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Just some thoughts...
Paraphrasing Peter Waring,
""Construction/Remodeling"" is a double-edged sword. It’s
what I do because it is that which answers that within me that calls, and
nothing else will ever. It is an act of joy, and an act of desperation.
""Construction/Remodeling"" is not a way to make a
fortune. All too often, it is educating the ignorant, into doing what they are
unwilling to do, at a price that they are not willing to pay."
"There is hardly anything in the world that some
man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who
consider price only are this man's lawful prey. It's unwise to pay too
little.
When you pay too much, you lose a little money -- that is all. When you pay
too little, you may lose everything, because the thing you bought was
incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do..." John Ruskin
The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a
lot -- it can't be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to
add something for the risk you run. And if you do that, you will have enough
to pay for something better..."
John Ruskin
I do not prize the word "cheap." It is not a
badge of honor...it is a symbol of despair. Cheap prices make for cheap goods;
cheap goods make for cheap men; and cheap men make for a cheap country. ~
William McKinley
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