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Mar 9, 2004 | 10:20 AM

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Kannata

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From: Richmound, SK, Canada

Our landscaping/Bobcat company used to make real good money going in and fixing the messes homeowners made when they thought they could rent the equipment and do it themselves cheaper/better.

It usually took them a few hours of "playing" before we got the call. They had a little fun, but it would end up costing them 3 times as much as if they had just called us in the first place.

I saw some pretty comical situations over the years.

Kannata

Mar 9, 2004 | 04:23 PM

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1956MarkII

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Originally posted by Kannata
Our landscaping/Bobcat company used to make real good money going in and fixing the messes homeowners made when they thought they could rent the equipment and do it themselves cheaper/better.

It usually took them a few hours of "playing" before we got the call. They had a little fun, but it would end up costing them 3 times as much as if they had just called us in the first place...

That's kinda like the sign that hangs on the wall behind our service counter:

LABOR RATES:

$65/ hour if you leave us alone,

$75/ hour if you want to watch,

$95/ hour if you want to help,

and $125/ hour if you first tried to fix it yourself.............