Subj : Tiers
To   : TODD COCHRANE
From : Jack Yates
Date : Thu Aug 02 2001 10:37 pm

 JY>> reasons for the "Free Air" of years gone by, the filling station
 JY>> operator used it as an opportunity to meet new people, make new
 JY>> customers.


 TC> My Grandfather, Father & I all own a air compressor and hope mine last
 TC> the 40 or so years that my grandfathers has.. The neighbors love me.
 TC> Kinda funny how popular you can get when they figure out you have a
 TC> lathe and welder. Never charge them for small welding jobs or minor
 TC> lathe work figure it will come back to me 10 fold someday..

I've got those and a milling machine and a few others, too; all of thje
machines are on the borderline between "antique" and "scrap".
Rather than not charge (I sometimes don't), when they ask "how much", I tell
'em "Whatever's fair".  Sometimes "fair" is more than I would have charged
them.



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