[hedoman]

I like to get a number of bids and the wife is a great negotiator. When I had quotes to redo the driveway we liked Amy Newsome, her attention to detail, her ability to work with Lynn on designs and colors and her ability to tell us when the job would start and be completed. Her price was slightly more than others on an apples to apples comparison and we told her so. Lynn asked her to match the other bids and she did. Same scenario with Investment Painting they came in slightly higher and accepted the request to match the other qualified bid.

My Pap used to always say "you don't get if you don't ask, the worst thing they can say is no". My Mom always said "it doesn't hurt to ask". Now we didn't hold them at gunpoint for thousands but we got the contractors we liked at what we thought was a reasonable price. They got the job and made a profit. It's a win - win

Now I say "it's easier to ask for forgiveness then beg for permission" which has nothing to do with the above.....just sayin....