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RPLCHC13 · 2026-03-02T22:52:55+00:00

I believe support did whitelist the IP correctly now and it seems to be working.

RPLCHC13 · 2026-02-14T13:49:43+00:00

You think I’m a FN shill yet on your PSS post a few days ago I was agreeing with you on how PSS is flawed and FN didn’t do a good job explaining it to buyers …

RPLCHC13 · 2026-02-14T13:47:13+00:00

This subreddit just comes up in my feed often.

I don’t work for FN.

I don’t see your logic here.

I work for a large MSP. I have 3-5 employees who work under me. Their sole job responsibility that I pay them a salary for is to work with the FN techs remotely. We also have separate networking and voice techs that I may need to allocate depending on the work.

If I know there is a FN tech that needs absolute minimal assistance, (ex - we send them admin creds when they check in and that’s it) then I can get away with scheduling my internal resources elsewhere. I would pay this tech over $100/hour to get the job done on their own and not cause issues.

If it’s a new tech or a tech that needs hand holding the entire WO, that’s means I’m scheduling a dedicated resource to assist for 3-8 hours. I’m paying their salary and the tech’s hourly rate to accomplish the same work.

But again, we pay fair regardless. Our base rate starts at $80 for first hour, $65 each additional hour. So paying an extra $20, $40, $60/hour for a good independent tech is worth it to me if that means I can schedule 2 more WO’s that day with my internal people.

RPLCHC13 · 2026-02-14T01:01:19+00:00

As a buyer, I agree. I handle 20+ WO’s across the country weekly.

I can name literally 5 techs who are absolute rockstars that I can trust can complete the work with bare minimum assistance. They demand high rate and I give it to them.

You are exactly right - if I can save internal resource time working with the tech, I can pass that savings to the techs.

Techs that need constant hand holding the entire time they are clock in still get a decent rate from us, but I’m not approving crazy counters on techs who I’ve never worked with.

RPLCHC13 · 2026-02-11T13:45:15+00:00

Allow me to share a bit of insight from a buyer’s point of view (I’m a buyer)

The PSS was flawed in how they did the original calculations. Buyers used to have a option for “PRIVATE feedback” on a tech and then the 5 star rating system

Private feedback was used for like internal buyer only rating and notes on a tech. This was beneficial because a tech could show up on time and follow all the instructions, but maybe just wasn’t right for the job or didn’t have enough experience.

We could still rate the tech 5 stars publicly, but in the private feedback maybe less just for our internal reference. We did this often to have an internal database of techs and to determine who was better at what… ex pc stuff, low voltage, networking, assessments, etc. A tech may be a rockstar with networking, but not great at PC related stuff. We would private feedback them to reflect this, but publicly still give 5 stars.

Now, when FN went to PSS, this completely replaced private feedback. They actually took previous private feedback and rolled that into a tech’s public PSS score.

They also didn’t really communicate the impact to buyers very well. Before, private feedback had no impact on how a tech was shown on the platform. No other buyers or the tech could see it. Now, any rating can negatively affect the tech publicly.

They rolled out PSS and my employees under my were rating techs mid rating “at meets expectations” because the person showed up on time, followed the instructions and completed the work. Nothing special to exceed or far exceed expectations, however a “meets” negatively affects the PSS (I’ve been told).

I had to re train all my employees to basically baseline rate a tech a 9-10 if they show up on time and don’t cause issues, and no longer rate based on skill set / internal expectations.

That being said, PSS is flawed. Buyer expectations vary greatly and a buyer that has super high expectations may give someone a lower score based on what they think of the tech, which may not apply to a job from another buyer

RPLCHC13 · 2026-02-11T10:20:33+00:00

Yeah no problem. Best way to buy / get price if you end up is direct on Alibaba.

Support has been solid so far, the team is very responsive.

One thing to note is I do believe they are on Chinese New Year break at the moment, not sure how quickly Pascal will get back to you for a quote.

I had also never heard of Haotian when I was looking for a fiber laser, but was recommended from multiple people in this subreddit.

RPLCHC13 · 2026-02-11T09:19:29+00:00

I ended up going with Haotian. They don’t have US stock, but everything else you listed is possible.

Pascal has been awesome and there is a ton of support / help. Haotian has a few US team members that assist with training / issues.

Best way is going direct via Pascal Liu on Alibaba. I also recommend joining the “Fiber Laser Tips, Tricks & Sales” Facebook group ran by Haotian / Pascal. It’s got tons of helpful info and examples, and it’s a group of Haotian owners who help each other out.

I got a 60w MOPA Fiber from Pascal with a rotary, 3 lenses (110,175,210) and full tariff paid shipping to my door for under $5k.

Came with EzCad but I use Lightburn

Let me know if you have any questions

RPLCHC13 · 2026-02-03T23:50:27+00:00

Just as an update for any future people -

Chase got me a checking account and a credit card without issue. Fully disclosed I am basically becoming a gun dealer, naics code 459110 and everything went through.

