The OP is not you. The OP is complaining about how much he has to pay someone to do the work for him.
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$9K installed quote for a tuxedo lift what are they thinking!!
- Thread starter decrepitdrew
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There are things that I want to do, then I do it. If I don’t want to do it, I pay someone else. This is one of the later situations.
That is fair. Please stop complaining then and pay the $10k.
Pontiac787
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WTF is going on in this thread? The OP got a crazy price on a lift and was venting. Nothing more. I know it’s crazy because I just had a Rotary installed for less money.
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decrepitdrew
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I’m not complaining I’m pointing out a rip off price. I’m more than happy to pay someone $10K but not for a very cheap questionable lift.The OP is not you. The OP is complaining about how much he has to pay someone to do the work for him.
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decrepitdrew
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Tell me about it. I’ll be deleting this as the purpose of the thread went way off tangent…WTF is going on in this thread? The OP got a crazy price on a lift and was venting. Nothing more. I know it’s crazy because I just had a Rotary installed for less money.
And that is why I don’t come here as often anymore.Tell me about it. I’ll be deleting this as the purpose of the thread went way off tangent…
Some people here are just like my brother in law, they think they are never wrong and only their opinion matters.
logical
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Just say no thank you and look for other options.
finn
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Why are they on Garage Journal if all they do is pay to get things done?Why can’t some of you guys get that some people would rather pay to have it done than do it?
I can build a pole barn, but it sure was nice to go to work for a couple days and come home and there is a pole barn in my yard.
It’s only money, I can make more tomorrow.
Is there a Better Houskeeping Journal? That might be a better place to hang around.
If you’re going to pay anyway, why post bitching about what it might cost?
I’m not complaining I’m pointing out a rip off price. I’m more than happy to pay someone $10K but not for a very cheap questionable lift.
He is only saying it shouldn’t be $10k.Why are they on Garage Journal if all they do is pay to get things done?
Is there a Better Houskeeping Journal? That might be a better place to hang around.
If you’re going to pay anyway, why post bitching about what it might cost?
Businesses are gouging customers, we own a food truck, we get told all the time our prices are cheap, I tell the customers, “I can’t gouge people, it’s not who I am.”
They are happy and I sell more food.
logical
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I'm not here to police what you can or can't think or post...that's someone else's preoccupation here. But I think you are mistaken in thinking this is a DIY only Forum. I DIY more than most of the population but I also trade my time for money and my money for time. I always came here because there was a common interest in garages, tools and the things we do in and do with.Why are they on Garage Journal if all they do is pay to get things done?
Is there a Better Houskeeping Journal? That might be a better place to hang around.
I put my current lift together solo and am selling it with my house, but I will probably treat myself to have others deliver and install the one in the new house. I enjoyed the challenge the first time and saving a few dollars to instead spend on tools was nice, but there's other challenges and things to experience. I'll go do one of those things, write a check and my son will inherit more than he'll know what to do with minus $1500 instead of just more than he'll know what to do with.
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aka Larry
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I for one am glad that geography pricing is a thing.
I'm sure I could have done it myself, but I had my 2-Post Atlas 9K lift installed in 2010 here in Eastern NC for $450. That price also included the installers picking it up from the freight terminal. The two guys showed up at 8:00am and were done at noon.
I'm sure I could have done it myself, but I had my 2-Post Atlas 9K lift installed in 2010 here in Eastern NC for $450. That price also included the installers picking it up from the freight terminal. The two guys showed up at 8:00am and were done at noon.
firebirdparts
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I think I am really good at explaining things. I don't think anybody ever listens to the explanations.Why can’t some of you guys get that some people would rather pay to have it done than do it?
But in this case, the explanation is this:
Installing lifts is not a profession, nor it is a trade. The OP says he'd like to have a professional but that's the wrong word. Nobody is a professional lift installer. It's millwright work, and millwrights don't do it. They have better things to do. So the "skill" simply isn't available at any price. You can get experience, but not much of it. There aren't enough lifts in the world to generate much of a body of experienced installers. There are a few of them somewhere, I'm sure. You can get "labor" everywhere. There is an ocean of it. But really there's not much labor to putting in a lift. There's a little bit.
In a case like this, you could have a training program that gets people really good at it. Manufacturers could sponsor such a thing. That is not where we are.
I think I am really good at explaining things. I don't think anybody ever listens to the explanations.
But in this case, the explanation is this:
Installing lifts is not a profession, nor it is a trade. The OP says he'd like to have a professional but that's the wrong word. Nobody is a professional lift installer. It's millwright work, and millwrights don't do it. They have better things to do. So the "skill" simply isn't available at any price. You can get experience, but not much of it. There aren't enough lifts in the world to generate much of a body of experienced installers. There are a few of them somewhere, I'm sure. You can get "labor" everywhere. There is an ocean of it. But really there's not much labor to putting in a lift. There's a little bit.
In a case like this, you could have a training program that gets people really good at it. Manufacturers could sponsor such a thing. That is not where we are.
I get what you’re saying but at times some people wanna just pay to have something done instead of taking the time to do it themselves.
I can build a shed, but I’m getting older and I have money so I’ve bought two of the old Hickory sheds, which in my mind is a whole lot easier than building them
aka Larry
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This is clearly not my chicken, but why not just price the lift you want, buy it direct (save the installer's markup) and just pay labor for installation? The actual erection of a 2-post lift isn't rocket science, and is a half day job at best.