> I am merely pointing out that he was just as capable of making the error no matter what he charged.
I fully agree that just because someone charges a very low price for their service does not automatically mean their service is low quality. But I think you will agree with me when I contend there is a pattern that those two things are often connected.
Is it possible to do good work on the cheap? Yes.
It is likely you are going to get good work if you go with cheap? Not really, no.
Perhaps things are different in your area. I hope so. But in this area I can name the folks who do the minimum everything (often well below the minimum required). Those are the same people who price their services well below what is usually charged by others.
>I might even contend that some of the solo operators that are very cost effective compared to the big box survey companies, do a better job because they do their own field work. However, it may be different in your area.
As someone who does my own field and office work I can tell you without hesitation that when the PLS is a part of the group gathering the data the odds of the client getting a better product are very high. Personally, I wouldn't feel good about doing business any other way.
Larry P
Agreed on all counts. However, my business model would not allow me to do all (any) of the field work. We do 95 percent construction phase surveying.
I've read enough title commitments in my short career to know that title insurance is a fine investment in comparison to the cost... The buyer would have been well advised to have purchased some title insurance, but that's water under the bridge at this point.
To make matters worse, I bet the local taxing authority will happily over-tax the new owner by 14 acres for years to come.
I was tired of hearing "as a hobby" the first time I heard the phrase.
Yes, we love our work and the lifestyle that comes with. A real job can begin from what was a hobby and great satisfaction and rewards of self esteem come with hobbies for sure. In reality, mostly a hobby is costing someone much time and money too. On the business end, hobbies rarely put a roof over your head or food on your table.
There is a guy around here that is a time bomb waiting to happen. He gets caught every couple of years and pays the price. He is known to shoot stadia, do insufficient research, input unchecked reference data into his findings and piece together several existing recorded documents from several sources for a final product without a field check. It would take locking him up to keep him from doing it again.
I have come to realize that there are actual clients out there that do not care about the quality of the work. They actually feel that if there is a problem, they are not responsible for the sloppy work. They are only satisfied with the fact that they got their survey for the lowest cost.
that's one hell of an expensive deed!....
unfortunally he has a license.
FILE THE COMPLAINT
> Then, next time someone wants to know if you can't cut your price to match "low ballers 'r us", point to this case and explain that getting a cheap survey can be a very expensive mistake they will never ever repeat.
>A overpaid by $28,000.
Probably not the example one would want to use Larry
