Lawyers: they'll be first against the wall when the revolution comes

[onearmedbandit]

You guys have been relatively fine since you found less detectable ways of winding back odometers.

I probably shouldn't mention that the lawyers suggested to us how to do that over our yearly 'Fucking over the Public' drinks then.

[flyingcrocodile46]

I probably shouldn't mention that the lawyers suggested to us how to do that over our yearly 'Fucking over the Public' drinks then.

Of course. If you don't rip off your customers you won't need your lawyer. That doesn't work out very well for them.

[onearmedbandit]

Of course. If you don't rip off your customers you won't need your lawyer. That doesn't work out very well for them.

Funny but our industry is very well covered by law that we can't lie, deceive or mis-lead. But the public on the other hand. If we sell a car that has an issue we have to rectify it. If a car that a member of the public trades has an issue that's our responsibility. I sold a vehicle recently the other day, went perfectly fine for us, as with all our vehicles it was serviced and independently inspected. 3 weeks later a starter relay fails and the customer demands their money back. We fix the vehicle (simple job), they call in the lawyers. Sold another vehicle that a customer demanded we take back due to excessive fuel consumption. We demand they do a fuel consumption test, which comes back within factory claims. In both instances it was simply a matter of buyers remorse, but we are expected to wear it all.

[Usarka]

Has JRandom told us why he needed the laywer? What is it this time lol.


Joke:

What's the difference between a flounder and a lawyer?

A: One is a scum sucking bottom feeder. The other is a fish!

[jrandom]

Has JRandom told us why he needed the laywer?

I didn't. The rant was about a quarter million dollars of ratepayer money being wasted.

[Winston001]

An electrician with three years of training and ten years of industry experience will cost you $80 an hour.

Say wut?? You gotta be kidding. $80/hr to join two wires together? Its only electricity for pitys sake, Fourth Form physics. My brother in law does house wiring all the time and he's an ex-farmer. $25/hr would be generous.

[jrandom]

Say wut?? You gotta be kidding. $80/hr to join two wires together? Its only electricity for pitys sake, Fourth Form physics. My brother in law does house wiring all the time and he's an ex-farmer. $25/hr would be generous.

We do some kinda complicated things with electricity these days man! The guys I'm thinking of aren't charging that for house wiring. They're hooking up 220kV lines that can kill them if they do something wrong within 10m of it, or they're reverse-engineering logic circuits in control systems.

I intentionally talked about that top end of the market because I didn't want the cost comparison to be too ludicrous, and I needed an example of the sort of profession that requires a similar amount of tertiary training and gets billed out by the hour.

[Usarka]

$350/hr, billable by 10min intervals.....

Lawyer that is, not me.

[Madness]

$25/hr would be generous.

In Auckland the checkout girls at Countdown (shop smarter, New Zealand) are earning more than that. They have to just to pay the crazy rents!

[Usarka]

In Auckland the checkout girls at Countdown (shop smarter, New Zealand) are earning more than that. They have to just to pay the crazy rents!

Yeah I have to pay them $300 for a hand job....

[jrandom]

$350/hr, billable by 10min intervals.....

That's sloppy. I'm used to them billing by 6 minute intervals.

[Madness]

Yeah I have to pay them $300 for a hand job....

Quality don't come cheap... Look at those hands.

[Oblivion]

What about accountants? I've heard of a few that charge 600$ an hour for what they do.

[onearmedbandit]

What about accountants? I've heard of a few that charge 600$ an hour for what they do.

That's because the savings they offer their clients far outweigh the costs.

[TrentNz]

Hmmm maybe i should become a lawyer

nah fuck that too much studying