I hear ya. I have heard tales that after tree felling storms there is a lot of that with people searching for highest bid for insurer claim purposes and lowest bid to do the work (not paid direct from insurer). Was there a lot of remote bidding during the "pandemic."They say a picture is worth a thousand words. I’d say in this case actually being there is worth a million.
Yeah, even real-time satellite won't help in some cases.No. Never. It never ends well. Having said that, if the pics look good, I have given an estimate based on the pics with multiple caveats, but when I give a bid, that means I stand behind it, and if I missed something that's on me. You just can't do that without being on site.
As an example, of which I could give many: customer sends me a picture of a dead pine. From the pics, looked like an easy lay down against a small back and side lean... easy peasy, he just wanted it down safe and bucked up. It was in the way home, good bonus money for the day, 200 for a quick hour, right? He didn't mention he was standing in the middle of his leach field when he was taking the pictures... oops. Turned into a late evening climbing and a disappointed customer when I charged him 400 instead. It just never ends well.
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