Are you a buyer

keep going

Looking at fj today and I saw a couple of ads with testimonies from lads and it struck me I dont buy much, in other words I have apolicey of not buying anything unless I go looking for it.I have found in the past that any time I bought stuff to improve things I usually stop buying after a couple of years with no difference.also if I am buying stuff I tend to spend months doing homework (drives herself mad) and lastly never buy something when you get on the phone first always put down the phone and ring back later.am I a salesman nightmare or are ye all like that

bob charles

I will come back to you about that

jersey101

Im not easy to sell to ill only buy something that i need but the father is a salesman's dream

Sharpshooter82

keep going wrote: »

Looking at fj today and I saw a couple of ads with testimonies from lads and it struck me I dont buy much, in other words I have apolicey of not buying anything unless I go looking for it.I have found in the past that any time I bought stuff to improve things I usually stop buying after a couple of years with no difference.also if I am buying stuff I tend to spend months doing homework (drives herself mad) and lastly never buy something when you get on the phone first always put down the phone and ring back later.am I a salesman nightmare or are ye all like that

Same as myself

Conmaicne Mara

Same as yourself, loads of Googling and asking and emailing, and buy SFA at the end of it!

Sharpshooter82

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Same as yourself, loads of Googling and asking and emailing, and buy SFA at the end of it!

or decide to have a go at making it yourself

Conmaicne Mara

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

or decide to have a go at making it yourself

Haha, funny, I thought about adding that when I was writing it

cosatron

I find my dad's loses the plot when something's breaks and makes an declaration that his buying a new one and it never happens. 4 years ago the clutch went in the tractor for second time in a year and he took off down to Murphy's in headford, hell bent on buying a new tractor. We still have the same piece of sh*t

bob charles

cosatron wrote: »

I find my dad's loses the plot when something's breaks and makes an declaration that his buying a new one and it never happens. 4 years ago the clutch went in the tractor for second time in a year and he took off down to Murphy's in headford, hell bent on buying a new tractor. We still have the same piece of sh*t

I assume your father would appreciate a ticket to the negative farming conference as a christmas present

cosatron

he is a paid up member. great farmer but can be the most negative man when things go wrong.

Conmaicne Mara

bob charles wrote: »

I assume your father would appreciate a ticket to the negative farming conference as a christmas present

Some type of raffle or competition is needed Bob. Free pair of tickets for the most moany hard luck story/photo.

Marooned75

Yeah but no but

munkus

That drives me cracked. If the auld lad needed 5 bolts he'd buy 5. A month later he'd need another one and buy 1.

I'd buy enough of the variable stuff that you will eventually need. Otherwise you're on the road when you need something in a hurry.

Sharpshooter82

bob charles wrote: »

I assume your father would appreciate a ticket to the negative farming conference as a christmas present

plugging again

feartuath

Buying stuff
If you can't use it,eat it,ride it,or bring it home it ain't worth buying.
L
Saw that on a t-shirt in USA

onyerbikepat

Yep all of the above. Research it, google it, try and buy it second hand on donedeal, then normally end up making it myself.
How long something lasts, is far more important than what you paid for it on day one.

delaval

Only buy what's needed not what'll be handy.

Will only buy recognised marque.

No salesmen calling here as I have an electric gate at farm yard. That said one slipped the net yesterday selling minerals, got a short shrift. Any one notice that all the sales guys are fresh out of Ag college. Reinforces my view that college only educates most to work for someone else.

munkus

delaval wrote: »

Only buy what's needed not what'll be handy.

Will only buy recognised marque.

No salesmen calling here as I have an electric gate at farm yard. That said one slipped the net yesterday selling minerals, got a short shrift. Any one notice that all the sales guys are fresh out of Ag college. Reinforces my view that college only educates most to work for someone else.

That's a fairly narrow view on education. Did ya go to college yourself? :-)

delaval

munkus wrote: »

That's a fairly narrow view on education. Did ya go to college yourself? :-)

Went from Oct to Dec of first year, spent book money on beer and was promptly removed by the boss.

70% of my classmates went to college and about 2% of them now work for themselves. I've noticed with family and friends that its all pressure to pass the exams with very little emphasis on the practical end of things.

A good training with a great mentor is what I'd call an education.

That said you need education to get into the graduate programmes

Damo810

delaval wrote: »

Went from Oct to Dec of first year, spent book money on beer and was promptly removed by the boss.

70% of my classmates went to college and about 2% of them now work for themselves. I've noticed with family and friends that its all pressure to pass the exams with very little emphasis on the practical end of things.

A good training with a great mentor is what I'd call an education.

