you know the economy is bad when: - Page 2

When a giant portion of people vote simply for more ENTITLEMENTS, cause they make more on free housing, free medical, free food, free cash, programs for electric & gas, than they can working.

When all the good jobs pay $0.25 hour and are on the other side of the world.

when people that still have the same job theyve had for 10 years cant make the payments on the house anymore because they havnt gotten a raise in 10 years while the price of everything has gone up


when us citizens are going to mexico for work

I went to a building with a crapload of old metal in their fenced in yard. When I asked about it I was told they "were currently interviewing candidates to haul away their scrap metal."

When you are hired to help someone move out in order to turn the house over to the bank, and the amount you have to charge for the move is equivalent to what the bank is paying for the cash for keys payment. We moved a big full two story house with basement and garage, including moving a project car with no wheels, several auto engines, spent all day until 11 pm, charged $2400. The bank offered $2400 for the house in broom clean condition.

Originally Posted by Russell

That's on the low side, burly. How many men did you use, for how many hours? Also, be careful about being properly insured and registered as an HHG carrier, its a whole nother ball game.

I charge $85 hourly for a crew of two movers. Standard around here seems to be around 90-100 hourly. I used six men, total of 30 hours. Because this is a friend I dropped 5 bucks hourly. Now he's *****ing about the price. ;-)

I'll bite, what is HHG? Sounds like a drug...

I have been looking for a tool that crimps eyelets for a new sulfuric stripping cell I designed. I have been having the hardest time finding one that works for 1/4 eyelets. Just 20 years ago you would be able to walk into an Ace Hardware and purchase 3-4 different types of die sets to do exactly this, now the choices are reduced to one.

Walmart, Target and Walgreens all used to carry the tool to crimp 1/4 eyelets, but now, not only do they not carry these, but they don't even sell them on their website.

You know the economy is doing bad when you cannot purchase, even the most simple tools locally.

So, my indication that the economy is doing bad is when you walk into a Walmart, and their tool section has been reduced from 4-5 isles, down to half of one side of one isle. When you realize that Walmart is making the change from selling mostly non consumable items, to consumable grocery items. When they switch from selling things people don't have to have, to things people have to have just to live. As people stop purchased goods, they will still continue to purchase food.

You can tell the economy is doing bad when discount retailers stop carrying common items.

Scott

Originally Posted by BurlyGuys

I went to a building with a crapload of old metal in their fenced in yard. When I asked about it I was told they "were currently interviewing candidates to haul away their scrap metal."

Thats the exact point in time when id get in my pickup and never come back. I hate that crap lazy a** people want you to pay them the price the yard would give and then your stuck doing all the dam work. Use to try to deal with these kind of people now I just thank them for their time and cuss em out when I'm driving away.