[Asterisk-biz] Asterisk Conusultant

[Chris]

    I think we have all had those.     I love those people because I can charge an hourly rate to help them.
If they refuse my advice then I can say I warned them and it's not my fault they lost 10 years of information.
But for a fee I can see if there is anything I can recover.

    In my book, the people you talk about will pay dearly.


Regards,


Chris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul" <digium-list at 9ux.com>
To: "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion" <asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 6:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-biz] Asterisk Conusultant


> Woof, woof and grrrrr.....
> 
> I guess I am not qualified if I don't know all the internet shorthand. 
> You shouldn't say BS like that unless you really are JK.
> 
> My reply was actually to a cluster of replies to the thread. Things 
> about high rates and noses stuck in the air. Other things about poor 3rd 
> world consultants. Earlier this year I decided to make it firm policy 
> that I will not do business with determined losers. It typically goes 
> like this: I meet a new prospect who wants antivirus installed and some 
> software updates applied. He has a single PC and the apps include things 
> like quickbooks and contact manager. He bought the PC over 2 years ago 
> when he started the business. No backup has ever been done. He doesn't 
> believe in using hardcopy and file folders either. I explain to him that 
> if the hard drive fails he loses it all - his accounting data, saved 
> emails, contact info and so on. If he doesn't want to take care of the 
> backup situation I really don't want him as a client. People like that 
> will just beat up on you over time and money too much. Okay, now the 
> same guy gets a server because he wants to get into voip heaven. Problem 
> is he still has the same bad attitude. I guess I am too harsh calling 
> him all those bad names. They should have battered techie hotlines we 
> can call.
> 
> There were some periods in past months that I wondered if this list was 
> becoming infested with such parasites.
> 
> However, there are lots of non-pretenders here. If any of them need some 
> work done, contact me. I charge less for interesting work. I currently 
> do a mix of linux and win 2003 enterprise work to keep the bills paid. I 
> would be happy to do a lot less win-related work. My rates are good 
> because I live in a less developed country(Maine). Contact me offlist 
> paul and the dottcom is wadefarm. I met some lady online and she thought 
> my last name was wadefarm. Does she think my middle initial is atsign?
> 
> PW(those are my initials not some internet shorthand)
> 
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