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I had a customer pay me $200 to grease the pulleys on his boat lift. I do the landscaping at his house, so I guess he figured he would give me the money than a boat lift repair company? I get there and he doesn't have any zerks on these pulleys. Went to grab the ladder and I heard the screeching from the from yard, omg. Get back to the boat lift and give it a listen. I'm like that's up by the chain, not the pulleys. I point out two zerk fittings and tell him there is a screw that connects to that gear that needs to greased lol. Didn't grease the pulleys like he wanted, but still paid me the $200 for fixing the squeak. It stopped immediately once he greased it. I'm still trying to figure out why he thought I needed $200. That was his number not mine. I went ahead and greased anything else I could find since there weren't any pulleys. Normally on something like that I'd say don't worry about payment, but I'm broke with how expensive everything is these days. He's got back problems, so who knows. He was happy in the end. Opinions? I guess this is one of those instances where my knowledge makes me a dollar and not my body. Lol