[TenTec] Is this how it is done today?

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Hi, Chip:

I've read the thread over the weekend. Maybe some of our answers will prove 
useful to you. Hope so.

You simply asked a question: "Is this how it is done today?" 

The answer is simple:  "Sometimes. Never always. Just sometimes. Usually 
rarely, but it does turn out this way sometimes."

Can you tell ahead of time if the deal is going to turn sour? No.

It is a bit like knowing when you have a job. It isn't when you show up for 
work. It isn't during all the labor of doing the work, whether it is an hour or 
a week or a month. 

You know you have a job when the work is done, and you get your check, and 
you take the check to the bank, and you deposit it or cash it, and the check 
doesn't bounce. Then and only then do you really know you have a job.

Better experience next time.

73         Raymond                W5VPU