date til this week...in the meantime he paid a local detailer to buff out his vehicle.
When I saw the vehicle Wednesday, he informed me of his disappointment of the finished product. The problem lies in the fact that the vehicle was painted in an open bay at a local bodyshop...excellent paint job, no buffer trails...excellent blending of panels...The problem is that particulates adhered to the wet paint and must be wet-sanded.
If the middle detailer would have inspected, or at least clayed the paint, then the issue might have been resolved sooner. The vehicle owner and the painter/bodyshop owner are deacons at the same church, and have been best friends since returning from Vietnam.
In the meantime, I'm heading back tomorrow night.
A "new word of the day" for 08.22.2012:
-Just think...If an 'established Detailer' is taken aback at their pervasiveness...
Then...Just imagine the difficulty that a person, new to the detailing scene,
is having in the departmentalizing/discernment of: "Spray-Waxes"
Bob
I bought an OTC spray wax years ago and trashed it the same day. I found a QD from AM and used it religiously for 6 years. When that ran out, I reluctantly tried OCW, went thru the 'not on a hot panel, no over application, two-towel method' learning curve and am sold...hook, line, and sinker. Probably the same pig-headedness that keeping me from experimenting with a coating...but I must digress
08.23.2012's "new word of the day":
-As of late...
There have been quite a few AGO forum members posting their negative-experiences
with "polishers/buffing tools"...No 'brand/type' seems immune.
One of the latest threads: http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/porter-cable-7424xp-updates/54298-piece-junk.html
Just saying...
Bob
The reality is that when one chooses a tool without searching the threads...it is possible that the OP may jump outta the frying pan and into the fire, so to speak, with his tool choice.
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Almost home!!!
Tourist trap on US 301 Maryland
Just before Richmond...blurry photo's of Ricmond at I-95 N...Maybe next week. Seems that after crossing the river, all downtown shots were blurry, hard to take photos and drive...Big curves and bldg's next to interstate bridge.
Transmission almost complete in van in background
Remember the PW I left in SC, well $800 later...New Motor.
Queen City Tarheel southbound
Approx. 220 miles to go southbound
I 295 river bridge /Richmond go-around southbound
Crossing the Potomac US 301 southbound...she took the camera phone from me on this one...hahaha
This is the odo from a 1.5 year old X-5...almost pristine. Had to go to B'MO to pick it up.
Head 'em up...move 'em out
South bound and down...loaded up and trucking.
This is one sweet ride...awesome piece of automotive ingenuity.
Tourist trap on US 301 Maryland
Just before Richmond...blurry photo's of Ricmond at I-95 N...Maybe next week. Seems that after crossing the river, all downtown shots were blurry, hard to take photos and drive...Big curves and bldg's next to interstate bridge.
Transmission almost complete in van in background
Remember the PW I left in SC, well $800 later...New Motor.
Queen City Tarheel southbound
Approx. 220 miles to go southbound
I 295 river bridge /Richmond go-around southbound
Crossing the Potomac US 301 southbound...she took the camera phone from me on this one...hahaha
This is the odo from a 1.5 year old X-5...almost pristine. Had to go to B'MO to pick it up.
Head 'em up...move 'em out
South bound and down...loaded up and trucking.
This is one sweet ride...awesome piece of automotive ingenuity.
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