- Joined
- Jan 15, 2002
- Professional Status
- Certified General Appraiser
- State
- California
Devil's Advocate.
Did you say 40 pizzas? That lunch must have cost over $400 by the time you were through. That must be one heck of an account. They must already be giving your fee shop a lot of business. Too bad that only the big players in your market are getting this kind of treatment. I wonder how your smaller clients would feel about this.
I may have read your post wrong. But in my opinion, there's a big difference between a mass lunch, the cost of which would exceed the average appraisal fee, and dropping off a box of chocolates and a 'Thank You' card during the holidays. I mean, one could take the lunch as meaning 'please give me more of your business', while the 'Thank You' would be interpreted my most folks as "Thank You'.
As appraisers, we provide a very necessary service, hopefully in a professional manner. Our services, which includes the work product iteslf as well as the manner in which we conduct ourselves, either have sufficient utility in relation to our fees or they don't. If they do, that should be sufficient justification for the continued professional relationship. If they don't, the relationship should end, regardless of any other inducements.
Maybe my E&O carrier or my subscription data services should start sending me some coupons for lunch. Matter of fact, I think my Doctor, my CPA, and my Lawyer (if I had one) and my mechanic all owe me a little something in exchange for my use of their services. After all, they can write it off...
Maybe my problem here is that I'm thinking too small. An appraiser once told me that 'Greater rewards require greater risks'.
George Hatch
Did you say 40 pizzas? That lunch must have cost over $400 by the time you were through. That must be one heck of an account. They must already be giving your fee shop a lot of business. Too bad that only the big players in your market are getting this kind of treatment. I wonder how your smaller clients would feel about this.
I may have read your post wrong. But in my opinion, there's a big difference between a mass lunch, the cost of which would exceed the average appraisal fee, and dropping off a box of chocolates and a 'Thank You' card during the holidays. I mean, one could take the lunch as meaning 'please give me more of your business', while the 'Thank You' would be interpreted my most folks as "Thank You'.
As appraisers, we provide a very necessary service, hopefully in a professional manner. Our services, which includes the work product iteslf as well as the manner in which we conduct ourselves, either have sufficient utility in relation to our fees or they don't. If they do, that should be sufficient justification for the continued professional relationship. If they don't, the relationship should end, regardless of any other inducements.
Maybe my E&O carrier or my subscription data services should start sending me some coupons for lunch. Matter of fact, I think my Doctor, my CPA, and my Lawyer (if I had one) and my mechanic all owe me a little something in exchange for my use of their services. After all, they can write it off...
Maybe my problem here is that I'm thinking too small. An appraiser once told me that 'Greater rewards require greater risks'.
George Hatch