If this guy is coming back months later after setting up the table to level it again it’s clear he’s no quitter.terrible thing to give someone you dont know. what if he is a recovering alcoholic.
If this guy is coming back months later after setting up the table to level it again it’s clear he’s no quitter.terrible thing to give someone you dont know. what if he is a recovering alcoholic.
Exactly.tend not to tip the owner of the business but the worker. someone that contracts for a set price is the price you pay.
no different if someone sells you a cue for a price you dont tip him. but someone who works for a business that puts tips on, you do. but not the owner. he already got all the money for the job.
I normally tend to agree but there are exceptions. Charter boat captains, hunting guides and some specialty labor. I had a cedar fence and deck done this year and due to COVID the owner did 98% of the job alone. The work was absolutely excellent, in fact perfect, along with following through with everything he'd promised including arrival times each morning for weeks. His only helper was a stand-behind hydraulic machine that doubled as a post hole digger and front loader. One day two helpers cleaned up the old deck 2nd level they brought down.Exactly.
Is them he or they?If you buy a new table from a rep (say a Diamond) and they come install the table, do you tip them?
I am guessing a him.Is them he or they?
Let me rephrase. Are you expecting the "Rep" who sold you the table to show up and install it by himself, with helpers, or will it just be the helpers?I am guessing a him.
It's impossible to diagnose without looking at the table, maybe he used angle shims instead of flat shims and one slid out.But what the OP seems to be reporting is that roughly the foot of slate near the left long rail slopes down towards the rail like the crown of the road towards a gutter and the rest of the table plays level. Or maybe I misunderstood the description. I suppose that could happen if you pulled the feet of the table together and bent the frame. Or maybe something else is going on.
Since we're creating wild scenarios.... Maybe the installer used shims under the slate to get it flat and somehow one side ended up unsupported and was just hanging out in the air, and the slate was flat like that. Or maybe just lightly supported. Then over time that side relaxed down. I have no idea whether this is even possible. Where's RKC when you need him?
Nope, be liked getting your tires balanced and then there's still a wobble.Paid a mechanic $500 to install my table a few months ago (no move, just install/level). He said he does a one-year guarantee on the level. A few months later there are some areas where the table is definitely not level. Probably floor settling a bit.
We are scheduling time for him to come back and take a look/level it.
Do I tip him when he comes back? Is this just part of what I paid for originally so no need to tip/pay again? Just trying to get a sense of what is considered the standard thing to do in this situation. It is my first table and first time getting it re-leveled so I have no idea what is normal.
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You answered your own question when you said "probably the floor settling a bit." And this is months later, so your table must have played okay for some time now before you noticed the roll off. This mechanic could charge for coming back, even with the guarantee, because of that. The floor settling is something completely out of his control. My opinion is that I would be grateful that he is willing to come back out, no questions asked and relevel my table. I would damn sure tip him if he gets the table playing good again. But that's just me. You do what feels right to you.Paid a mechanic $500 to install my table a few months ago (no move, just install/level). He said he does a one-year guarantee on the level. A few months later there are some areas where the table is definitely not level. Probably floor settling a bit.
We are scheduling time for him to come back and take a look/level it.
Do I tip him when he comes back? Is this just part of what I paid for originally so no need to tip/pay again? Just trying to get a sense of what is considered the standard thing to do in this situation. It is my first table and first time getting it re-leveled so I have no idea what is normal.
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The table mechanic never showed up and went incommunicado which made tipping a moot point.Be kind, give the guy a tip. If you trust his work, you may need him in the future and a small tip is a nice gesture.