Saw this one coming the second I pulled up. Guy calls wanting a line located; neighbor had indicated he (neighbor) might have built the common fence a few feet over the line. Over 40 years ago. But can’t remember because, well, he’s about 90 and it was half his life ago. Client is basically Fred Sanford, sitting on an empire of partial late model Japanese cars.
I went an extra mile recovering boundary from 3 different plats in play in the situation and find that... fence is right where you’d want it to be if you occupied either side of the line. Turns out the old man neighbor was wrong. Which, in this case, pissed off the client who thought he was gonna get 3-4 feet.
Billed him a month ago. It’s peanuts, I could walk away. After third email I finally get a response this morning. He doesn’t want to pay and is throwing out the accusation that I’m buddies with the old man. Ha hahahahaha. I’M generally a cut bait kind of guy, but I think it’s time for a mechanic’s lien on this mechanic.
tucker albin?ÿ out of texas does some good work on collections for me (Calif)
newer past due invoices cost less than the old ones (50%)
Thanks, but it??s peanuts. And funny. It??s a general principal thing at this point.?ÿ
Go git'em.?ÿ One bad apple spoils the whole basket over time.
I have a very similar situation of my own right now.?ÿ The line came out where the neighbor thought it was all along, so I must have conspired with the neighbor.
@holy-cow It's bad when you pull a few distances and start checking with the metal detector and the client says NO it can't be there it's about 15 feet thataway. You start digging anyway and about a foot down you uncover and OLD splined axle with OLD flagging tied to it. "You and the neighbor must have planted it there, that ain't where the corner is". Sometimes you just shake your head and move on.
Andy
here it is, straight from the email: "Hey….you aren’t buddies with that guy right ?"
lmao.
Saw this one coming the second I pulled up. Guy calls wanting a line located; neighbor had indicated he (neighbor) might have built the common fence a few feet over the line. Over 40 years ago. But can??t remember because, well, he??s about 90 and it was half his life ago. Client is basically Fred Sanford, sitting on an empire of partial late model Japanese cars.
I went an extra mile recovering boundary from 3 different plats in play in the situation and find that... fence is right where you??d want it to be if you occupied either side of the line. Turns out the old man neighbor was wrong. Which, in this case, pissed off the client who thought he was gonna get 3-4 feet.
Billed him a month ago. It??s peanuts, I could walk away. After third email I finally get a response this morning. He doesn??t want to pay and is throwing out the accusation that I??m buddies with the old man. Ha hahahahaha. I??M generally a cut bait kind of guy, but I think it??s time for a mechanic??s lien on this mechanic.
it's been a while, but the last time I got one of those it went this way:
When I arrived I said hello and then I scratched my chin...
"Well, now that I am here and see what you need I will be able to to give you a firm price, $xxx
I need to get paid in advance."
He said, "oh, thanks anyway" and offered me lunch for my troubles.
nice fella, good food, he was just fishing
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Lien 'em, charge interest, and tack on a $175 service fee for your time. You might hit a windfall in 20 years or so. ?????ÿ
Hey, if he's 90 you might collect on your lien sooner than you think.?ÿ ????ÿ
One of the funniest situations I ever found myself in. Surveying in subdivision and looking for a pin when an old man runs out of his house screaming at me, "That's not where my corner is!!! Of course I get a ring and he tells me that it's just junk buried there. Now a small crowd is gathering and it's becoming clear that he's occupying at least half of the adjacent lot with his extensive manicured lawn. The corner is right where I comp'd it and the old guy is getting more and more hot. Now there's a rather large and obese colored lady standing behind me jumping up and down stabbing her finger over my shoulder at the old guy screaming "I told you! I told you! YOU BEEN STEALING THAT LAND!!!". Thank goodness I wasn't counting on that old fart to get paid.?ÿ
Just because I'm paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get me.
LOL. Don't think I've heard anyone use the word "Colored" that way in about 20 years. ???