woodshed wrote:Very differently. Saddens me to know anyone in the industry would really represent like that.
opinions....i got one of them!
one of the reasons i joined this forum was to learn how to communicate again. I was turning into that kind of dickhead. Forgot where i came from.
now what i do is ask what a person does for a living, before i get into what i do, or the costs. You absolutely do not want to be a veterinarian or a dentist and try to do business with me.
Vetrinarians -the last was a "walk in" so i talked to him, offered my professional opinion and provided a "treatment plan". Before he left I got an invoice made for an initial consult, $70.00, "the treatment plan" $85.00 and 15.00 for "shop supplies" ( i printed an invoice after all!)
When he finished spluttering and getting pissy with me, i explained that my kid found a dying feral cat, and instead of walking by it and leaving it to suffer, or hit it with a 2x4, said "starving student" took it up to the closest vet clinic to be humanely destroyed. This pillar of scoiety charged an "emergency exam fee" ($75.00) a euthenasia fee ($85.00) and you guessed it, 15 bucks for supplies.
(this was a LOT of fun for me, understand anyone else gets a consult and estimate for free)(and i'll spend hours with them)
Ya Kno, i would understand the 15 bux so the guy aint out o pocket, maybe a contribution to the humane society.
But like 'shed says...if you take your living from the industry, you gotta represent.
(don't ask what i do to a dentist)
I finally quit drinking for good.
now i drink for evil.