I&#39;ve actually decided to get a Smart car.  Built by Mercedes with a lot of excellent safety features.  To run all over the area, this makes sense to me.  For the longer trips that require more highway driving, I can still use the larger car.  We are spending about $500 a week on gas going all over to give free estimates.  Yesterday alone I used up $90 in gas.  I do not have fuel efficient vehicles and I think that is what is killing me the most.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Mike Marsoun <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a target="_top" href="mailto:nulifesc@bigpond.com">nulifesc@bigpond.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">I wouldn’t buy a car from India. Especially to go on the highway
next to semi trucks and Ford F350’s. In India all the cars are small, you would
have a chance in an accident…</span></p>

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<p><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <a target="_top" href="http://rivera.gm" target="_blank">rivera.gm</a>@<a target="_top" href="http://gmail.com" target="_blank">gmail.com</a>
[mailto:<a target="_top" href="mailto:rivera.gm@gmail.com" target="_blank">rivera.gm@gmail.com</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Georgia Rivera<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 16, 2009 11:47 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Restoration and Maintenance<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [sccpartners] Financial question</span></p>

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<p style="margin-bottom: 12pt;">I have recently been going
through our expenses and trying to find ways to cut our expenses.  I
realized how much money we spend on gas.  Do you think it is reasonable to
have a trip charge? I know local AC repair people out here charge $60.00 for a
trip charge.  <br>
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There is this new car coming from India called the Nano car by Tata.  It
is $2500 new and it is a 2 cyl. and goes up to 65 MPH.  I thought it would
be great to have one for running all the errands and doing all the
estimates.  I can take a &quot;sample kit&quot; in the car with me to give
samples to my customers, but this will eliminate the ability to do a job on the
spot, which is rare anyway.  <br>
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But I was thinking, until the Nano car is available later this year in the USA,
I would like to charge a $20.00 trip charge for estimates within 40 miles and
$40 within 80 miles.  If we are hired we could credit that trip charge
towards the invoice.  This way my estimates are still free and I am not
out of pocket so much in gas.  But do you think this is something that
would prevent a customer from finding out more about us?  Or would that
type of customer be a cheapster and not worth my time anyway?  I go back
and forth on this.  What are your thoughts?</p>

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