Earlier I get a phone call about doing this yearly memorial that takes place in Branch Brook Park. I told the guy we would do it again this year. We did it last year. 2 years ago we didn't do it because he was being cheap. All we wanted was an extra $50 to do the event and he wouldn't pay that. This is after us doing this I think 2 years in a row. So he wouldn't have us there 2 years in a row or maybe 3 years if he didn't like the job we did.
He's just plain cheap. I get that it's a memorial for his son that died 2 weeks after his 12th birthday from a form of Cancer. So we give this guy a great break on the price. The year he decided to cut us out he got a disaster. I don't know who did it but it was very ugly! Now he wants to know what we would charge to do it the following year. N ow we raised the price by $100. Which is still a great deal for him. For me it's about the exposure and gas money.
Now this guy does his yearly thing of crying about how he's hurting for money to do this event. He doesn't know I know where the money comes from to do this event. He's on the board that puts on the African American Heritage Festival every year in Wheequaic Park every year on the weekend of Memorial and Labor day weekends. So he's not there not getting paid something to put this event on. The city of Newark has a seperate fund that goes for him to put this event on. He doesn't know that I know all of this and I won't say a thing because it's none of my business. My thing is just pay us.
Please be kind when I tell this part. My partner tells me he called him telling him this year he's got someone suppling the sound equipment for free. He still wants ut to come and play. The money is still the same. No issues with that anyway because if the signed agreement wer to change to a lower price that would void the contract and we would be done with doing this event. Our issue and concern is we don't know this person or person's providing the sound. My partner is to find out what they will be bringing. We don't like this because we don't know what this person will be bringing and we certainly don't want us looking bad because of this. What we bring to do the job with is great and it gets the job done very well. Now we do have a limit on what we bring because of the price he wants to pay. We could and would bring more if he was willing to pay more. We know he won't do that. So he gets what we decide to give him for the amount he wants to pay. We'll see how it goes.
I just know what he got 2 years ago was a hot mess. I won't go into what happened. Just know that what he paid them was not even worth half the price. He doesn't call me because he knows I would have some serious questions for him. I wouldn't just accept what he says and just do the job. Now I know why this other person is doing this for free. They want to get in good with him so they can be added on for the tax exempt status that he gets for doing these events. My feeling is eventually he will be cutting us out from doing this event in the future so he can get a DJ to volunteer to do this. If that happens he can keep that gig and we wish him well. Our concern is if he will be getting someone to do the sound that will be the same as the ones he got 2 years ago. Like I said it was very ugly and he was highly upset at the end. He only has himself to blame for being so cheap and petty.
He's just plain cheap. I get that it's a memorial for his son that died 2 weeks after his 12th birthday from a form of Cancer. So we give this guy a great break on the price. The year he decided to cut us out he got a disaster. I don't know who did it but it was very ugly! Now he wants to know what we would charge to do it the following year. N ow we raised the price by $100. Which is still a great deal for him. For me it's about the exposure and gas money.
Now this guy does his yearly thing of crying about how he's hurting for money to do this event. He doesn't know I know where the money comes from to do this event. He's on the board that puts on the African American Heritage Festival every year in Wheequaic Park every year on the weekend of Memorial and Labor day weekends. So he's not there not getting paid something to put this event on. The city of Newark has a seperate fund that goes for him to put this event on. He doesn't know that I know all of this and I won't say a thing because it's none of my business. My thing is just pay us.
Please be kind when I tell this part. My partner tells me he called him telling him this year he's got someone suppling the sound equipment for free. He still wants ut to come and play. The money is still the same. No issues with that anyway because if the signed agreement wer to change to a lower price that would void the contract and we would be done with doing this event. Our issue and concern is we don't know this person or person's providing the sound. My partner is to find out what they will be bringing. We don't like this because we don't know what this person will be bringing and we certainly don't want us looking bad because of this. What we bring to do the job with is great and it gets the job done very well. Now we do have a limit on what we bring because of the price he wants to pay. We could and would bring more if he was willing to pay more. We know he won't do that. So he gets what we decide to give him for the amount he wants to pay. We'll see how it goes.
I just know what he got 2 years ago was a hot mess. I won't go into what happened. Just know that what he paid them was not even worth half the price. He doesn't call me because he knows I would have some serious questions for him. I wouldn't just accept what he says and just do the job. Now I know why this other person is doing this for free. They want to get in good with him so they can be added on for the tax exempt status that he gets for doing these events. My feeling is eventually he will be cutting us out from doing this event in the future so he can get a DJ to volunteer to do this. If that happens he can keep that gig and we wish him well. Our concern is if he will be getting someone to do the sound that will be the same as the ones he got 2 years ago. Like I said it was very ugly and he was highly upset at the end. He only has himself to blame for being so cheap and petty.