Mikey, what ever happened to....
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Bob Foster
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He just subs all his rugs to me...
rhyde
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painful subject
Mikey made Ken Snows BMW payment for a month or two
Mikey is a dream maker shiteatinggrin
Mikey made Ken Snows BMW payment for a month or two
Mikey is a dream maker shiteatinggrin
Mikey P
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Found a RF who does all the work and I get a fiddy % finders fee.
He is better than Hyde and my lower back and pride has been saved.
He is better than Hyde and my lower back and pride has been saved.
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Mikey P said:
A local competitor and really nice guy that lives 3 minutes from me just set up a nice rug plant. He even bought a 30k dollar centrifuge. I am sure I could take my rugs to him and get 50 percent.
rhyde
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Mikey P said:
He is but your not ....
Lee Stockwell
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The word around Detroit a few years ago was that Chrysler bought Mercedes Benz....
Mikey P
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I'll be honest, learning about rugs, selling the cleaning/results , seeing the finished product was and is great.
My deal went sour when Id show up to find 10 to 15 rugs, 6 of which were machine made crap that I could have cleaned in the home and kept the other 50%, and only had 3 or 4 hours to deal with them.
Dust/vac, shampoo, rinse and rinse and rinse and.. then lug them heavy bastards up on the tower. come back the next day to detail fringes, come back the next day to check again, possibly roll the up for pick up or delivery and usually come back one more day to get every thing in order.
All that for 50% of no more than $4.00 a ft.
Dealing with screw ups from the office staff, calling customers with estimates because the front desk girls had no clue what they were looking at (front help changed almost weekly) and having to wait for an OK before starting and I'm ready to go right then. Having the janitor turn off the fans before the rugs were dry, dust and dirt all over from the parking lot.. you name it...total pita.
How I did not blow my back out is a miracle.
I came to the conclusion that a true Rug Fag needs to be with the rug all day from start to finish and not have 70 residential wall to wall jobs to do at the same time.
Artisan came to me with the offer of a life time.
I find the rug, price it and either have them pick it up or I bring it home and they come and get it form my house the next day. I never see that rug again and I get a check for half a few weeks later.
Even Randy Hyde would take that deal so he could finally break the 50 hour mark on his World's Most Expensive Rug Hauler.
My deal went sour when Id show up to find 10 to 15 rugs, 6 of which were machine made crap that I could have cleaned in the home and kept the other 50%, and only had 3 or 4 hours to deal with them.
Dust/vac, shampoo, rinse and rinse and rinse and.. then lug them heavy bastards up on the tower. come back the next day to detail fringes, come back the next day to check again, possibly roll the up for pick up or delivery and usually come back one more day to get every thing in order.
All that for 50% of no more than $4.00 a ft.
Dealing with screw ups from the office staff, calling customers with estimates because the front desk girls had no clue what they were looking at (front help changed almost weekly) and having to wait for an OK before starting and I'm ready to go right then. Having the janitor turn off the fans before the rugs were dry, dust and dirt all over from the parking lot.. you name it...total pita.
How I did not blow my back out is a miracle.
I came to the conclusion that a true Rug Fag needs to be with the rug all day from start to finish and not have 70 residential wall to wall jobs to do at the same time.
Artisan came to me with the offer of a life time.
I find the rug, price it and either have them pick it up or I bring it home and they come and get it form my house the next day. I never see that rug again and I get a check for half a few weeks later.
Even Randy Hyde would take that deal so he could finally break the 50 hour mark on his World's Most Expensive Rug Hauler.
ruff
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The whisper around here is that Hagopian bought Chrysler.Lee Stockwell said:
Ken Snow
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I buy American- though some parts prob are made overseas or un one of our neighboring countries north and south.
rhyde
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interesting your not listed on Artisans resource page ?
hogjowl
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I wasted a lot of time wading though this.
Mikey P
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hogjowl said:
Yeah, you could have been on Cooper's board stalking Terje instead.
hogjowl
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Yeah, and Joe Bristor is over there too.
I need to go over there and see what I am missing tonight.
I need to go over there and see what I am missing tonight.
Mikey P
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Im sure all three new posts will keep you reading with your fingers long into the night.
that poor dog would be better of at the pound.
that poor dog would be better of at the pound.
harryhides
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Ken Snow said:
I just assumed that Ken drove a hand made, Egyptian car ??
