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A perfect example of "cheaper to do it right the first time" happened to me on Monday. I happen to be in Miami, FL at the moment on other business. One of the things I learned how to do over the years is motorized window treatments. Went to a 30th floor condo on the beach where there were two floor to celling windows in the master bedroom that met at about a fifteen degree angle. This had to be a high five figure decorating job and maybe low six. In the two windows they had put two Hunter Douglas pleated motorized shades and tried to drive them off one motor with a solid connection between the drive shafts. Probably worked for ten or twenty cycles before it went bad. As soon as UPS gets here with the parts they can now pay for my time to take it down; put two new motors in--yes the first motor now also fails the sniff test probably from being overloaded; pay me put it all back together and then reset the limit switches. Would have cost about a hundred more to do it right in the first place which in the context of the job wouldn't even pay the sales tax. I will have over three hundred worth of parts in the job and I am not shy about billing for my time or my helpers. Your mileage may vary
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