Jesus man, I'm fearing for us all right now.
A little over a month ago we knocked out a guys living room, dining room, and kitchen at a rock bottom price... I mean it was LOW.
As we were doing it the guys neighbor stopped in and was interested in having us take a look at his place, which we did. We told him we'd be back in a week after he and his wife had talked about colors and figured out for sure what it was they wanted done.
In the interim, we told the original guy NOT TO TELL THE NEIGHBOOR HOW LITTLE WE HAD CHARGED HIM.
What does the dumbshit do... He tells him.
So when we go to do the bid (this guy has a huge 4000sf house with 22' ceilings. He wants multiple colors, accent walls, his kitchen, dining room, tv room, hallways downstairs, the entryway, and his f*cking living room... Not to mention his stairwell and huge upstairs hallway) all painted for less than 1500 (yep fifteen hundred) bucks with materials included!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Edit*... I also forgot to tell you guys he wanted FAUX WORK AS WELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
We figured it would cost at least 600 bucks in materials, not to mention a ton of gas and 5 days for just the straight up painting ALONE to get it done.
During the interim, he blew us off for two weeks then called out of the blue expecting to have in done before Thanksgiving.
I called him last night and told him to take the EVEN CHEAPER THAN $1500 dollar bids he's claimed he's gotten, because that price was a blatant insult to us.
I also told him to expect a s**t job and that he should hide his valuables.
Grim times my friends... Grim times.