Pisses me off to no end

[Dave's Not Here Man]

This is my second rant in what might turn into a series of these things. A while back I posted about customers who blow contractors off when they call or email follow up on quotes. 

Friday before last I went out and met with the pastor and chief of who knows the fuck what... to go over their current clusterfuck of a sound system and work up some quotes on upgrading or replacing it, as well as some future projects they were interested in looking into. I was there for 3 fucking hours people. 3 fucking hours. It was out in Culpeper so add another an hour and a half on top of that, spent on this free consultation. So the following Monday I start working on the quotes and by the time they were ready, I had another solid 5 hours of time wrapped up in those. So we're now at well over an 8 hour investment in time, and a fuel burning trip to culpeper. I sent the quotes to the two I met with last Wednesday and guess what? Not a fucking word. Not a "thanks, we'll look this over" or "thanks, we'll be in touch", or even just a "thanks". So after 2 tries at calling and getting the guys' voice mails, I email this today and look what I got back (their reply is at the top)...


John



We received the quotes.



Kxxxx


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On Apr 3, 2017, at 8:38 PM, John Hall <[e-mail]> wrote:



Gentlemen,



I sent you an email with several quotes last week and have tried to call Mr. xxxxx for confirmation that they were received to no avail. I would appreciate someone acknowledging that the emails containing the quotes were received, and any input or questions you might have regarding them.





Thanks,
John

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Not gonna reveal names but this is the shit I've got to put up with. Own your own business they said... Be your own boss they said....

[DA]

Thanks for reminding me that I have to get back to the roofer I am passing up. Yay, I get to replace my roof this month.

Hope they get back in touch with you and you get the job. If I knew of anyone needing audio work, I'd send them your way. I'll keep my ears open though in case I hear of anything.

[Dave's Not Here Man]

Thanks for your reply.


99.8% sure they have no interest in going with me on this and it was a monumental waste of my time and resources. His reply was an invitation to kiss his ass and have a nice life, that's exactly how the good pastor's reply read to me anyway. Still no "thanks". Fucking shitbag.

[bobathon]

"Bless their hearts".

[minx]

Assholes. Just assholes.

[Dave's Not Here Man]

Cost of doing business I suppose. The only thing that really bothers me is the lack of common courtesy. On to bigger and better things, hopefully.