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11-18-2009, 06:48 PM
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child please.....
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Originally Posted by BuzzKill
Sounds like you could use some rich people to give you a job! Never had a poor guy offering me a job.
Business for me is pretty good, small residential work but I'm still clearing what I want to make a week and going into next year I will raise forecasts. Also hope that commercial and remodel work picks up in the spring.
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 . Yep, we NEED rich people. Rich people are the ones that we an really make money off. I've said this before and I'll say it again: YOU CAN'T MAKE MONEY FROM POOR PEOPLE.
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11-18-2009, 06:52 PM
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Yeah, and at the same time you got people posting this kind of stuff:
SF bay area craigslist > _(east bay) > gigs > labor gigs
Electrician (brentwood / oakley)
Date: 2009-10-20, 7:19PM PDT
Reply to: gigs-kpv3n-1430663566@craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
Looking for Licensed Electrician to do our rehabs. We are looking at total rewire, new service pannel with maste head, gfi in wet areas. afci in bedrooms, cable and phone, plugs and decor rocker switches hanging new light fixtures, typically 1000 sf 3/2 bath homes. Looking at spending no more than $3500 or less per project. If interested let us know.
it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests
Compensation: no pay
PostingID: 1430663566
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Dude are you serious? This isn't the Brentwood down in LA. This is Brentwood/Oakley.
That place is a cow town held together with bailing wire and duct tape.
I'm sure they got their man and he's probably the electrical inspector by day.
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11-18-2009, 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by NolaTigaBait
. Yep, we NEED rich people. Rich people are the ones that we an really make money off. I've said this before and I'll say it again: YOU CAN'T MAKE MONEY FROM POOR PEOPLE. |
Yep and may I add, working for the homosexual clientel is rewarding monetarily also...ever seen a poor gay couple? Not in Atlanta! They make make big bucks, doing what, I don't know but they make good clients.
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11-18-2009, 07:20 PM
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child please.....
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Originally Posted by BuzzKill
Yep and may I add, working for the homosexual clientel is rewarding monetarily also...ever seen a poor gay couple? Not in Atlanta! They make make big bucks, doing what, I don't know but they make good clients.
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I was talking about this the other day. They always have money and honestly they don't complain that much either.
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11-18-2009, 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by NolaTigaBait
. Yep, we NEED rich people. Rich people are the ones that we an really make money off. I've said this before and I'll say it again: YOU CAN'T MAKE MONEY FROM POOR PEOPLE. |
Yep and may I add, working for the homosexual clientel is rewarding monetarily also...ever seen a poor gay couple? Not in Atlanta! They make big bucks, doing what, I don't know, but they make good clients and I need more like them.
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11-18-2009, 07:22 PM
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I was talking about this the other day. They always have money and honestly they don't complain that much either.
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Don't know that got double posted, sorry about that.
Typical DINK's: double income, no kids. They got money to spare! and I am here to help them spend it. lol
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11-18-2009, 07:24 PM
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child please.....
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How many buzzkill jr's ya got running around?
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11-18-2009, 07:28 PM
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This whole liberal, "p*ss on the rich" thing makes me sick! It's rich people that enable others to get rich(er) as well. Damn man, take some economics why don't you.
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11-18-2009, 07:30 PM
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How many buzzkill jr's ya got running around?
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LOL...I got two, both boys, eight and four.
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11-18-2009, 09:31 PM
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Hooked on toutons
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Sounds like you could use some rich people to give you a job! Never had a poor guy offering me a job.
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Well, this is how it's supposed to work. I'm an entry level apprentice trying to get my foot in the door. Contractors like you are supposed to hire me, but here in Canada law doesn't allow slave wages, so that's why every non-union contractor in this city has a problem with hiring me. I bet when work gets better in in the spring they STILL won't be hiring. The contractors here have their sons, brothers, sisters, dogs, cats, and former prostitutes working for them. The economy will never be great here because of that fact. Rich people giving me a job? They're too F$#%^g greedy for that.
Just my two cents.
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11-18-2009, 09:34 PM
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child please.....
