Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 13:38:05 -0500
Reply-To: Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU>
Subject: Re: Moral question
In-Reply-To: <vanagon%2007011713123354@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
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Ben, you sound ecstatic! Working way too hard - but it's wonderful to hear
anyone sound so excited about what he's doing, and so sure that he made the
right choice.
Now don't kill yourself in the process, you hear? And raise your rates,
they are still too low...
Joy
:::-----Original Message-----
:::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
:::Of Benny boy
:::Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 1:05 PM
:::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
:::Subject: Re: Moral question--no Bob-related content
:::
:::Reticulation (if my English is right?)
:::
:::You know, i wanna be paid for every single hour i work on those van...
:::EVEN
:::if i don't find the solution... period.
:::
:::It's been 2.5 years now, i have no social life because i work all the
:::time,
:::i'm still in debt t -19K$ (slowly and finally climbing), i have invested
:::in
:::my shop EVERYTHING i had (time wise and moneywise), every single penny,
:::starting that shop was the most dificult thing i did in my life, i work 7
:::days week most of the time, my girfriend help me (1 or 2 days a week or
:::on
:::big restoration project) because it's the only way she can see me (she
:::his
:::quite good also and we hve fun!), it's so hard that i never imagine that
:::i
:::could in my life work as hard... i canno't pay an helper because i don't
:::have enough money to pay him (anyway, young mechanic...pffff)... Every
:::week
:::something break (compresor - 1500$, furnace, 1000$...),or a need a new
:::tools... i'm about right saying that i'm on my 80th day in a row. I have
:::now
:::a big enough clientele that i could now raise my price to $45hr, i have
:::worked for 2 years at 35$, can you imagine!
:::
:::At night, i need to soak my hand in hot water because they ache and/or so
:::dirty... i'm sure i'm not the only one in this position, many who have
:::started a small business know what i'm talking about. I don't get me
:::wrong,
:::i'm happy, i just love it, i can't get enough... in the morning, i wake
:::up
:::happy, i can wait to be in the shop... but still, it's dificult. Would i
:::have chosen otherwise, NO.
:::
:::But i'm proud! here is my shop today:
:::http://www.benplace.com/bjp_local2.htm
:::
:::And when i have some free time, i still update my site for fun, and i
:::still
:::do it in 2 language, but i perfectly know that the English version won't
:::bring me customers.
:::
:::Life is a question of attitude, being nice will open all doors, the
:::opposite
:::won't get you anything or bring you anywhere.
:::
:::Regards, Ben
:::http://www.benplace.com/
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