Jim Gary
Adjuster
Mineral Wells, Tx
Posts:226
 | | 12/11/2007 8:25 AM |
| I revieved an email from one company and a call from another, regarding stand by for the winter storms currently going on. I have decided to forgo this storm since i have just got my dayclaims up to a respectable level. I may have just shot myself in the foot for those companies, but do not feel it will be worth flushing a relationship with the folks relying on me now to go to a short term storm. What is every one else going to do? I wonder how many are really left? | |
I know the voices aren't real, but sometimes they're right! | |
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joseph lombardo jr.
Adjuster
Clearwater, Florida
Posts:109
| | 12/11/2007 4:12 PM |
| Jim,
Stay home and cultivate the daily work...........once cultivated and nourished on a steady basis, it will blossom.....
Joe | | | |
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Wes Davis
Lighthouse Point Florida
Posts:50
| | 12/11/2007 4:15 PM |
| | Jim I do day claims in SE Florida as an IA. Very bad things are happening with storm chasers right now. I blame everything on the 04-05 hurricanes. From being too many IA's to being too many staffers its all because of those dang hurricanes. My suggestion is stay with the daily stuff until the industry levels back off. Do your brothers a favor though and if you turn down actual storm work give a recommendation of a known and trusted storm adjuster. Don't recommend newbies or acquaintances as there is too great of a chance of biting yourself in the butt. Nothing against the new guys but if your going to recommend someone they must be tried true and tested and 100% up to the job. | | | |
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Leland Coontz
Posts:81
| | 12/11/2007 4:24 PM |
| There is a very old economic rule you can apply to difficult questions such as this:
"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush".
You might not like to hear that, but it's usually true. Trust me, I get wanderlust all the time. I have to be grateful I have a steady job. Also, considering that we seem to be entering a recession (if we're not already there!) so steady work become relatively more valuable than high income short term gigs.
If things get slow for me I will try to catch up on my education- maybe get a contractor's license, or work Saturdays in a car body shop to learn vehicle estimating. Right now I'm real busy because of the San Diego and Malibu fires.
Just watch- if you went on that CAT you'd probbaly have a major event happen in your own town the day after you left....
I just know that day I move out of California will be when the big earthquake hits..... | | | |
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Nathan Lomas
Marysville, WA
Posts:7
| | 12/11/2007 9:36 PM |
| Jim,
I would keep the daily business if you have it. I have run to some of the smaller storms this year (Hail in Minnesota) and pretty much broke even or came just a little ahead. My daily business is slow at times, but it seems every time I try to go and do something else is when it picks up. I just went on orders with the Army (I'm in the reserves) and then the weather went crazy up here (Pacific Northwest) and I had to jump through hoops to get them revoked. Two days before I left for Minnesota I got ten daily claims. It seems if I need some business I need to call someone and tell them I'm leaving the area. | | | |
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Jim Gary
Adjuster
Mineral Wells, Tx
Posts:226
| | 12/12/2007 10:21 AM |
| | My mind was made up prior to starting the thread, I'm staying. I was wondering what every one was planning for the near future. | |
I know the voices aren't real, but sometimes they're right! | |
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Larry Hardin
Adjuster
Oklahoma City, OK
Posts:287
| | 12/12/2007 3:20 PM |
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I've always thought that I should ride the horse that got me this far.
That little filly in the next pasture may not run worth a damn.
I can tell ya for sure that some I've jumped the fence for didn't run very far or very fast.
I refer to those as some of my "learining experiences". | |
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Larry Wright
Grand Bay (Mobile) Alabama
Posts:46
| | 12/12/2007 7:32 PM |
| Larry H.
Seems to me you got it wrong. If you jump the fence for that little filly, the last thing you would want is for her to run off. | |
No one is absolutely worthless, at the very least you can serve as a bad example. | |
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Larry Hardin
Adjuster
Oklahoma City, OK
Posts:287
| | 12/13/2007 7:42 PM |
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I don't want her to run off, ............I just wish she could run, period. | |
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Jack French
Posts:42
| | 12/15/2007 1:54 PM |
| | I turned down a chance to work in Tulsa for a company that found my resume on this site. The pay schedule was low and the claims were lender based, schedule A only. They also wanted Simsol and I don't have an active copy of that at this time. I do have Xactimate and MSB active. The storms I've been on this year have not paid that well and day work has picked up of late. I will go to this Ice storm, but I need a good pay schedule and at least a decent number of claims to get me out in the ice. | | | |
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