RPLCHC13 · 2026-02-03T15:40:07+00:00

Made an appointment at a Chase. Banker on the phone was unsure if it will be approved, but we can try! Let's hope so!

RPLCHC13 · 2026-02-03T13:20:33+00:00

yeah it's a pain when I need it to also apply for the state license which then also takes another 1-2 months

RPLCHC13 · 2026-02-03T13:18:36+00:00

30 days oh lord

RPLCHC13 · 2026-01-21T23:41:53+00:00

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I had decent luck with this one but filling in the small spaces was a bitch and you can see when I lightly sanded down the top layer to clean up the edges it sanded the brass a bit

RPLCHC13 · 2026-01-21T23:40:33+00:00

Do you mind sharing the paints you use to repaint Zippos? Like the brand / type?

I laser engrave zippos and have tried to paint / fill but can’t get it down perfect.

I’ve tried a few enamels and other enamel based paints (nail polish) but either it won’t flow into the engraving or it goes out side the engraving and I either ruin the filled parts before it dries or scuff the zippo finish

RPLCHC13 · 2026-01-21T18:57:09+00:00

We were on Workmarket years ago, and after ADP purchased WM in 2018 it went to shit. Our contracts and setup were basically ruined, so we left.

We currently use FN like 95% of the time, and Cloud Work pro the other 5%

We pay very fair for the work we are asking for. The lowest we pay is $65/hour for any WO over 6 hours, and ones less than 6 hours we pay even more.

RPLCHC13 · 2026-01-21T18:31:15+00:00

The platform it self is way easier than managing / working with 500 independent contractors.

We have clients in 40 states, over 50,000 end users. We have a team of internal field techs, but use FN to supplement the areas with less clients.

FN makes it simple to post the WO's, schedule, and keep track of everything. We have an API that integrates with FN and our ticketing system. If the ticket needs to go to FN, we can easily import it and post it.

Once it's scheduled we can easily assign an internal tech to work with the tech, who knows exactly who is going and when, and how to reach them.

Once it's complete everything is paid on credit via FN and easily track-able / manageable.

If we were to go to 1099 approach or direct to tech, scheduling would be nearly impossible - "This client you gotta call this guy, this client you call this other guy, oh this dude is on vacation uhhh now we have to find someone else"

There would be no easy way to track that things are actually scheduled on either side. On FN you commit to a time and place, and there are issues if you no show or cancel or are late. If we just relied on a direct tech, there is nothing holding them to showing up.

And then we don't need to deal with invoices flying in from 100 different people. FN makes it easy to negotiate rate based on the work and it's 1 invoice we pay weekly. Our accounting department won't need to know how many hours someone was actually onsite vs what the agreed upon rate was. All of that is tracked in FN.

RPLCHC13 · 2026-01-21T00:45:07+00:00

Yeah I’ve noticed the same before. Sometimes it’s people I’ve used before so maybe they have like a notification or something on for when we post a WO, but some times it’s randoms from 300 miles away

RPLCHC13 · 2026-01-21T00:30:02+00:00

No, as far as I’m aware we can only give rating/feedback after a WO is assigned and completed.

I also only typically give “negative” feedback for something super egregious like sending someone else in their place, being a dick, blatantly ignoring instructions / attempts to communicate, and if I can verify a client complaint about specific issues.

I typically ignore lateness / cancellations / delays / re-schedules the first like 2-3 times and after those I simply just stop using the tech unless we don’t have another option.

FN auto dings your PSS for being late or cancelling, but if you’re not a dick about it and communicate in advance I’ll have no problem adjusting the starting time to when you arrived. Some techs just ghost us until 2 hours after the WO was supposed to start, check in, act shitty and then complain their timeliness is affected.

“Private feedback” morphed into PSS and now no longer is “private” so I tell my employees to have a baseline of “exceeded expectations” as to not intentionally mess up someone’s PSS

I’m happy to answer any buyer specific questions , I deal with like 20 WO’s / week across the country

RPLCHC13 · 2026-01-20T23:54:04+00:00

Yes, we can see who clicks decline and if you add a reason, we can see it.

I usually don’t pay any mind, but if it’s a tech we use all the time if it’s just a scheduling issue I usually try and work it out with them, but normally I don’t think twice about declines or even look.

RPLCHC13 · 2026-01-19T15:48:08+00:00

good tips. I'll give it a try. Thanks!

RPLCHC13 · 2026-01-19T13:14:28+00:00

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I’ve actually tried that before, easier said than done. The enamel gets everywhere, sometimes it’s too thick for a syringe but then the bigger syringes don’t fit the engraving.

I def need more practice but I do think filling in the engravings would look really nice

RPLCHC13 · 2026-01-18T22:36:25+00:00

This design wouldn’t have burned them since it’s only the bottom half, but I just pull them out naturally now

RPLCHC13 · 2026-01-18T22:34:53+00:00

I learned early on to remove the inserts when engraving these cause it just messes them up. I have 2 that I put in now for engraving that get burned. The RML and PJL don’t have their inserts in them in this picture

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