It's jobs [or lost jobs] like this, which makes all the other jobs you get so much more rewarding.
Targeting one bad customer is not gonna make you any money. Relax, take a chill pill and move on. Why look at things where you almost could've predicted the outcome ??
A long time ago, I decided not to concentrate on jobs we lost or were outbid on. It won't pay any bills. Not wasting good energy on bad seemed to work. We don't lose many jobs, but when one does puzzle me, such as this one has you, I simply call the customer and ask them what I did wrong, so I can possibly correct myself in order to get future jobs and possibly even his/her work in the future. I seldom shove things in their face, unless they do something uncalled for.
If losing a $150. job has messed with your mind as this one has..... then perhaps you should take your business in a different direction.
However, remember this..... rejection is something that is not necessarily wrong. You've been rejected because of high quality and high price. Nothing wrong with those standards if you are still getting 40% to 50% of your quotes. We probably quote out somewhere around 40 or more quotes a week. It's very tiring, since I do the vast majority of it, but we are getting about a 65% or 70% return. With our standards, I'm very happy with our bottom line.
