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  • wtfent
    Confirmed User
    • Nov 2003
    • 3790

    #1

    How far is too far to drive to a meeting?

    I got this guy coming in from the east coast to visit family and he will be about 3 hours away from me, he really wants to have a meeting but I'm like damn a 6 hour round trip for a meeting. This is a pretty big deal but damn. What should I do?
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  • sortie
    Confirmed User
    • Mar 2007
    • 7771

    #2
    3 hours is max.

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    • gornyhuy
      Chafed.
      • May 2002
      • 18041

      #3
      If its more than about 90 minutes, I push hard for a teleconference, or I fly or take a train.

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      • TheDoc
        Too lazy to set a custom title
        • Jul 2001
        • 13827

        #4
        6 hours round trip isn't bad, 3 hours each way is short enough to not fly. Turn on the tunes and enjoy the drive. I grew up in Texas, everything in 90 miles away
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        • baddog
          So Fucking Banned
          • Apr 2001
          • 107089

          #5
          I have driven LA to Vegas and back just for a meeting.

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          • klaze
            So Fucking Banned
            • May 2008
            • 2167

            #6
            Originally posted by wtfent
            I got this guy coming in from the east coast to visit family and he will be about 3 hours away from me, he really wants to have a meeting but I'm like damn a 6 hour round trip for a meeting. This is a pretty big deal but damn. What should I do?
            That's a tough one..

            it'd be pretty hard for someone to suggest I drive 3 hours to meet them for a meeting.

            They better have a lot to talk about and it better be leading to a lot of cash in the very near future.

            I'd suggest he meets you half way so yer only doing a 1.5 hour drive..

            I find a lot of people are idiots.. and they make dumb plans like asking me to drive 3 hours to come meet them for a meeting for no reason at all..

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            • tony299
              lurker
              • Aug 2002
              • 57021

              #7
              how much money can it put in your pocket? Is it worth it to you?

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              • TheDoc
                Too lazy to set a custom title
                • Jul 2001
                • 13827

                #8
                I think 90% of the people that have posted in this thread often read/post more than 6 hours a day. So really, everyone has more than enough time to give up 8 hours of GFY
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                • Sly
                  Let's do some business!
                  • Sep 2004
                  • 31379

                  #9
                  If it's a pretty good financial relationship, why not... a day of your time to keep a client/partner happy is not all that bad. Particularly if you are making good money out of the relationship.
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                  • kowalsky
                    Confirmed User
                    • Oct 2003
                    • 2494

                    #10
                    More than 2 hours ONLY if the meeting point is a great place or, if the one you are going to meet with, it´s a sexy fucking bitch.
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                    • Bama
                      Confirmed User
                      • Nov 2001
                      • 2727

                      #11
                      The longest I've gone for a meeting was Seattle to New York

                      8 hours fly time there - arrived 10 P.M - had meeting next morning and it lasted 90 minutes and got back on the plane 2 hours later and flew 8 hours home.

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                      • sumphatpimp
                        Confirmed User
                        • Aug 2002
                        • 5235

                        #12
                        it was his idea. if he is serious, let him do the traveling.
                        what the hell is he going to tell you that he can't tell you on the phone?
                        maybe he is just lonely?

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                        • sltr
                          Confirmed User
                          • Dec 2002
                          • 3191

                          #13
                          face 2 face seals the deals. if you want to be absolutley sure you close the deal, take the meeting.

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                          • tranza
                            ICQ: 197-556-237
                            • Jun 2003
                            • 57559

                            #14
                            If this is a one time kind of thing, and he really is pushing for it, I'd go.
                            I'm just a newbie.

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                            • PornMogul
                              Confirmed User
                              • May 2007
                              • 1495

                              #15
                              I also live in SD. The furthest I would drive is to LA and back.

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                              • Zuzana Designs
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                                • Feb 2005
                                • 20902

                                #16
                                It depends on how much money can be made and how important the person is for me.. I will drive 20 hours to meet with someone for bizz if the drive meansmaking a shit load of money

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                                • pornguy
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                                  • Mar 2003
                                  • 62910

                                  #17
                                  Meet half way.
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                                  • Dagwolf
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                                    • Sep 2003
                                    • 23141

                                    #18
                                    Originally posted by Zuzana Designs
                                    It depends on how much money can be made and how important the person is for me.. I will drive 20 hours to meet with someone for bizz if the drive meansmaking a shit load of money
                                    Find something else to do in the area that makes the trip worthwhile even if the meeting flops.
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                                    • k0nr4d
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                                      • Aug 2006
                                      • 9231

                                      #19
                                      just drive 3 times faster and its a 1 hour trip each way
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                                      • sortie
                                        Confirmed User
                                        • Mar 2007
                                        • 7771

                                        #20
                                        Originally posted by baddog
                                        I have driven LA to Vegas and back just for a meeting.
                                        Yeah, but that's not a good example because intergalactic properties state that when traveling from one hell hole to another time actually stands still.

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                                        • Violetta
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                                          • Jul 2004
                                          • 28735

                                          #21
                                          if it is profitable, then there is no limit!
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                                          • Supz
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                                            • Jul 2006
                                            • 11057

                                            #22
                                            depends what the monetary possibilities are

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                                            • fatfoo
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                                              • Mar 2003
                                              • 27763

                                              #23
                                              4hours is too far
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