"You should check the law before passing on information."

"It is alwys better to over charge than to under charge and make a loss. You must make a profit to survive."

"Don't quote less than £200.
For very small one off jobs quote 1/4 of your daily rate
Then have 1/2 a day rate
Anything that you think will take 1/2 a day or more, charge for a whole day.
Anthing that will take one day or more, charge for two whole…"

"I'm open to offers! It was 470 new last summer and its only been used, and lightly in domestic gardens "

"yes you could quite happily tackle a whole avenue of topiary with it, maybe using a long reacher for the high bits"

"That's good news, thank you. I just went for it because it looked to have the best spec. The other cheap stihls weren't cutting the box well enough"

"It's the classic "Trigger's brush" scenario lol"

"Touch wood, I never lose anything. Probably jinxed myself now haha"

"Haha, I now want to see how they'll be when they have been serviced, spoken to the company that was recommended above and they'll do them for me for £25 and have said they'll come back like new."

"Usually i lose secateurs before I get too emotionally attached to them... breaks your heart but sometimes a new pair is in order and the lost ones are soon forgotten about"

"A battery doesn't last that long unless a big heavy backpack one. But a tank of petrol doesn't last that long either lol"