How much ? & all this to play doom III wherever he wants 'better'...

[confus-ed]

So I have this mad customer, who'd better remain nameless or you'll all want one like this ..

So last week he calls me up, & the conversation went something like this ..
(I'm in red, he's in blue ..names changed to protect me, who isn't innocent, & him, who definately is ! )

Hi 'ed, hi Mr SpendsLots&Lots, how are you & what can I do for you then ? mmm a new one, errr a new what?, a pc, oh ok, what about a budget, oh as much as it takes, the best, err last time you bought 'the best' & that was only a month ago ?,Err yeah, about that .. oh more than last time, there's new stuff ! xp2 !, No sp2, that's software, a patch for xp, I did that for you .. What do you want to go faster, you had pretty much the best of everything last time, you'll only get a marginal gain, Do you want my money or not ?!!? .. [very large intake of breath from me ] ... Well I don't want you to waste you money thinking you are going to get something an awful lot faster & then be upset, oh I see, well yeah, thats good, yeah err umm thanks ...but I need another one anyway for upstairs, Huh ? ... another one ?, what do you mean Huh ? I mean another one ! Have I got another one for upstairs ? Are you sure? No, they are all downstairs .. sorry I don't know what you mean, err you bought a laptop & we fitted the wireless network so you could take it wherever you want, last week .., oh that, that's no good, no good ? It was £3K!, did you break it or has it been stolen or something ? oh Gracious no, no its just no good for some stuff, doom's rubbish on it up to that one you made, nothing like as good , can you fix that one I've got ? .. No, no that's right we got all the best laptop stuff already & we can't, you told me that before, so yeah thats why I want another pc, & I might want one the same for the garage too, & maybe the kids can have one each they seem to like it too, though they aren't very good..

btw his kids are 2, 3 & 5 !!!!! What worries me is he may actually buy them one each - shouldn't grumble I guess ! Just sit expectantly whilst rubbing my hands ?

[corturbra]

So I have this mad customer, who'd better remain nameless or you'll all want one like this ..

So last week he calls me up, & the conversation went something like this ..
(I'm in red, he's in blue ..names changed to protect me, who isn't innocent, & him, who definately is ! )

Hi 'ed, hi Mr SpendsLots&Lots, how are you & what can I do for you then ? mmm a new one, errr a new what?, a pc, oh ok, what about a budget, oh as much as it takes, the best, err last time you bought 'the best' & that was only a month ago ?,Err yeah, about that .. oh more than last time, there's new stuff ! xp2 !, No sp2, that's software, a patch for xp, I did that for you .. What do you want to go faster, you had pretty much the best of everything last time, you'll only get a marginal gain, Do you want my money or not ?!!? .. [very large intake of breath from me ] ... Well I don't want you to waste you money thinking you are going to get something an awful lot faster & then be upset, oh I see, well yeah, thats good, yeah err umm thanks ...but I need another one anyway for upstairs, Huh ? ... another one ?, what do you mean Huh ? I mean another one ! Have I got another one for upstairs ? Are you sure? No, they are all downstairs .. sorry I don't know what you mean, err you bought a laptop & we fitted the wireless network so you could take it wherever you want, last week .., oh that, that's no good, no good ? It was £3K!, did you break it or has it been stolen or something ? oh Gracious no, no its just no good for some stuff, doom's rubbish on it up to that one you made, nothing like as good , can you fix that one I've got ? .. No, no that's right we got all the best laptop stuff already & we can't, you told me that before, so yeah thats why I want another pc, & I might want one the same for the garage too, & maybe the kids can have one each they seem to like it too, though they aren't very good..

btw his kids are 2, 3 & 5 !!!!! What worries me is he may actually buy them one each - shouldn't grumble I guess ! Just sit expectantly whilst rubbing my hands ?

Errr not quite sure what he's on about, but sell him twenty and take a holiday!

[Stalemate]

Get him a couple of these:

[+Daemon+]

hehhe...

doom III runs great on my lappy

[jitBob]

Now I'm confus_ed, are you bragging or complaining???

Tell him they all need to be replaced to have a completely coheavsive network and the ability to play DoomIII anyplace in the castle he wants to play it. Because it's such a large job you will also need all of his old parts along with your usual fees.

[Tekboy]

I have met a similar gentleman, but I call him "Mr. More Money than Brains".

[Radical Dreamer]

I wish I could meet someone like that

[ADisturbance]

I had a customer like that once.

He would call weekly to get something upgraded.

It was great.

[TechZ]

I wish I could meet someone like that

Going for the No Brains dating scene RD?

[gazzak]

Ed, just give him my number and I'll build him anything he wants as many times as he wants three times over

[gazzak]

and I'll call him sir.

[Archer]

So install a server and some dumb terminals to go with the one hes already got

[Titchski]

If you have a cable-laying friend, You could get him sme work with these four little words:

"Fibre To The Desktop"

Have fun with that one

[jwhart]

Count yourself lucky. It seems most of mine want "The Fastest out there" but only want to spend $200 to $300 for a whole system.