That said you need education to get into the graduate programmes

The other thing I noticed was how many graduates are 'underemployed'. What I mean is, they get their degree in say business, and then end up stacking shelves or working in supermacs. 55% of Americans are working a job that doesn't require the degree they hold..

delaval

Damo810 wrote: »

The other thing I noticed was how many graduates are 'underemployed'. What I mean is, they get their degree in say business, and then end up stacking shelves or working in supermacs. 55% of Americans are working a job that doesn't require the degree they hold..

I've met many business graduates who can't do simple things like buy and sell.

I not criticising the graduate but the system that churns them out.

In my secondary school there was an A and B class. We in the B class were told that the lads in the A class were being educated to work for us

onyerbikepat

delaval wrote: »

In my secondary school there was an A and B class. We in the B class were told that the lads in the A class were being educated to work for us

I guess people believe what they want to believe.
The economic benefits of a degree published by Universities UK in February 2007, reports the average lifetime earnings of a graduate as £160,000 more than those of a non-graduate with two A-levels.

http://ww2.prospects.ac.uk/cms/ShowPage/Home_page/Main_menu___Research/Labour_market_information/Labour_market_FAQs/How_do_graduate_and_non_graduate_salaries_compare_/p!elkFpLg

keep going

delaval wrote: »

I've met many business graduates who can't do simple things like buy and sell.

I not criticising the graduate but the system that churns them out.

In my secondary school there was an A and B class. We in the B class were told that the lads in the A class were being educated to work for us

It might be that they will work forr us but they still get better paid for less work. By the way its good to know im not as quare as my wife makes out or maybe ye are all quare too, quare and negative

1chippy

A teacher put it to us once. the ones up the front of the class are our lawyers and doctors. the ones in the middle are our teachers and guards and the ones down the back are those who will work the manual jobs, however he said there will be a couple who will be too stubborn and stupid to fail, one day they may put themselves so far into debt to buy a lorry or such and without even thinking about it end up with a fleet.

P_Cash

I will try and make it before I buy it.. . . if at all possible

tabby aspreme

delaval wrote: »

Went from Oct to Dec of first year, spent book money on beer and was promptly removed by the boss.

70% of my classmates went to college and about 2% of them now work for themselves. I've noticed with family and friends that its all pressure to pass the exams with very little emphasis on the practical end of things.

A good training with a great mentor is what I'd call an education.

That said you need education to get into the graduate programmes

Would agree, most of the employers and business people around here haven't gone to college , a lot of them served apprenticeships though

delaval

keep going wrote: »

It might be that they will work forr us but they still get better paid for less work. By the way its good to know im not as quare as my wife makes out or maybe ye are all quare too, quare and negative

I've been accused of much and guilty of most but negative is a first

awaywithyou

I don't think i am a buyer....

Will buy what the cows need.... Or what I think they need... Have no interest in machinery (which drives father ballistic) e.g. we start our 30/40 year old loader off the welder....!

My dad is a bit of a concrete addict unfortunately....

awaywithyou

P_Cash wrote: »

I will try and make it before I buy it.. . . if at all possible

I sometimes have the same attitude as you.... Unfortunately, it can be cheaper to buy it off a lad making hundreds of the same thing....

jersey101

awaywithyou wrote: »

I don't think i am a buyer....

Will buy what the cows need.... Or what I think they need... Have no interest in machinery (which drives father ballistic) e.g. we start our 30/40 year old loader off the welder....!

My dad is a bit of a concrete addict unfortunately....

Off the welder? =O how does that work??

Kevhog1988

delaval wrote: »

I've met many business graduates who can't do simple things like buy and sell.

I not criticising the graduate but the system that churns them out.

In my secondary school there was an A and B class. We in the B class were told that the lads in the A class were being educated to work for us

I was in the b class too… i think its true to life to be honest. Any guy i know that was in the a class would always be working for someone else. Us in the b class were interested in farming , horses, cars etc. The majority of us did apprenticeships or construction related college courses. Id say between us all were in every corner of the world and all getting on great.

P_Cash

awaywithyou wrote: »

I sometimes have the same attitude as you.... Unfortunately, it can be cheaper to buy it off a lad making hundreds of the same thing....

not even that, but I have often found that you will spend 4 days F'ing and hammering trying to fix or make something out in the shed than taking the easy way out and take a 30 min trip to town and buying a new one for €40. .

its a man/diy thing i guess. . .

are we DIY because thats the way we are, able to do it.

or, is it the fact that we refuse the easy option. . get someone else. .

I like DIY

Sam Kade

jersey101 wrote: »

Off the welder? =O how does that work??

Only thing I started with the welder on the tractor was a fire :eek:

Muckit

I think a lot of lads are only codding themselves. It's all how you view it in your head l suppose.

But we all work for ourselves and we all work for someone else too.

Sorry that statement might hurt a few lads brains this time of night. Forget l said anything :-)

awaywithyou

jersey101 wrote: »

Off the welder? =O how does that work??

Jump leads from the welder to the battery....

This is one of those old big plant welders.... Cooled by oil I think.... Anyway does the job.. Couldn't justify spending 70000 on a machine that goes for at most an hour a day...

The cab is also falling asunder which is a pity... Have to wear waterproof jacket when driving it... If its raining... Poor me....:D

jersey101

awaywithyou wrote: »

Jump leads from the welder to the battery....

This is one of those old big plant welders.... Cooled by oil I think.... Anyway does the job.. Couldn't justify spending 70000 on a machine that goes for at most an hour a day...

The cab is also falling asunder which is a pity... Have to wear waterproof jacket when driving it... If its raining... Poor me....:D

Some lads love hardship

mf240

delaval wrote: »

In my secondary school there was an A and B class. We in the B class were told that the lads in the A class were being educated to work for us

There was a c group in our school. Those guys were only there because that's where the bus stopped.

keep going

delaval wrote: »

I've been accused of much and guilty of most but negative is a first

Thats a references to the other thread

Conmaicne Mara

mf240 wrote: »

There was a c group in our school. Those guys were only there because that's where the bus stopped.

We had a D class as well.

One guy used to crush flies against the windows and eat them. Not sure why the rest of them were there.

mf240

Wouldn't never buy off someone who calls to the yard uninvited. They are always selling overpriced stuff ya don't need.

Kevhog1988

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

We had a D class as well.

One guy used to crush flies against the windows and eat them. Not sure why the rest of them were there.

we had a,b,c,d a1 & b1 ….. B1 was bad!!! people learning to read at 14/15….

mf240

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

We had a D class as well.

One guy used to crush flies against the windows and eat them. Not sure why the rest of them were there.

heard that guy done a sign language coarse after, think he went to south Africa since:D

keep going

As we used to ask after exams,"were you under water"----below C level

Conmaicne Mara

Seeing as I was in A, has any of ye got a job for me ???

Sharpshooter82

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

Seeing as I was in A, has any of ye got a job for me ???

Nope I've seen your drainage industry

Conmaicne Mara

Sharpshooter82 wrote: »

Nope I've seen your drainage industry

You couldn't afford me :cool:

Sharpshooter82

Conmaicne Mara wrote: »

You couldn't afford me :cool:

Your damn right I couldn't, what was it 5 metres a day :P

Bodacious

keep going wrote: »

Looking at fj today and I saw a couple of ads with testimonies from lads and it struck me I dont buy much, in other words I have apolicey of not buying anything unless I go looking for it.I have found in the past that any time I bought stuff to improve things I usually stop buying after a couple of years with no difference.also if I am buying stuff I tend to spend months doing homework (drives herself mad) and lastly never buy something when you get on the phone first always put down the phone and ring back later.am I a salesman nightmare or are ye all like that

id class myself as a buyer.. I do my research and shop round always but if I need it I just get it as its another job ticked off of my list and one less thing to think about


going more online lately though:


This week:


Ebay.co.uk - CB2 clubman deluxe hunting lamp .. borrowed a neighbours and loved it, spare charger as his is shot also


McGraths.ie - solar electric fence and digital tester and 3 new leads
did electrical.com- new hob
animalfarmacy- allsure bullets and syringes etc


all stuff I needed

nashmach

Spend way too long thinking about things, mulling them over, researching them and then finally taking the plunge. All part of the game I suppose.

freedominacup

keep going wrote: »

Looking at fj today and I saw a couple of ads with testimonies from lads and it struck me I dont buy much, in other words I have apolicey of not buying anything unless I go looking for it.I have found in the past that any time I bought stuff to improve things I usually stop buying after a couple of years with no difference.also if I am buying stuff I tend to spend months doing homework (drives herself mad) and lastly never buy something when you get on the phone first always put down the phone and ring back later.am I a salesman nightmare or are ye all like that

The oul boy went into town yesterday to buy a couple of smartphones. He looks after the comms around here. The phone bills are paid out of an account in his name so it's his baby. I left him at it. This was his at least 6th trip since early Oct on the same job. He rang around dinnertime yesterday to get me to scan his licence on to an e-mail and send it to whatever shop he was in. I could hear the young sales guy in the background, the poor, pitiful, broken wretch. I reckon he was on the point of jacking the whole lot in. It was hilarious.

Muckit

freedominacup wrote: »

The oul boy went into town yesterday to buy a couple of smartphones........He rang around dinnertime yesterday to get me to scan his licence on to an e-mail ........It was hilarious.

Are you sure it was a phone shop he went into? :-)