an explenation to low rates

[bugsy]

Went on a job today to rectify a fault on some lighting, choc blocks cooking and also need 1 switch programmed

I was there anm hour and charged him £75.00

He told me I was much too expensive , Itold him he was paying for the van, ins,time and knoledge ,

He then told me that there can't be much to electrics as he'd seen ads in the paper where you can become fully quilified in 15 weeks - I wont bore you with where the conversation went from there - but I did get paid - cash!

 

[VoltzElectrical]

love it. At least you got paid though. do you tell what you charge before you attend?

 

[Electricalserv]

Went on a job today to rectify a fault on some lighting, choc blocks cooking and also need 1 switch programmed

I was there anm hour and charged him £75.00

He told me I was much too expensive , Itold him he was paying for the van, ins,time and knoledge ,

He then told me that there can't be much to electrics as he'd seen ads in the paper where you can become fully quilified in 15 weeks - I wont bore you with where the conversation went from there - but I did get paid - cash!

Why not tell him to do the 15 week course then he won't have to pay you to come out...

 

[bugsy]

I give a rough idea or free estimate, this guy just asked to come and sort it , I told him between £50 and £150 depending on the fault

 

[bugsy]

Why not tell him to do the 15 week course then he won't have to pay you to come out...

He was an IT consultant and I told him I've seen ads for IT courses for two weeks with a gauranteed job afterwards, he became very humble all of a sudden

 

[SPARTYKUS]

should have told him to look up Homeserve / BG / other rip offs prices, all of a sudden you will have become a bargain (and you fixed it!)

 

[DurhamSparky]

BGAS charge 190 just to come out!!!! that dont include any longer than and 1h on site!!

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Durham. Unbelieveable.

 

[SirKit Breaker]

Went on a job today to rectify a fault on some lighting, choc blocks cooking and also need 1 switch programmed

I was there anm hour and charged him £75.00

He told me I was much too expensive , Itold him he was paying for the van, ins,time and knoledge ,

He then told me that there can't be much to electrics as he'd seen ads in the paper where you can become fully quilified in 15 weeks - I wont bore you with where the conversation went from there - but I did get paid - cash!

£75 doesn't sound unreasonable in Herts.

 

[DurhamSparky]

i charged £45 for installing some fittings customer bought! (took 1h 2 mins!)

 

[ian]

People want the work done but dont want to pay. this is a problem i come accross time and time again, but i still get asked back.