|
Audio Asylum Thread Printer Get a view of an entire thread on one page |
For Sale Ads |
71.112.31.219
In Reply to: Re: Why do so many.... posted by alan m. kafton on January 4, 2007 at 15:28:40:
HowdyAfter watching mine get installed (many hours of labor: crawling, climbing, fishing, cutting, stuffing, rearranging, dressing, vacuuming, ...) and seeing the labor saving rigs he had to make things easier I had no problems with paying his bills. Let alone that his experience doing other audiophile systems and dealing with grounding issues undoubtedly saved me money and hassles in the long run.
Follow Ups:
How much should one pay for experience, and the wisdom gained from years of practice? Two other attributes that are undervalued as well.
Alan,IMO the wisdom of John Ruskin still plays well today. He said:
It is unwise to pay too much. But it is worse to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money - that is all. When you pay too little you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do.
The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot. It cannot be done. There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper - and people who consider price alone are that man’s lawful prey.
If you deal with the lowest bidder it is well to add something for the risk you run. And if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better in the first place.
you get independent quotes from multiple electricians. go with the combination of best price and highest competence and can supply references. it's a combination of all these things. blindly choosing the most expensive is an absurd concept to me.this isn't an auction where electricians are bidding against each other. I know, you didn't say that but it's worth reminding.
and certainly, in many cases, the lowest bidder can just as easy mean he is the most skilled.
guess how I found my mechanic of the last 10 years? he's the cheapest mechanic in a 10 mile radius of where I live. he doesn't need my business (repairs UPS/Fedex/DHL vehicles). he can do jobs in half the billing time that other mechanics do. how do you think he got all that business? by being the highest bidder?
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors: