$5,000 Glass.

I am now a expert in leaded glass, drywall, plywood and other various products.

How did this happen?

Well I got a bid for materials, all the columns looked fine until I see the price, $5,750 for a piece of lead shielded glass. You might think well that seems like something that might be expensive, sure its more expensive than a piece of regular glass. Its not $5K expensive though.

What commonly happens is when a medical professional is setting up a facility usually the contractors jump at the chance, because they know they can go bonkers with prices. Most of the time if the Doctor is doing it solo or with limited consultation they can ask exorbitant prices for materials and make a huge profit without the Doctor even asking a question. In times like the current building slowdown we are having this type of work is really a chance to pad the pocketbook.

So like previous instances in my life when I felt like I was getting gouged I took it upon myself to find a source for the product. If in fact this glass cost this much, how can I get in on the profit action? What I found out is obvious, the guy was gouging me to the tune of 400%+ markup, thats a helluva margin.

Of course I found a direct link with a manufacture source, and if I can some how supply these glass shops locally I will.

Oh yeah I am getting the same piece of glass for less than $1K delivered.

Michael Phelps is a machine, the 100 Fly win was so sick. G.O.A.T

I rode for the first time up to my office and back 8 miles one shot, there is a great downhill section that can really get some speed, problem is it has a blind rolling curve that goes to a single line bridge. So you must brake to scrub speed so you don’t mob up on someone at 30mph and destroy them and yourself in a crash. Sucks because one of the worst climbs is at the bottom obviously, and if you could maintain that speed it would really help with starting that climb.

Overall for my first 8 mile ride it wasn’t that bad, by opening time doing half in the morning and the other half at night should be a breeze.