Where's the guy with the hook when you need him?

[coyoteden.livejournal.com]

Had a rather ripe customer come in yesterday, but the one thing worse than his aroma was how this guy thinks he's a real comedian. Everything I tried to tell him regarding spyware, his machine, or our services was answered by some sort of smart-ass remark. When I gave him a bit of a puzzled look (mostly because my eyes were watering from the smell) he made remarks along the lines of "You have NO sense of humor, young man"

Then, on the way out the door, he asks how much I think it's going to cost. I tell him probably $82.50 for one and a half hours.

His reply: "How about I give you a dollar now, and one dollar for every thing you remove."

*evilgrin* Well, sir, that will be JUST FINE! Oh yes it will!

Comments

[codedigital.livejournal.com]

Wow...82.50 for 1 and a half hours!?!?!?! That's cheap. We charge 80 an hour so an hour and a half would be around 130 including taxes.

$$55 shop, $75 on site, more for servers, laptops and macs.

[coyoteden.livejournal.com]

We're cheap, we're fast, and we're good. Betcha didn't think you could have all three.

Well, by we I mean ME, as I'm the only on-site tech.

Re: $$55 shop, $75 on site, more for servers, laptops and macs.

[codedigital.livejournal.com]

80 general, 90 network, 130 WAN. We charge a 25 dollar trip charge on outside stuff within our county or our hourly rate for stuff further out.

[dmsalem00.livejournal.com]

Get him to sign a contract on it.
If it's bad enough, you could retire on this guy alone..

ad-aware count: 495 objects.

[coyoteden.livejournal.com]

He came in this morning, and I told him by HIS suggestion it would be $500. He denied ever even making a joke about it and got all offended.

So $82.50 it was. Good freakin riddance.

Re: ad-aware count: 495 objects.

[joeshamo.livejournal.com]

at that point you should've made some crack about him not having a sense of responsibilty, or something mirroring his crack about not having a sense of humor.