Posted by Gary on May 28, 2003 at 23:34:05:
In Reply to: Re: Beginner Owner Behavior posted by Phil Armitage on May 28, 2003 at 22:06:49:
: : Which by the way they should have gotten from you when first booked.
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: : : Just my thinking,
: : : Ray Miller
: : They got one...
: : The iron hanger that did the work is p.o.'d because I have been coming into "his barns" lately and charging about fifty bucks more than he does per horse.
: : We've had a couple barns around here go belly up and the clientele has scattered to new barns (one new owner is accpting new horses) where he feels he's "entitled" to all the new horses that come in.
: : Should prove to be an interesting few encounters, at least.
: : But you're right. I considered copying the guy that did the work but also considered it a waste of time (possibly).
: : The funny part of the equation is that the guy that showed up has given me a lot of clients because he WON'T show up at after a while. He just did it (drove over an hour, one way) to honk on me...
: : Any of you guys have nerds like that around you?
: : I've tried to be kind and invite him in to the local assosication... but he says he "don't need to be no lawyer to shoe horses".....
: : Hey... I just got off 6 days vacation... eat your hearts out.
: Yea this has happened to me and I scratch my head and wonder how the heck does a good farrier have the time to do this? I would just let it go and move on. I would not bother to call the other farrier, I think your right it is a waste of time. As far as the horse owner, if they call you back, you get them when you can, but they go at the bottom of the priority list. If they do not call you back, then even better, there out of your hair. If they lose a shoe from the other farrier and they call you, you should make that one real expensive shoe to put back on. What happened to common sense and courtousy? I do not bother to do a letter of agreement, I only keep the cutomers who already know how to treat others without it.
: Just my thinking.
: Phil
I agree with Phil,let it go for now. What goes around comes around, and it's a real easy and no brainer to raise prices next time! Fellow farriers whether certified or not, as long as we respect each other and our work should step in for each other when we can! Just this morning ,I called a farrier friend in a town an hour away, and asked if he'd go by and put a hind shoe on a roping horse client of mine that lost a shoe yesterday ,so he could rope tonight and Jerry went by and fixed it for me! Thats the way we all should help out each other IMO! Just my thoughts, Gary