Guy that worked for me tripped and broke a Rojo Travertine table top that is going to cost me 1952.11 to replace on a job I went light on because he is a repeat customer. Basically I am eating over $1500.00 dollars. The knucklehead that did it quit two days later, that’s another story… The moral is don’t move furniture.
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Ouch… yeah I had a painting contractor turn down a job I sent him because the lady that owned the house had an expensive China cabinet that he refused to move because he didn’t want to break anything. She called here for a few other names and one of the guys took the bait… dropped a soup dish that took 3 months and 600 bucks to get a replacement for…
I once dropped a crystal ball from the end of a curtain rod that cost $800 to replace. $h!t happens man
Ouch! What surprises me is your employee quit two days later. Well, I guess I shouldn’t say it surprises because there are so many people out there who just don’t have any morals. Any decent person would’ve felt indebted to you and would’ve at least tried to work some of it off. Up and quitting is just so wrong.
At least you’re not on military pay anymore. 
Ever.
Sorry you had to deal with that dude…
Darn , how big was it?
That hurts.
So on the not-moving-furniture thing…is this for inside and outside work? And what about the little old lady who can’t move the table off her deck? Do you all make exceptions?
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Geez what’s your deductible?
So, yes it sucks but for the most part I look at it as a cost of doing business. It’s not that I haven’t been bit in the ■■■ before but the cost is usually my time, this one is a straight up whack in the wallet and I don’t like it. I/we learn a lot from one another on this forum so this is kind of a rant and a cautionary tale. As for what about the 90+ yr old lady;? I’ll have that discussion with her as appropriate. I can tell you if she’s talking to me I’ll do whatever she needs and then some every time, that’s not business for me that’s my choice. Thanks for listening and the feedback.
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48*72. It was a 2cm piece with a 2 cm piece of trim to make it look thicker. BTW, Rick happy Veteran’s Day.
Thanks. No wonder it’s so expensive. That’s pretty good size. Just shop hard. I broke a glass table top a year or so, kind of same situation, trying to help out elderly parents of a real good customer, so was charging them hardly anything to clean a large deck. To this day not sure how I did it, but shattered a 48" 1/2" thick piece of glass while trying to move it and I had no idea how expensive that stuff was. But shopped it hard and huge variations in price. Still cost me over $450. Good luck with it.
I dropped a grill two years ago…the wheel got caught on a step and it toppled over. Never moved anything again after that. I always text them the day before to move anything away from the house they don’t want detergents on and for them to confirm my text. I tell them I don’t move anything. Most are cool with it. Sorry they happened to you.
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Oh yes I am. lol I’ve been drawing my retirement check since 1998 
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Never had moved anything.
If homeowner doesnt cause is too heavy, then it us too heavy for me.
If they are afraid then it us the same for me.
Unless they need help, then i help but not my responsibility
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I think most policies are around $500 deductible. But if the damage is less than $5k, you should probably just eat it. Commercial liability works differently than auto or home insurance. Make one claim this year for a broken table, no problem. Cause $20k in siding damage next year, and you’ve become uninsurable.
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I’m eating it for sure. As infinity pointed out it’s just not worth using my insurance on. I’ll save that for a huge problem that I’ll hopefully never have.
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Oh I didn’t know that! Wow thank you for the heads up
