I got a call yesterday from the guy who is having the yearly event in Branch Brook Park in Newark, NJ on August 31. Him and his wife have this event every year on the last Saturday in August. So he calls to see if we were still doing the event this year. I told him yes but I had a question about supplying the equipment to do the event in the park. My understanding was that he was supposed to have someone supply the equipment and we were to just supply minimal stuff to get the event done. My partner was to call this person about the equipment they were suppose to bring. He was sick for a while and forgot to make the call. Now I got told that we're to bring our setup and this person was to bring in some extra equipment to enhance what we're bringing if needed.
Then he talked to my partner. I was just picking him up from the hospital. He tells my partner to forget about this person bringing in extra equipment. So the thing is he was trying to give us a hint that he wants more then what we brought there last year. The problem with that is he wants us to bring more but pay us the same thing he paid us from last year. No way. For us to bring more, he will need to pay us more. He got a great deal last! We brought the 2 Yorkville subs, 2 Yamaha tops, 2 Yamaha dual 15's speakers, 2 Mackie speakers for the people performing, our setups to play with and dual cordless mics. He got all of that for $350. We know it's a community charity event for his son's memorial that died 2 weeks after his 12th birthday from a form of Cancer.
We never told him we needed any help with anything as far as equipment goes. Which we don't need help. We both have been doing this for too many years. I've been back 19 years. So we have the right equipment to get the job done. If he wants more we could bring 2 more dual 15's to add to the setup. That won't happen unless he pays us more money. For us to do that it would cost $500 and there's no way he could get a better deal then that. Now the entire event is 8 1/2 hours long. So we can't be more generous then what we're doing right now. He messed up 2 years ago by being cheap. He got someone to do it for $250 and it was a big mess. He told my partner he could get anybody to do it for $250. He got what he paid for and that is a hot mess.
Now if he wanted the Earthquakes as well, then he would have to agree to pay us $700. Again that's a steal of a deal. So until he gets that in order get more he has to spend more, this is what he gets for the money he wants to pay. Of course there are thos on here who won't agree to us providing the same equipment as less year for that same price and they are right. Just looking to help out since it's a charity event. Bottom line we don't need help with someone supplying us a damn thing! We know what we're doing and got things covered. So just let us do what we do and keep it moving instead of him trying to scheme on how he can save money. When he has done that he has gotten horrible results. With us it will be tight to the right. Nobody complaing including my frien who attended last year event that has been been doing this longer then me. He told me if I offered to do it for him for that price, he would hurry up and pay us.
Then he talked to my partner. I was just picking him up from the hospital. He tells my partner to forget about this person bringing in extra equipment. So the thing is he was trying to give us a hint that he wants more then what we brought there last year. The problem with that is he wants us to bring more but pay us the same thing he paid us from last year. No way. For us to bring more, he will need to pay us more. He got a great deal last! We brought the 2 Yorkville subs, 2 Yamaha tops, 2 Yamaha dual 15's speakers, 2 Mackie speakers for the people performing, our setups to play with and dual cordless mics. He got all of that for $350. We know it's a community charity event for his son's memorial that died 2 weeks after his 12th birthday from a form of Cancer.
We never told him we needed any help with anything as far as equipment goes. Which we don't need help. We both have been doing this for too many years. I've been back 19 years. So we have the right equipment to get the job done. If he wants more we could bring 2 more dual 15's to add to the setup. That won't happen unless he pays us more money. For us to do that it would cost $500 and there's no way he could get a better deal then that. Now the entire event is 8 1/2 hours long. So we can't be more generous then what we're doing right now. He messed up 2 years ago by being cheap. He got someone to do it for $250 and it was a big mess. He told my partner he could get anybody to do it for $250. He got what he paid for and that is a hot mess.
Now if he wanted the Earthquakes as well, then he would have to agree to pay us $700. Again that's a steal of a deal. So until he gets that in order get more he has to spend more, this is what he gets for the money he wants to pay. Of course there are thos on here who won't agree to us providing the same equipment as less year for that same price and they are right. Just looking to help out since it's a charity event. Bottom line we don't need help with someone supplying us a damn thing! We know what we're doing and got things covered. So just let us do what we do and keep it moving instead of him trying to scheme on how he can save money. When he has done that he has gotten horrible results. With us it will be tight to the right. Nobody complaing including my frien who attended last year event that has been been doing this longer then me. He told me if I offered to do it for him for that price, he would hurry up and pay us.