copgib
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Today I recieved a phone call from an older guy wanting a bid to Pressure Wash his home. I arrive in the afternoon and I find out he owns a large real estate company. He just retired and his son is running the business. Anyway the house is a ranch style about 6500sqft. He tells me to walk around it so I can give him a bid. I walk the house and have an idea what I will charge. I go back to him and he then says he wants the driveway pad and porches and sidewalks done also. I check them out and refigure my bid. I go back to him and before I give him the bid he says, I also want the 30X40' Pole Barn cleaned also, and my front gate area and light pole which has his name on it which is very moldy. Because the guys is older and the job didn't look hard but time consuming, I ask if he had anything else? He stated no, so I told him the best I could do for all his items would be $500 which is a very good deal for all I would be doing. He shook his head and stated that was too much, so I asked him what he had in mind for the cleaning, thinking if I was off alittle I might bend to get the job, he stated he had someone before do it all for $250 I told his I couldn't clean his house for that much and left. He is a guy who has money and thinks he will get all the work done for $250. I did tell him he better get that guy who did it before back to do it again at that price. He stated he called me because he saw my ad in the daily newspaper everyday. Well you win some and you loose some! Hugh