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Old 8/3/09, 8:30 PM
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When a client contacts you, do you normally ask them if they need a WDI. Do you try to educate them on these matters.
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Old 8/3/09, 8:38 PM
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When a client contacts you, do you normally ask them if they need a WDI. Do you try to educate them on these matters.
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I give my client my pricing and I tell them that the price does include a WBI inspection. I do the WBI inspection on all my home inspections.
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Old 8/3/09, 8:54 PM
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I give my client my pricing and I tell them that the price does include a WBI inspection. I do the WBI inspection on all my home inspections.
WBI ???
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Old 8/3/09, 8:58 PM
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WBI ???

Wood Boring Insects.
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Wood Boring Insects.
So you do not cover WOOD DESTROYING INSECTS?

No wood cutting insects?

Just the boring ones. Life is a drag sometimes....

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Old 8/3/09, 9:19 PM
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So you do not cover WOOD DESTROYING INSECTS?

No wood cutting insects?

Just the boring ones. Life is a drag sometimes....

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Must be a geographical thing. WBI's out here.
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Old 8/3/09, 9:46 PM
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I try to educate every potential client on the things that I offer that my competition doesn't. You have to give them a reason to want to hire you, after I am done with my short little spiel, I get the details and issue them a price, then get down to booking the inspection. If you have truly impressed them with your qualifications and why they SHOULD hire you, that is the easy part.



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What we've got here is......failure......to communicate.....
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Wood Boring Insects.
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Old 8/3/09, 11:03 PM
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I ask if they want it, but don't push it. I make a small fee from this service, which I sub out.



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