Am I wrong ?

[OWLelectrical]

Thought I gave a mate a decent price today to supply and fit 7 x fire rated ip rated 12v downlights , move a switch, remove a old shower cable move a socket into new partition wall. wire new double socket. new fan to be wired. £270 and he just said I was pricey. cheap I thought.

 

[guest119]

Do me a favour........................sorry favours dont pay mortgages.
My normal reply.
Do you go to your bank manager and say sorry cant pay my mortgage this month but Ill fit a couple of sockets for you?

Boydy

 

[Dave 85]

I'd charge £500 minimum for a client. If it was one of my VERY good pals I'd do it cheaper but if he complained it was too much I would immedietly terminate said friendship.

 

[Greenworx]

Mate rates

There's mates and then there real mates , We look after real ones and all ways do it for cost What goes around comes around guys .If not today ,next week ,next year.

 

[Jamie444]

I think thats a decent price. After all presumably you are running a business! Does that include certification?
The trouble is working for friends is difficult. Look at the other posts and how everyone sees to is split. I always worried over pricing work for friends, but now I always price work for friends as I would any customer. Sure you may get your friends at first thinking they should get mates rates but the bottom line is that it's your livelihood and except the fact that your quality of work/materials doesn't change especially for mates.

 

[sparkless]

I work for all my mates for free,
no matter what they want












P.S. I got no mates

 

[moose]

I would have done it for nothing as a mate and got shafted as usual. this is the forum here