I might be new to THIS lifestyle, but not to life, women or people. Thats said.....
Forgive the comparison(I mean no disrespect), but say any of us ordered a bunch of food, but ate too fast, drank too much or ate too much salad, and couldnt eat it all. Even if you took it home, it still may not all get eaten. The point i'm trying to make here is that he requested and was allowed extra time or activities, but couldnt finish.
Scenario #!. Who's decision was it for him to leave early without trying to pop again? Or to engage in what could possibly be quality conversation, which would carry over to the next visit via a comfort level? Who decided enough was enough? Apparently his eyes were bigger than his stomach AND his hunger!!
Scenario#2. Wanted to go to greece and made it to the bermuda triangle. So! Maybe he should have planned things out better. Maybe he doesnt know his own 'weaknesses'. Who's ready to go? From what is written, time is NOT an issue. YOU did all YOU could do. Did you have to dress him, or tuck his shirt in for him too? See what Im getting at?
Greedy bitch? To me? HELL NO!!!! Id be the idiot!! It'd be all on me!! That sumbitch just lived and learned!!
If you said yes?? Holy cow, what a woman! What a person!! If it were me, and one of those things happened between you and I, it would bother me(cause you didnt HAVE to refund the doe) to the point of making another multi-hour appointment with you and let you know up front that I am VERY appreciative of you refunding my cash and compliment you on your honesty and heart. I would also let you know up front, that we would be going to dinner, SEPERATE from our session. This would be set up WAY in advance so as to allow you to make the appropriate changes to your schedule, if need be. In a way, it would be a BFE for you AND you make money to boot. Its called showing MY appreciation for YOUR kindness and thoughtfulness and the fact that you didnt have any hard feelings(all based on whether or not you accepted my request for your time, to begin with!).
Im only speaking for myself, no one else.
So, if you did NOT give refund, thats MY problem. If you DID give refund, that would NOT be taken advantage of by me, NOR would it be told to ANYONE!!
Again, speaking for myself, if it were me, you'd most likely have a request by me for a return visit to you. If you say no, then I take it like a man. If you say yes, then I gotta step my game up!!
Besides, I'm not 100% sure how much it matters what EVERYBODY thinks of you, on here. Remember, you can only please some of the people some of the time. You can NOT please all the people all the time.
Again, I speak for myself ONLY.
BTW....dont let this stuff get you down. It's not worth it. You're apparently a very sweet and caring woman. Seriously, if people cant see THAT about you, then what does how they think of you matter anyway?!!
Originally Posted by PJ1964
I don't agree with your analogy in scenario 2. I would argue that Greek is an entirely different service than the GFE, therefore the plane never made it to Bermuda.... the trip to Bermuda and Greece were different vacations. ;p
I think the food analogy is way closer than the trip one. Imagine instead we are at a nice restaurant. You order your main course (GFE). But the kicker is that you have to order dessert (Greek) when you order your main course (social meta of the hobby generally requires you pay for all services up front). I would hope the restaurant wouldn't charge me for dessert if I canceled after I finished my main course (busted my nut), well in advance of when the chefs began any preparation for the dessert (i.e., no steps were taken by the provider toward Greek). Sure, it would be different if the chefs had already started making the dessert (the client tried to enter but was too soft), but without that step, I still feel that a refund would have been the way to go.
That being said, if there is one person that should be standing firm it should be Kandy. It sounds like a lot of her clientelle are dickheads, and they need to be taken advantage of because they are doing it to her. <3 you Kandy.
Kandy, I think offering a refund in the 2 scenarios you describe is not required. Like many have said before the donation is for your time and its not like you had to cut the visit short or were unable to offer services previously agreed to.
Originally Posted by vick_18
Greek is an extra. The time was bought and paid for with the GFE price.
... bah, I wash my hands of this thread. It's too argumentative when you're in the minority, lol.
** EDIT: I didn't read some of the other posts close enough. Apparently the food analogy was already presented. I reworded the thread slightly in light of this.