job or no job, should i take it

Tell him if he strips it and gets it ready for the scrap yard you'll do it for 40%. Otherwise, don't do it for less than 75% of the ticket.

Stand firm and offer him 50 % of the alum sale. You keep the steel, stainless, etc. and you need to dispose of the rest. Or give him 60% of the alum, you keep the other metal and he gets rid of the wood and trash!

stack the trash by the road for bulk pickup he wants to keep all the railings for another boat and i will stand firm at 50%. i thought my bid was a bit low, but he still looked at me like i was crazy. he had someone over working on it already and he skipped out most likely with quite a few draws on pay. now he is trying to pass his loss onto me i think.that is what you get with a 25% man, a 25% job.

we have only done this a few times, but %50 is what we do and stick with it or we dont do it at all. hold out for the 50 he will come around trust me i know, theres not many guys or gals like us with the gumption to take on such jobs and have the ability to get it done, and im not sure about the railings your talking about but it sounds like your going to be doing some work for free unless ive read it wrong.

not much for free just bow railings and other small handles and fittings.it is a little bit of work but not too hard with a screw gun. whatever it takes to get the deal done, just so i do not take one up the rear on this deal.i think he thinks i am one of those things you see at the scrapyard sometimes that stays up all night and never sleeps/eats, nope i just work 14/6to feed my kids and support my fishing/old car habit.if he does not come around soon he will be sol unless he will let my girlfriend handle it as i start rigging out the boat to go fishing next week and will not have any free time till nov 1.

The other thing to watch out for is the AL. Make sure its clean. My yard will with large loads run it under the big Crane magnet. If anything moves they downgrade it to dirty. Be careful of hidden steel. Good luck.

We do alot of percentage deals. Many of them for 30% but they are specific jobs that we can pull in unload the skid steer max the trailer out in 20 min of loading and roll out. Or quickly load hoppers and be out. I wouldnt touch a job like that boat for less than 50% and I would have to talk myself into it. I am guessing the guy is a something for nothing type and I bet the last guy got sick of it and took what he wanted as he walked off. We are a bit diffrent than many hear as we dont break alot down to the smallest individule pieces. We look at it as best bang for the buck/time.

Originally Posted by danielms

he is a real estate agent so he is a professional con artist in my opinion. if anything does happen with this job there will be a noterized contract before I touch anything.
he said "but $500 is good money for 2 days work", ha $1000+ would be better

haha. And what kind of money do RE agents make for doing VERY little? Exactly.

Well... what happened?

sorry for the delay, have been rigging out the boat i work on but my girlfriend is going to tow it in tomorrow. i am kinda sad because i can't do it myself because some unexpected things came up on the work boat that i have to attend to. will let yall' know what it brings total for future refrence. other yards wanted to take .10 or .05 less due to size, so i will have to use the yard i do not like.ie: employs illegals, questionable weights and generally sorry service, but the customer negotiated the price with the yard, and the customer is always rite. still going to weigh on the truck stop scales before and after to make shure the weight is rite. thinking about storing it for some time for the customer if maybe we can get a knickle or more as he said he would make it worth my while.either way i will let you know how/where it goes.anyone making any bets on ali futures?