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This reminds me of... Tapping with a hammer ......................... $ 10.00 Knowing where to tap .......................... $990.00

• josefresco 15y ago
  The story is much longer... it involved a creaky wooden floor and two contractors. One quotes say $1000 and 7 days to fix, tears the whole thing up and fixes it. The other quotes $1000 pulls out his hammer and fixes the creaky floor with one nail in a few seconds. Both fixed the problem, but the expert isn't worth any less than the guy who put in tons of man-hours.
  • gmac 15y ago
    In fact, the expert is worth a lot more, because he saves you 7 days of disruption.
  • JoeAltmaier 15y ago
    Actually you fix a creaky floor with a screw, not a nail. It creaks because somebody used a nail in the first place. Just sayin.
• dspillett 15y ago
  I'd heard this as someone who fixed a design at the blueprints stage, charging £1,000 for what amounted to a few pencil marks. When asked for a break down the following was given: £0.10 for materials (the pencil), £999.90 for knowing where to make the marks and why.