JiffyLube-
Most of the time, when you're supplying the materials, you make a profit on the materials as well, contributing to the net income the job brings in. If he's doing a
rigging job and they supply the 200' of wire for the
rigging, he's lost the income on supplying the wire, yet they expect him to charge the same price for doing the job—not really reasonable. Also, when the customer supplies the parts, sometimes the parts they supply aren't the right spec, but they'll generally insist they be used...and then if the work fails early due to bad material supplied,
who do you think gets blamed for it... never mind who supplied the faulty materials.
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Sailingdog
Telstar 28
New England
You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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