Nick Ostrowski
04-11-2008, 02:21 PM
Annoyances seem to come in threes for me. First off at my morning inspection, I'm inspecting a house at the request of a couple for whom I have performed many inspections on investment and personal properties. This one is for the wife's parents who are moving back to the area. I've already given them a discount on my HI fee and they are also getting a radon test and WDI inspection. During the inspection, the husband starts going on about fees, discounts, the termite inspection price has gone up (not gone up, I made the mistake of giving him a break on one in the past and now he thinks that is standard).
Second, my Saturday morning inspection which I've had on the book since Tuesday, calls and says she wants to hold off on the inspection for now because she wants to look at some other houses on the same street. Meanwhile, I've already turned down at least one other request for Saturday morning while the cancelee sat on that slot. No way to get that back. The cancelee said, "I'm sorry, I guess you could have probably scheduled something else for Saturday morning". My response.............a flat "Yeah.......yeah I could have". I make no effort to hide my feelings when I get last minute cancels like this, even if they say they want to reschedule because they rarely ever do.
Third, I get a call from a realtor who represented a client of mine last year. The buyer found me on his own and the realtor did not know me. I get no referrals from him between then and now and now, he wants me to inspect his house. The question he asked which is just the cherry on top of my annoying day "Do you have any realtor discounts?"
Excuse me guys. I believe Captain Morgan is calling me.
Second, my Saturday morning inspection which I've had on the book since Tuesday, calls and says she wants to hold off on the inspection for now because she wants to look at some other houses on the same street. Meanwhile, I've already turned down at least one other request for Saturday morning while the cancelee sat on that slot. No way to get that back. The cancelee said, "I'm sorry, I guess you could have probably scheduled something else for Saturday morning". My response.............a flat "Yeah.......yeah I could have". I make no effort to hide my feelings when I get last minute cancels like this, even if they say they want to reschedule because they rarely ever do.
Third, I get a call from a realtor who represented a client of mine last year. The buyer found me on his own and the realtor did not know me. I get no referrals from him between then and now and now, he wants me to inspect his house. The question he asked which is just the cherry on top of my annoying day "Do you have any realtor discounts?"
Excuse me guys. I believe Captain Morgan is calling me.