I feel quite lucky that I have never felt the need to refuse to work somewhere and have never had a customer rip me off although a couple have tried to get discounts on the quoted price. I did have a commercial customer go bust owing me £10K which hurt.
On bad customers: A bricklayer I knew did some work at a large country house. When he finished he went and asked for payment. The householder said "I know about people like you. Here is 70%, you can sue me for the rest but I am a barrister and it will take you years and cost you a fortune" He took the money and told his mate who said he would be with him in a minute as he had a little tidying up to do. A few days later they drove past the house on the way to a job he noticed a Dynarod van in the drive and commented to his mate that he must have a blocked drain. His mate said "All his drains are blocked. I put a bag of cement down them as I know you would not do anything"
I feel quite lucky that I have never felt the need to refuse to work somewhere and have never had a customer rip me off although a couple have tried to get discounts on the quoted price. I did have a commercial customer go bust owing me £10K which hurt.
On bad customers: A bricklayer I knew did some work at a large country house. When he finished he went and asked for payment. The householder said "I know about people like you. Here is 70%, you can sue me for the rest but I am a barrister and it will take you years and cost you a fortune" He took the money and told his mate who said he would be with him in a minute as he had a little tidying up to do. A few days later they drove past the house on the way to a job he noticed a Dynarod van in the drive and commented to his mate that he must have a blocked drain. His mate said "All his drains are blocked. I put a bag of cement down them as I know you would not do anything"
