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Take the Money, cash the check, once it clears make it perfectly clear to him that he screwed you out of $350 and you are going to let everyone you know about it. The last thing any business person wants is a bad sales repratation. Word of mouth can make or break a business. He can threaten you with slander, but does have a leg to stand on it court. Word of mouth is a good/bad thing. I worked with a guy about 10 ten ago who wife was a server at a local restaurant. I mention one day in the break room, during break, that she was my server the last time I ate at the restaurant. His response, jokingly, was that I better have let his wife a good tip or next time I eat there, he will have his wife spit in my food before she serves it. We were not alone in the breakroom. A week later I found out that his wife was fired for her job because of complaints that she spit in customers food. Like I said word of mouth.Mego Nudists Fish Nude Show Off your Rod.Comment
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Take the Money, cash the check, once it clears make it perfectly clear to him that he screwed you out of $350 and you are going to let everyone you know about it. The last thing any business person wants is a bad sales repratation. Word of mouth can make or break a business. He can threaten you with slander, but does have a leg to stand on it court. Word of mouth is a good/bad thing. I worked with a guy about 10 ten ago who wife was a server at a local restaurant. I mention one day in the break room, during break, that she was my server the last time I ate at the restaurant. His response, jokingly, was that I better have let his wife a good tip or next time I eat there, he will have his wife spit in my food before she serves it. We were not alone in the breakroom. A week later I found out that his wife was fired for her job because of complaints that she spit in customers food. Like I said word of mouth."Time to nut up or shut up"-Tallahassee
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Word of mouth can make you or break you. My Uncle Bob told me that back in the late 80s. He was a top salesman for General Electric for many years, a wall of sales awards wall-plaques. When he let GE to start his own company, his word as saleman was so good, almost all of his customers from his former sell area, left GE and did business with his new company. He final sold his company to one GE's competitors and they keep him on as company president, they feared him starting another company and taking his customers with him. He taught all his sons/my cousins to be good salesman and know they each make over $100,000 a year plus bonuses. The companies they work for doesn't want to get rid of they because they too will take their customers with them.Mego Nudists Fish Nude Show Off your Rod.Comment
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your little bro /friend definitely owes you money but i can see why he is changing the deal. the $4500 he's getting is not really $4500. the amount is his commission and as such commission checks are taxed at about 35% so his check is about $2900 less that $600 mentoring fee so it comes to $2325. now if he pays you the $750 which he definitely owes you he's down to $1575. just tell him to pay you on his next sale. which is more than fair on your part. that will test the depth of your friendship with him.Comment
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your little bro /friend definitely owes you money but i can see why he is changing the deal. the $4500 he's getting is not really $4500. the amount is his commission and as such commission checks are taxed at about 35% so his check is about $2900 less that $600 mentoring fee so it comes to $2325. now if he pays you the $750 which he definitely owes you he's down to $1575. just tell him to pay you on his next sale. which is more than fair on your part. that will test the depth of your friendship with him.
I agree with this D.
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I can't believe almost no one on this board was ever 21 years old OR in a position where they made a commitment they couldn't keep because they had no clue what the hell they were doing OR both at the same time."If you take a dog which is starving and feed him and make him prosperous, that dog will not bite you. This is the primary difference between a dog and a man."
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Look at it this way: your sister found a house and you made $400. What's more important? The remaining $350 or a possible lifetime friend?"...The agony of my soul found vent in one loud, long and final scream of despair..." - Edgar Allan PoeComment
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It's not a doll it's an action figure.Comment
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Business with friends or family always seems to end badly. My bothers started building houses together 20 years ago. That lasted about 3 years and they hadn't spoken a word to each other until last year. It took them 16 years to get past it.
If I were that guy I'd still pay what I promised, because well... I promised it. If there was a reason I couldn't, I'd talk it over with you and see if there was something we could work out so that we could both be comfortable with it.
If I were on the other side, I'd take the $400 and let it go. He's got to live with it knowing that he lost trust with a friend who helped him over a $350. Over time, that will cost him more and he'll realize it.Comment
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Thanx again for the advice guys,he dropped off the money to my sister.i'll just let things cool down a bit.It'll be a while before I talk to his *** again"Time to nut up or shut up"-Tallahassee
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I think you made the right decision. He dropped off the money, so you've got that already. Let some time pass before you talk to him again to allow both sides to get good and cooled down. After that, if things work out, you've still got your friendship.
Either way, I'd be extremely careful in the future dealing with this guy again on anything regarding money.
Hope that things work out for the best for you.Comment
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Granted, I'm pretty tight with a buck and have flipped out on internet strangers for significantly less money, but if it were truly a real life friend of mine and he really meant that much to me, I'd let the $350 slide. I'm not saying you don't have the right to be angry with him if he promised you more, but you know 1) he's 21 years old and new at his job, 2) he's in over his head and 3) he isn't making any money, so he probably needs it pretty badly, and doesn't have a mom to borrow from.
Cut the kid a break. It's Christmas.Comment
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"Time to nut up or shut up"-Tallahassee
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