Quote Originally Posted by mrsamsonite View Post
Ya I know what you mean about the different customers. Ive had $80 tips, tons of working free stuff given to me by clients, and then clients like the lady I mentioned earlier. Its a mixed bag.
My best clients ever was a sweet elderly couple, both retired lawyers, owned a lovely home, and about 5 acres or so.

They called me out once for metal removal (cant remember now if I even charged them or not). Anyway, the husband gave me like $150 or so dollars.

Then a month latter they called me for a junk removal job. They accepted the price. The guy kept staring at my trailer, and he was like "What is the cost again, if it is over 2,000 lbs" and I said,
"It would be an additional $65". He tried his best to give it to me. I told him like 4 times that it was not necessary, as most of the stuff was going to get donated. So, long story short, the job was for roughly $245. He wrote a check for $300 even, and then handed me $160 in cash. First, I was it was $40....then I got home, and I kept flipping open 20, after, 20, after 20. I was like "OMG!"

I called the client right away and asked him if he knew, he gave me $160 in cash?....he said "Yes, sir...consider it a christmas gift, birthday present, tip, whatever you like...you did a superb job, and we appreciate you being fair and honest with us and not trying to take advantage. Just our way of saying thanks".



I told him, that I appreciated it very much, and the $300 check was more than enough thanks.

It is never about the money that really matters to me. Just the stuff that people say to me to show me that they are really appreciate of what I can do for them.