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Mark Mayer
Mark Mayer
@mark-mayer
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Joined: July 21, 2010 9:32 am
Last seen: August 7, 2026 8:07 am
Topics: 54 / Replies: 3317
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RE: Flat Rate Surveys

> To each his own, but I think this is nuts.1. Prices are listed as being "as low as..." Is this the price that is actually charged? 2. Nowhere doe...

15 years ago
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RE: job seeking

You won't need to be licensed yourself to work for a licensed surveyor. You will likely need to work for a licensed surveyor for a while before you ca...

15 years ago
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RE: Questions for the PLSSers

I have a friend that was raked over the coals in court> Sometimes we thought the little lady in tennis shoes was more convincing to the Judge than ...

15 years ago
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RE: Survey Maps : CAD vs. Hardcopy

Wasn't this settled in the 90's> .... Any and all materials used to put this product together he paid for. (please spare me any squawk about copy...

15 years ago
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RE: Survey Maps : CAD vs. Hardcopy

>..... don't mind giving a paper copy or a pdf in most cases.> > I got a call today from a local surveyor who wanted to have the CAD file of ...

15 years ago
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RE: False deadlines

> Rush jobs always cost extra. Sure. But you probably don't say as much to the client in so many words. They ask you for job X by date Y. Knowing ...

15 years ago
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RE: False deadlines

> This sounds like the agreement was for your payment at closing.There may be no agreement about payment at closing, but life is life, and bills ge...

15 years ago
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RE: False deadlines

> I'm thinking of instituting a surcharge for rush jobs....How about getting at least part payment in advance. When the non-serious client has to p...

15 years ago
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RE: AutoCAD C3d

Thanks, Robert.From the dearth of replies I'm guessing that you and I aren't the only ones not using Autodesk's F to F.

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RE: Ring Ring Ring

I once worked for an outfit that hired an Australian fellow, three weeks in country. I myself was just a few months out of Canada at the time. Everyo...

15 years ago
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RE: Why do we...

Why do we...Mark> ... given that you do no(t) have a central repository that stores the info)...In Oregon, and the 14 other "recording states", we ...

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RE: Pricing

> A few times I was told that my numbers were low and encouraged me to make a quote for some amount they requested me in a way that appeared to be ...

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RE: Why do we...

> feel obligated to tie to US Army Corps of Engineers monuments? They are usually pretty solid monuments. The more of those your survey ties to th...

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RE: Pricing

We will just have to wait to see what the job goes for and what it costs to do. Just because the other guy in your office says so doesn't make it a fa...

15 years ago
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RE: Title Company Closes Doors in 47 States

>Sheree R. Curry, who has owned three homes and once used Chicago Title....Article doesn't mention Chicago Title but the author's bio does. What do...

15 years ago
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RE: Estimate this

> 5000 ' of 4 lane road with median....To do what? Pre-design topo or construction staking?For pre-design topo I'd say $80,000 is high. I'd be look...

15 years ago
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RE: Ethics

> "...If I did record them before, then it could appear that I have loaned money to my client, and thus am no longer objectively practicing law". T...

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