You are advertising it every time you do it. The image you portray to your clients is that money is your number 1 priority regardless of what is right or wrong.
yes, you are correct, money is is very high on my priority list, I give the customer what
they want and if they pass on my info to John Doe or who ever and say this guy tops trees so be it, as long as guys like you keep walking away from jobs that
YOU feel "isn't right for the tree" I will keep making good money doing what you won't do and that's give them what they want (if it's legal)
Ethics has nothing to do with laws and regulations, it is simply you deciding that you will do what is right regardless.
everyone brings up ethics, people been topping trees for over a hundred years and now in the last few years because some pencil pusher has decided that it's wrong it is now unethical to do it and is so dangerous, show me one case where someone was found guilty or lost a case (other than something from states that are communist and don't allow it) because they topped a tree and something or someone got hurt and I'll shut up for ever.........
as for re-topping, that's the same as topping, you're just the second or third guy to do it and so on........
I'll
NEVER walk away from a job I can complete and make money on (if it's legal) been doing it for a long time and plan to do it for a long time to come........
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