Posted by Sherman in Idaho [50.52.24.75] on Sunday, September 13, 2015 at 19:53:16 :
In Reply to: You were looking for cheap transport posted by Power Wagon Transport [173.163.124.234] on Sunday, September 13, 2015 at 10:38:42 :
...but it sounds like Frank was just offering to make it easy for Jim by saying he could schedule it when it was convenient, and Jim assumed Frank was asking for a discount. And yes, of course Frank needed a quote for the work. Isn't that reasonable in any line of business? I've certainly never had a job where the subject of "when can you do it?" and "what will it cost?" hasn't come up. Surely you give customers firm quotes before you do the work. Nowhere do I see Frank asking for a discount of any sort. It looks to me like Jim saw "You can pick it up when you're running empty" as "I want you to do it on a back haul at a discount." Maybe a guy gets asked for a cheap price so often that he develops a bit of a hair trigger about it, but Frank's words sound innocent to me.
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