This kind of goes hand in hand with the post earlier this week regarding clients issuing multiple title policies for an under contract ALTA. I didn't chime into that one, but do have opinions.
I recently had pretty much the same scenario. I signed up for the survey. Ok, fine. Next title policy gets emailed. Then another one. Then another one. The last of which added a 10' strip along one line. Not really a big deal to me in regards to survey stuff, but WTF.
I basically sat on it. Didn't do poopola for a couple weeks. I never did the job. A couple weeks later I got an email basically telling me to stop and to cease and desist. Ok, I kinda sorta got fired, but I'm not so sure it's a bad thing. Not all clients are good.
Recently, I got a check for 50% from them for the job I never really did except for some research and basic recon. hmmmmmmmm
Me, I'm thinking of just sending it back, minus my fees. But when somebody sends you a nice 4 digit check,..... take it, cash it, and wait??? Classic case of right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing. Much better to owe them, but then again it does come around. Yes, no?
Maybe
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If you're going to send them back anything send them back their check, voided and uncashed. No good deed goes unpunished...
> If you're going to send them back anything send them back their check, voided and uncashed. No good deed goes unpunished...
:good: AGREED!!! If left hand and right hand are not communicating they get caught. Then will both search for a scapegoat. You do anything they can question :poop: on you!!!
A client that sends you a check before you send them a bill is a good client.
Maybe send the voided check back with an itemized bill for what you actually did and a nice thank you letter.
Thanks guys. Kind of an odd scenario to say the least. It seems that 20 - 30 yrs ago this kind of legalese nonsense ever really manifested into much of anything.
But in this day and age of lawyering up it does seem the right thing to do is just write a note and return it. I don't mind eating a couple hours. This was a 2 acre very busy gas station convenience store at a very busy intersection. I wasn't real geeked about the job anyway.
I posted this so maybe some up and coming surveyor can learn something from the business end. I'm sure I get no benefit whatsoever, aside from maybe helping someone learn a thing or 3.
