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Old 07-13-2006, 03:16 PM
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It knew that scheduling would be somewhat easier when I decided to implement a minimum project size when I was a contractor. What really surprised me was how dramatically it effected my income. Productivity and then of course cash flow literally shot up. Even our traditionally slow months were better.

Go for it.

As far as how to bring it up, I would always gather as much info on the phone as possible, if it sounded like it was a small job I would just tell them. I might say, "Well Ma'am, I'm not sure we are set up for a job like yours", or "It's not really what we do best and I'd really hate do disappoint you". Most of the time they appreciated it. Once in a while I would get someone with a big ego and an angry response, but I really didn't want an angry customer with a big ego anyway.

Good luck,
Bill
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