I never was never ripped off by a customer until I was in my fifties, for over thirty years I got paid in full for every job I did. I am not sure if I got to be a softer touch and too trusting or if the customers have become less trustworthy.
One of the first I had trouble with had a Porsche and a 4X4 on the drive to his nice house, both for his own use as his wife had left him, there's red flags there I ignored! Three days into the job with wife called by to pick some stuff up to take to her new home and said "Nice to meet you, best of luck" with a look on her face that just added to my anxiety that was already building because I had not taken a deposit, at the end of the job the guy basically deducted 20%, a grand, from the invoice and told me it was my problem, not his.
I never was never ripped off by a customer until I was in my fifties, for over thirty years I got paid in full for every job I did. I am not sure if I got to be a softer touch and too trusting or if the customers have become less trustworthy.
One of the first I had trouble with had a Porsche and a 4X4 on the drive to his nice house, both for his own use as his wife had left him, there's red flags there I ignored! Three days into the job with wife called by to pick some stuff up to take to her new home and said "Nice to meet you, best of luck" with a look on her face that just added to my anxiety that was already building because I had not taken a deposit, at the end of the job the guy basically deducted 20%, a grand, from the invoice and told me it was my problem, not his.
