JUSTFISHING

Sending a flatbed was the wrong call !!!!!!!!

2 hours ago, rreschran said:

This is a great lesson on the value of time. While GOA's shouldn't be thought of as, "the cost of doing business", these types of calls are the reality of the industry. I believe each call has to be evaluated based on its details as well as factoring the possibility the motorist could be gone. Accordinly, may I ask what your GOA fee was at small claims? How much did the court award you? Now, playing the devil's advocate, consider the costs of filing, certified mailing, other preparation costs, the cost of fuel to run around and the total time the process took you? Consider your worth per hour and your vehicle's wear and tear while you drove back and forth to the courthouse, while you sat awaiting trial, parking, fixed costs, like insurance, rent, power, utilities, any business that was lost to fight small claims, and the wear and tear on you personally? How many calls went away because of a need to defend the principal of right and wrong?  And then, if the judge says, "pay the man", how long did it take to collect? Accepting these kinds of calls are risky where special consideration must be given when taking the chance of not being paid. Even large companies can't afford to lose payment for calls that are potentially snoozers. And, what about the judge Judy who later says ... "You didn't provide any service, judgement for the defendant?" Small claim's court is a 50-50 proposition where sometime's you win ... most the time you don't. If a company has 5x GOA calls a month ... that's a really hard hit. It's a fine-line in choosing what call to take and what call should be turned down.     R

I was paid the full amount of my claim plus filing fees sheriff service cost administrative fees for a total of over 650.00 . 

Have never lost in court , the man with the most documentation wins ( I'm a liar , your a liar ) after 50 years in this business

(" I know a thing or too because I've seen a thing or too " ) You need to know when to pick your battles . As I stated sometimes it's not about the money.

Once got a call from ODOT Dispatch for a customer 85 miles away in the snow zone off the highway called  in by snow plow driver 

customer asked him to call him a tow . We responded and of course no one there, a do gooder stopped and pulled them out  .

Took awhile but I got  a copy of their log and the licence plate number to ID the customer . Sued him in small claims court 

judge said pay the man !

Sometimes its not about the money , moneys just a way to keep score.

You have to ask yourself how valuable is he to me ?

Have I been working him to hard ?

Does he deserve some off time ? 

Got a call years ago to tow a larger MH backwards because of rear wheel bearing declined the call 

and they called a competitor which did the job buckled the roof I was told .

Sometimes you learn the hard way to say NO!

We use North American Bank Card they give free terminal for office and the drivers get approval on their smart phones in the field.

looks like spray foam in all the cracks

I think you may experience upward bind load when winching a vehicle in close when it comes off the bottom you might check that in actual usage and make sure your roller has a top roller 

so you don't end up damaging your line .