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MechanicI send the wife to the mechanic's shop. She is interested in people's lives. People love to feel important. If a mechanic has kids, we are in for cost on the parts and labor. If the guy is interested in the stock market we get a flat rate as she drops, "My husband loves cars. He had a race car, but he never has the time to come to the shops any more because of work."

The last three good mechanics I found, actually the wife found and they later became our good friends. Turns out the dad of my six year old's classmate is a national champ drag racer. I didn't get the chance to meet him until a birthday party. By then he already knew our life story.

Point is, never go into a mechanic's shop and act like you know what you're talking about or talk price price price. More often than not I talk to the mechanics and say, "Hey, while you have that apart shouldn't we change this or that part too? Of course they say "Yea, I would, but all anyone cares about is how much this is going to cost today."

Alan Millhone adds:

As a builder/remodeler do I drive to a prospective client's home to give an estimate in a custom newer pick-up or an older truck? If they see me in a new truck will they think I am very successful (never knowing my truck payment book is 12 inches high!) or will they feel I am charging too much, to be able to drive such a nice truck? Or do I drive a truck that looks like it has been well used on many job? I do have a nice Rolex I bought years ago, but prefer my Timex wrist watch, so I wear the Timex for all estimates and most of the time anyway. Perception is 100% of most things in life. 


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