Jim Gary
Member
Posts:261
 | | 11 Dec 2007 01:25 PM |
| 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.
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Posts:117
| | 11 Dec 2007 09:12 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
Member
Posts:69
| | 11 Dec 2007 09:15 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
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Posts:108
| | 11 Dec 2007 09:24 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
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Posts:9
| | 12 Dec 2007 02:36 AM |
| 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
Member
Posts:261
| | 12 Dec 2007 03:21 PM |
| 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
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Posts:476
| | 12 Dec 2007 08:20 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
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Posts:96
| | 13 Dec 2007 12:32 AM |
| 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
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Posts:476
| | 14 Dec 2007 12:42 AM |
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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
Member
Posts:40
| | 15 Dec 2007 06:54 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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Steve Zibilich
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Posts:46
| | 09 Jan 2008 03:13 PM |
| "Dance with the one that brung ya."
If '08 is anything like '07, you will really appreciate this in the long run. My daily work is slow right now, but, how many of us over the years have had really busy Decembers and Januarys for day work anyway? The minute you jump for a small winter storm, things will undoubtedly pick up back home, and you will wish you had stayed.
It is kind of exciting to see hail this early, though... | | | |
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Irving Sewell
New Forum User
Posts:11
| | 16 Jan 2008 03:19 AM |
| Very curious situation if some dont jump biz at home wont pick up .Too many have broke into the ranks it is now survival of the fit and lean. If you have debt you will be wearing a smock and filing bankruptcy. If you spend like no tommorrow you will be broke tommorrow. I appreciate this situation very much when we roll around to another good season in 10 years I will still be ready to pounce! Hope to see some of you at the next starting line. | | | |
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Scott Rasbach
New Forum User
Posts:2
| | 27 Feb 2008 04:13 PM |
| Sounds like CAS out of Dallas. Tx | | | |
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Ray Hall
Veteran Member
Posts:897
| | 28 Feb 2008 12:07 AM |
| It seems about two large carriers and the vendors who work for them and the top adjusters with these vendors number about 200 people. They do not post on this forum and can make a good living doing storm work. Then we have all the rest and this list must have several thousand people with an assorted level of competance. Its just the way it is. | | | |
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Ray Hall
Veteran Member
Posts:897
| | 28 Feb 2008 12:22 AM |
| I met a young man who is very sharp and his first storm was Rita and he worked 10 months on Rita. He worked 3 storms in 07 and was called to work Buffalo and then called back not to deploy and then was called to work tornado losses in the outbreak about one month ago. He has closed 96 losses in 3 weeks and is now working files that have been turned back for some reason. Question is he a better adjuster than some one you know? My answer is he is doing something right.......and if I was in charge I may be doing the same as his boss. | | | |
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