Oh I could tell you a funny one.... previous customer called for a quote to cut off some text at the bottom of a banner, tape and rerommet it, etc. We guoted the job. He sends an employee down to my shop and hands me the banner and plops down $5. He says "they are only willing to pay $5 to have this done". (like i should be grateful for the $5!!!!!) The American employee continued to tell me that "they just didn't get how it works in the US". I almost fell over. I was having a bad day anyway, so i had the opportunity to share with him, among other things, that they knew exactly how the system works. They come over here, open a business, pay very little tax for the first four years, sell the business to a relative who pays no tax for the first four years and do it over and over.....believe me, they get it! I asked him if i could walk into his store and buy a coke and put $0.50 down on the counter and walk out. Of course he said no.
I am expected to pay what they want for an item, not a penny less and no squabble about the price. Needless to say, i sent him on his way and told him to check with another shop here to see if they would do it for $5. Also, I will never buy from their store again. Can you believe it!
