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<blockquote data-quote="Coyboy" data-source="post: 621661" data-attributes="member: 3733"><p>I feel the pertinent questions for what you want done, depend on Exactly what you want done. Example.</p><p></p><p><strong>Mr. Jones I have heard great things about your work from some of your past customers, I have in hand a Stiller Predator SA, a krieger 8T 264, a badger dbm, and a McMillian a-3.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>What would the cost be for the following? ;</strong></p><p><strong>Barrel thread, fit, chambered and crowned, in 260 rem to feed XYZ bullets out of an XYZ magazine? </strong></p><p><strong>Pillar bedding into the stock?</strong></p><p><strong>Instal a jewel trigger supplied by you?</strong></p><p><strong>All fitting, assembly and function testing?</strong></p><p> <strong>I do not want to have the rifle blasted or coated in any way.</strong></p><p><strong>Instal the 20 moa stiller rail I am supplying.</strong></p><p><strong>I do not need rings or a scope.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>What is a Realistic time frame for completion IF I send in the parts by March 15th 2012. I would really like to see this rifle back to me by July 1st 2012 or earlier. If this is impossible for you to do please e-mail me as such, and I will continue my search for a smith, or is there one you know and could recomend that would do a good job and meet my time expectations?</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Thank you for your time,</strong></p><p><strong>bob davis </strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>This should be the extent of your questions, how he does this or that, whats your experience level, ect are questions he really doesn't want to take the time to explain to a neophyte. If you have done your research and have read good things about the smith or talked to guys who have used him then those questions are pretty irrelevant if 6 guys told you that he was "great to deal with" "built a tack driver" ect ect. Many of the questions can also be answered by going thru every page of a smith web-site.</p><p></p><p>You want cost give him a description of work so he can price it to you with-out going back and forth for 7 emails while he has to pull the info out of you.</p><p></p><p>Notice how I asked the time line question, it pins him down to a commitment. He may be happy to get the parts and work the week-end that his wife or GF is out of town, just to fit you in and get a little cash flow. You also gave him a clear deadline and a quick out if he really can't take on the extra work. One of the worst things you can do is price the work with a smith and after 4 e-mails you ask him to have it done by x/y/z and the smith knows he can't do it. Now you wasted his valuable time, and at this point he is a little vested in you and may say, "sure I'll try and get it done by then." you take that as a YES, and that is where the trouble starts.</p><p></p><p>Personally if I got your original post as a first contact e-mail I might not even answer it, would depend on how my day was going weather I even wanted to deal with the vague silliness of it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coyboy, post: 621661, member: 3733"] I feel the pertinent questions for what you want done, depend on Exactly what you want done. Example. [B]Mr. Jones I have heard great things about your work from some of your past customers, I have in hand a Stiller Predator SA, a krieger 8T 264, a badger dbm, and a McMillian a-3. What would the cost be for the following? ; Barrel thread, fit, chambered and crowned, in 260 rem to feed XYZ bullets out of an XYZ magazine? Pillar bedding into the stock? Instal a jewel trigger supplied by you? All fitting, assembly and function testing? I do not want to have the rifle blasted or coated in any way. Instal the 20 moa stiller rail I am supplying. I do not need rings or a scope. What is a Realistic time frame for completion IF I send in the parts by March 15th 2012. I would really like to see this rifle back to me by July 1st 2012 or earlier. If this is impossible for you to do please e-mail me as such, and I will continue my search for a smith, or is there one you know and could recomend that would do a good job and meet my time expectations? Thank you for your time, bob davis [/B] This should be the extent of your questions, how he does this or that, whats your experience level, ect are questions he really doesn't want to take the time to explain to a neophyte. If you have done your research and have read good things about the smith or talked to guys who have used him then those questions are pretty irrelevant if 6 guys told you that he was "great to deal with" "built a tack driver" ect ect. Many of the questions can also be answered by going thru every page of a smith web-site. You want cost give him a description of work so he can price it to you with-out going back and forth for 7 emails while he has to pull the info out of you. Notice how I asked the time line question, it pins him down to a commitment. He may be happy to get the parts and work the week-end that his wife or GF is out of town, just to fit you in and get a little cash flow. You also gave him a clear deadline and a quick out if he really can't take on the extra work. One of the worst things you can do is price the work with a smith and after 4 e-mails you ask him to have it done by x/y/z and the smith knows he can't do it. Now you wasted his valuable time, and at this point he is a little vested in you and may say, "sure I'll try and get it done by then." you take that as a YES, and that is where the trouble starts. Personally if I got your original post as a first contact e-mail I might not even answer it, would depend on how my day was going weather I even wanted to deal with the vague silliness of it. [/QUOTE]
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