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Originally Posted by Clois Harlan
I'm not wealthy but I believe in paying a fair price for service or an asset. Where I draw the line is when someone thinks that he has ownership of my project and takes unauthorized liberties that changes the project from mine to his. I pay a good amount upfront and then pay in advance for all non labor items.
We all are entitled to live a reasonable life style based on our efforts and skills. IMO most builders and fabricators are good as gold and the good ones stay busy for a reason. Sometimes it's nice to hear about someone that works hard and does a great job that doesn't blow his own horn.
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I am 100% in lock step with you Clois. My paragraph about the fabricators was not intended for you, although my less than adequate specificity in the paragraph may have left it sounding that way.
In actual fact, I was aiming at the enthusiasts that attempt to squeeze every dollar they can out of a fabricator's price. Truth be known, they are doing themselves and also the rest of us a disservice. If we continually mistreat our fabricator sources eventually they take their skills to commercial customers that do not or perhaps do not as badly mistreat them as we do.
The net, net bottom line is we loose valuable artisans who make beautiful welds, fabricate stunning bracketry and make untold gizmos to die for, for us, that make our cars look so good and operate so impressively.
A good fabricator is a very difficult asset to replace in our community — especially if he is close at hand.
Ed