Random Irritations

[GreiginFife]

Do you have a YouTube channel ?

I do but not for woodworking. I don’t really have the time for all the filming, commentary and editing as I have a day job as well. Which makes wasting time with situations like this even more frustrating.

 

[GreiginFife]

Your deposit and costing reflects the same metric my dad used when pricing a piece of custom designed and built furniture (he was an old school cabinet maker and starting taking commissions when he retired). He would give very rough estimate of delivery timescales and would charge his labour at three x the cost of material. Getting paid for the piece when he was done was his problem...

I set labour based on the complexity of the build. If someone wants hand cut dove tails or something like brass inlay work then it is reflected in the cost.

 

[Sid Rixon IV]

Fickle customers. Had an order for a cherry coffee table, I always take a 25% upfront deposit and make clear it's non-refundable as this is custom work.

Customer has decided they no longer want the table that is 95% complete (just awaiting finish being applied) and sent me a long winded "why you should refund my deposit" email. I've referred him back to the my terms and conditions but he thinks he's special and they shouldn't apply to him.

I now have a table taking up space for the foreseeable that should have been out the door next Friday.

He sounds a right chiseller.

 

[Deleted member 35927]

I do but not for woodworking. I don’t really have the time for all the filming, commentary and editing as I have a day job as well. Which makes wasting time with situations like this even more frustrating.

I like watching some of the woodworking stuff. Do you do any of those epoxy builds ?

 

[GreiginFife]

I like watching some of the woodworking stuff. Do you do any of those epoxy builds ?

Yeah, I’ve done a few epoxy builds. Some river tables and some pattern epoxy inlay stuff.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

I set labour based on the complexity of the build. If someone wants hand cut dove tails or something like brass inlay work then it is reflected in the cost.

My dad didn’t bother so much with that…difference being he told his customers that he’d build it in his time and his truth was that he so enjoyed doing it, and my folks didn’t need the money he was paid for the build, that he wasn’t too worried how long it actually took him - even when it involved bending and shaping wood or veneering.

 

[VVega]

I now have a table taking up space for the foreseeable that should have been out the door next Friday.

Might be worth sticking it on Etsy? Do post a link here if you do (these’re or elsewhere).

 

[GreiginFife]

Might be worth sticking it on Etsy? Do post a link here if you do (these’re or elsewhere).

I don’t have an etsy account, their fees and practices are horrendous for small sellers. Amazed people still use them.

I’m going to get the table finished and then decide what to do with it.

 

[Deleted member 35927]

I don’t have an etsy account, their fees and practices are horrendous for small sellers. Amazed people still use them.

I’m going to get the table finished and then decide what to do with it.

Facebook marketplace, deffo no time wasters on there

 

[GreiginFife]

Facebook marketplace, deffo no time wasters on there

Ha, I don’t facebook.

 

[Sid Rixon IV]

My wife's frequent stamping on the brakes ....... when I'm driving and she's in the passenger seat. Usually followed by a cough and "My knee's playing up".
Also the shout of "Wait - car coming!" as I'm pulling out of a junction. The car in question has about a 2 minute ETA

 

[GreiginFife]

Router motor decided to blow up (flash & smoke) half way through flattening an oak slab.

3 weeks out of warranty. Won’t be buying that brand.

 

[Slab]

kit kat raspberry flavour

edit; bought it yesterday, best thing about it was it was just the two finger version. Had to google it, apparently Japan has loads of kit kat flavours (& some really weird ones) I'm guessing the shop here got them from dubia

 

[Slime]

Premier League football clubs handing the trophy to Liverpool.

 

[D-S]

kit kat raspberry flavour

edit; bought it yesterday, best thing about it was it was just the two finger version. Had to google it, apparently Japan has loads of kit kat flavours (& some really weird ones) I'm guessing the shop here got them from dubia
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Is Dubia where all the dubious flavours come from?

 

[Sid Rixon IV]

The lady in front of me at Sainsburys Customer Desk ( newspapers, vapes, lottery etc).
(I have a newspaper with a voucher.)
"That'll be £4.96 please".
Lady then picks out every coin in her purse, placing them on the counter individually, stopping to tot up every so often.
"Right, that's £3 (whatever)...that's £4 (whatever)...that's £4.80 something.... no I cant do it can I?"
Scoops all the shrapnel back into purse and whips out a £5 note.

 

[chico]

The lady in front of me at Sainsburys Customer Desk ( newspapers, vapes, lottery etc).
(I have a newspaper with a voucher.)
"That'll be £4.96 please".
Lady then picks out every coin in her purse, placing them on the counter individually, stopping to tot up every so often.
"Right, that's £3 (whatever)...that's £4 (whatever)...that's £4.80 something.... no I cant do it can I?"
Scoops all the shrapnel back into purse and whips out a £5 note.

I'm with you on that, usually they've been standing in the queue and could have counted it before it's their turn.

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Premier League football clubs handing the trophy to Liverpool.

Wrong thread

 

[Slab]

Is Dubia where all the dubious flavours come from?

Could be but more like we get a lot of our supermarket stuff from there as well as asia and Oz

 

[GreiginFife]

Hypocrisy and double standards.