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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 10:06 pm
by flowjoe
Take a look at this guys website
http://www.mrdeck.com/arbors.html
Scroll down the site towards the last few paragraphs and then follow through to the legal stuff.
Made me laugh out loud 
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:34 pm
by surreyhillslandscapes.com
ahhh...the good old U.S of A, you can pretty much sue anyone for anything over there
Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 11:37 pm
by Suggers
Californians - don't you just love 'em - Mr. Deck's a dick....
Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 8:45 am
by Dave_L
Suggers wrote:Mr. Deck's a dick....
Careful, he'll sue you!!
Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 7:41 pm
by flowjoe
I don`t know lads ?
The guy has reached a place in his life we can only dream of, look through the site it is good reading.
££££s for a site visit-£££££ for a design - all taken off the final invoice if you have the job done.
I think he has a good protected product (?) and knows his worth, f*&c^7g nightmare to work with i would imagine.
I can not see it happening around these parts, lucky if you get a brew during the job never mind getting paid 
Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 11:41 pm
by bobbi o
you could relate this guys work ethic quite easily to the block paving market in the u.k.he's trying to justify in his website blurb,his justification for charging more for his product,than the white van man with a wheelbarrow ,with no overheads beating him on price for an inferior product. seems very fair to me!
Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 6:16 am
by lutonlagerlout
i think he would bore me to death
does have some nice stuff on there though
LLL
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:24 am
by matt h
he,ll probably spend more time suing than working as it,ll be more lucrative imho:D
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 8:16 am
by Artisan
I think I will include this in my own adverts! (not the 67 year old bit...)
"If you contract with me to do your design, here's my advice: avoid laying the "poor is me" trip on me. I'll detect that attitude in short order; so if you have a limited budget, please spare me from the opportunity to design something that will never get built the way it was designed.
At 67 years old and 24 years in this business, I'm fed up with all the manipulative demeanors I've encountered over those years. At this stage in my life, I'm not going to tolerate anyone's condescending demeanor, vacuous promises or insincere behavior at any time during the project. And I'll not tolerate being treated like a second class citizen.
If you are honest, forthright and of good moral character, we'll get along. And that's the only kind of customer I will deal with."
Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 1:40 pm
by danensis
This bit: "Copyright infringement arises when someone produces a derivative work by publishing a photo or rendering a sketch, or permitting others to do so for publication in magazines, on the internet, or in any other visual medium without specific permission in writing from Mr. Deck". is absolute bollox. If you can photograph something from the public highway there is naff all anyone can do about it.