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Originally Posted by electricnewf
Well, this is how it's supposed to work. I'm an entry level apprentice trying to get my foot in the door. Contractors like you are supposed to hire me, but here in Canada law doesn't allow slave wages, so that's why every non-union contractor in this city has a problem with hiring me. I bet when work gets better in in the spring they STILL won't be hiring. The contractors here have their sons, brothers, sisters, dogs, cats, and former prostitutes working for them. The economy will never be great here because of that fact. Rich people giving me a job? They're too F$#%^g greedy for that.
Just my two cents.
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Huh? What you think a rich guy is going to lift a finger? Of course not. They have a group of flunkys that work for them. Then they hire someone like me or you to do the technical work that a flunky isn't capable of performing. What are you? A commy? I guess you believe in "redistribution of wealth" too. It's pretty simple, the money is out there, you just have to work harder than the next guy.
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11-18-2009, 09:39 PM
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Total blow hard.
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Dude are you serious? This isn't the Brentwood down in LA. This is Brentwood/Oakley.
That place is a cow town held together with bailing wire and duct tape.
I'm sure they got their man and he's probably the electrical inspector by day.
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I must have got it confused with another. I've actually never even been to Brentwood.
Regardless, the craigslist post is still a joke.
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11-18-2009, 09:45 PM
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Hooked on toutons
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Originally Posted by NolaTigaBait
Huh? What you think a rich guy is going to lift a finger? Of course not. They have a group of flunkys that work for them. Then they hire someone like me or you to do the technical work that a flunky isn't capable of performing. What are you? A commy? I guess you believe in "redistribution of wealth" too. It's pretty simple, the money is out there, you just have to work harder than the next guy.
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To be honest any type of economy would be better than the one we have now. 
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11-18-2009, 09:47 PM
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child please.....
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I'm not talking about the economy. We are talking about rich guys providing us with work.
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11-18-2009, 10:11 PM
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Total blow hard.
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Originally Posted by NolaTigaBait
I'm not talking about the economy. We are talking about rich guys providing us with work.
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Of course, just like every one else some rich people are different than other rich people. Providing tradesmen with work is one thing, treating people in an inferior manner because you are rich is another.
Some rich people are awesome, some are the scum of the earth.
Same goes for poor people and middle class people.
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11-18-2009, 10:14 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rudeboy
Of course, just like every one else some rich people are different than other rich people. Providing tradesmen with work is one thing, treating people in an inferior manner because you are rich is another.
Some rich people are awesome, some are the scum of the earth.
Same goes for poor people and middle class people.
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Yes don't you love it when they're the ones that called you then look at you like "You grungy construction worker wtf are you doing in my house?"
Or those pleasant service calls where somebody is practically under your ladder with a broom and a stop watch. 
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11-18-2009, 11:50 PM
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Regardless, the craigslist post is still a joke.
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Yes it is.
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11-19-2009, 07:48 AM
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Yes don't you love it when they're the ones that called you then look at you like "You grungy construction worker wtf are you doing in my house?"
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That never happened to me cause I am not grungy,I use a drop cloth and shop vac and I use flat rate,don't charge by the hour ,I charge by the job.
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11-19-2009, 09:38 AM
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The problem with electrical work is that it's something people need.
People hate spending money on things they need.
People love spending money on things they want.
They'll hold off or go cheap on the things they need so they can spend more on the things they want. It's no fun spending money on the things you need. 
How often do you hear someone bragging about how much they spent on their electrical work?
How often do you hear someone bragging about how much they spent on their stereo equipment?
Their thinking? These speakers have got to be good. Look how much they cost.
Their thinking? This electrician must be a rip off. Look how much he charges.
The things people want.
http://www.higherfi.com/
The things people need.
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11-19-2009, 09:42 AM
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child please.....
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Quote:
Originally Posted by caveman
The problem with electrical work is that it's something people need.
People hate spending money on things they need.
People love spending money on things they want.
They'll hold off or go cheap on the things they need so they can spend more on the things they want. It's no fun spending money on the things you need.
How often do you hear someone bragging about how much they spent on their electrical work?
How often do you hear someone bragging about how much they spent on their stereo equipment?
Their thinking? These speakers have got to be good. Look how much they cost.
Their thinking? This electrician must be a rip off. Look how much he charges.
The things people want.
http://www.higherfi.com/ |
Haha. Thats a good point. I love it when they brag about a 5000 dollar chandelier , but when you charge 1500 to hang it, you are a rip off.
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