What get's my goat up
Submitted by sea-kem on Thu, 2013-06-06 13:37
I have recently taken time out lately to try and help a couple of members on here with projects and materials, one being a fairlly complex one and I spent a bit of my own time trying to work out the basics of the job so I could price it for him. The other was just for a supply of materials. What gets my goat up is that these guys never had the courtesy to get back to me one way or the other. Maybe the price was too high whatever. It'd be nice know. I won't name anyone just pisses me off.
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uncle
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fair comment
nothing worse then wasting time,you may prick their conscious
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Paully
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Poor form
shows a lack of respect.
Vinesh87
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I agree, a reply is easy.
I agree, a reply is easy. Also even from my experience I often try to answer and help peoples messages and dont even get a cheers! Pretty annoying why bother helping ?
DhuBoi
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+1 Its not hard to thank
+1 Its not hard to thank someone for there time and efforts even if it is not what they are after. Pretty rude. Hopefully in your case it is only a minority not the majority. all the best
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sea-kem
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Yeah mate, only a minority.
Yeah mate, only a minority. Everyone else I had contact on here with has been great.
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dhough84
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Hey Andy I don't no why
Hey Andy I don't no why people can't reply it's just plain rude and I'd like to say thanks for all your Help your a genuine guy mate
Lamby
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Bugger, here I was thinking I
Bugger, here I was thinking I was about to see some goat porn.....
tim-o
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Haha great minds think alike
Haha great minds think alike lol
I am, as I've said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary.
Lamby
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Knew I could count on you
Knew I could count on you tim-o
sea-kem
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Ha ha yes my simple mind had
Ha ha yes my simple mind had thought of the devious implications of the title but thought tim-o would've been first off the bat lol.
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Norty
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rofl.. i had the same
rofl.. i had the same thought...
shortfuse
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Sad to say but common
Sad to say but common courtesy just isn't so common any more
Saulty2
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other side of the coin is
and not suggesting it may have been and certainly dont know the people concerned , but say for example price was over the top, either way not a good result , certainly if it was me id give ball park figure first , then if i didnt receive a reply id name.
sea-kem
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That's my point, even if I
That's my point, even if I was over the top and I wasn't, a reply is all I've asked for.
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carnarvonite
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Common decency
Agree with Andy and Vinesy, don't know how many times I've had a PM and they haven't even had the decency to add their name to it.
Bad enough when they don't fill their profile in so you can reply on something that may be relevant to where they live or fish.
Heard about how Kiwis invented using goat intestines as condoms some couple of hundred years back and how Ozzies found they worked better if you took them out of the goat first.
Lamby
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Lol nice John What do you get
Lol nice John
What do you get if you insert human DNA into a goat?
Life ban from the petting zoo
troy fuller
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Hahaha lamby haven't heard
Hahaha lamby haven't heard that one before
common curtesy goes a long way, shame it's usually the younger guys putting out a bad rep
JohnF
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I have had the opposite
I have had the opposite experience......everyone I have responded to or PM'es have always responded, usually rang me and several have become pretty good mates from this site.........
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grantarctic1
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99%
99% of my contact with FW members has been very good . But i rarely give quotes out to anyone these days. I'm just too busy ,so i give them an hourly rate + materials . I will usualy offer a guestamation and if they are not interested thats fine with me .
Like you i have spent many hours working out quotes just to have the client go someware else, for the sake of a few dollars. Most of the time they come back to me and ask if i can fix up the job they took elseware, thats when my rate tripples . lol .
But yes , some feed back ( good or bad ) dosn't hurt too much .
Cheers Grant ..
petermac
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agree
the contact I have had with FW members has been great when I needed a 4mm piece of key steel I got a pm from a guy that must work for blackwoods with a part number and availability with in 2 hours of my post not to mention the heaps of help I have had from other members when I have asked questions
Rob H
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Hear what your saying-i have
Hear what your saying-i have responded to calls for help here (breakdowns/fishing) via PM and received a reply (usually) but sometimes without even the courtesy of a real name on the PM.
I will extend here a general offer of assistance to FW crew passing thru the midwest and having problems or perhaps parking/Abrolhos info, but at least use a real first name rather than a nondeplume if you want real help/real info
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