[AUsome Joy]

My brother-in-law is an engineer and these ring so true. Ever sold a house to an engineer? That is a scream!!

[Sword_of_Gideon]

Ever sold a house to an engineer? That is a scream!!

I resemble that remark! Even worse, I was buying a van for the wife & the salesman had the nerve to try & show me the vanity mirror & internal bells & whistles. I had a lot of fun with that one, especially when I got out my calculator & started figuring payments. They really aren't prepared for anyone who knows what a car is worth, how much your trade-in is worth, what current interest rates are, or how much your willing to spend. Do your homework upfront & go in prepared & they'll crumble every time.

My favorite thing to do, though, is when you buy something that needs to be assembled, & the assembly instructions are all wrong (as they ALWAYS are). Well then I love to mark them up with suggested design improvements or process improvements in their assembly steps. I just know that its an accountant or manager writing those manuals somewhere who has no grasp on how things are supposed to go together.

[in the Arena]

Ha ! That's true, the guy that built my house use to run when he saw me coming...I took a plumb line and builders level to a walk through...they hated me...especially when I started reciting the Minimum Workmanship Standards published by the Registrar of Contractors...and don't get me started on buying a new car...

[WIMom]

The first thing I do is look at the important stuff, like furnace, plumbing, roof, structure, etc. The realitors think I'm nuts because I don't look at all the 'girl' things first.