Dilemma - to pay or not to pay?
Folks: I had an issue with a vehicle that I could not figure out; I'm a pretty competent home mechanic and rarely take anything to a shop. The shop where I took it spent 4 hours on the vehicle and...
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NinerBikes wrote:
My take on it is this: Work gets done when something gets accomplished. You took it to the shop, nothing got accomplished, therefore, no work got done. If I take a project on and I can't fix it, I need to stop, cut my losses short and move on. I can't bill for what I didn't do or resolve, the whole purpose of bringing it in to the shop. They were in over their head, nothing owed.
Never confuse effort with results, you pay for results.
Wow! Wish we could apply this to politicians, or road crews. Ever see five guys standing around watching one guy work a shovel? I'll bet we're paying for six, not one.
