Average wage

[daiplayer]

What should an electrician earn ? ...cos i aint the type to rip people off....yet i struggle all the time. am i hangin myself ? :hanged:
:hanged::hanged:

 

[Monkey]

Yep well the old lady scenario how much ive got zillions but you cant have any

you ve been here ten minutes and you are charging me fourty five quid in my day that would be ten bob,

yes love but i have , well son heres ten pounds for you trouble on your way son

its a mad world but its fun fun

and sorry there is the genine one in which you fill guilty to charge them so your bottom lips wobble and here it comes that will be errr............

 

[sythai]

Yep well the old lady scenario how much ive got zillions but you cant have any

you ve been here ten minutes and you are charging me fourty five quid in my day that would be ten bob,

yes love but i have , well son heres ten pounds for you trouble on your way son

its a mad world but its fun fun

and sorry there is the genine one in which you fill guilty to charge them so your bottom lips wobble and here it comes that will be errr............

Always a good idea to fully explain your pricing / rates before committing to the job. Everyone knows whats what then and no nasty surprise for the customer.

Saying that I have done the odd little freebie occasionally (rarely though..)

 

[daiplayer]

Yep well the old lady scenario how much ive got zillions but you cant have any

you ve been here ten minutes and you are charging me fourty five quid in my day that would be ten bob,

yes love but i have , well son heres ten pounds for you trouble on your way son



its a mad world but its fun fun

and sorry there is the genine one in which you fill guilty to charge them so your bottom lips wobble and here it comes that will be errr............

made no sense to me what so ever.....lol...sorry

 

[Monkey]

good point true be up front good advice. but if she phoned him first or phone around you might not make the front door

but thats life

be lucky but tell the truth best policy

 

[Monkey]

get me out of here

 

[daiplayer]

get me out of here

tara :-d

 

[alarm man]

What should an electrician earn ? ...cos i aint the type to rip people off....yet i struggle all the time. am i hangin myself ? :hanged:
:hanged::hanged:

employed with a bit of overtime here and there around £40k

 

[TPES]

I had a call out to a cooker that was not working, that's all the info I had at the time.

As I got in the front door the lady had the catalogue out looking at new £400-£500 cookers, expecting the cooker to need replacing

After a few basic tests it turned out to be the cooker isolator that was faulty, so I replaced for a new one.

Charged £35 call out and £12 for the isolator, she looked at me gone out like I was the most expensive tradesman out there! There's no pleasing some people,

Some people will be more than happy with your prices and others will see you as expensive, you can't please everyone, don't worry about competing with others too much, charge what you think your worth and what you need to earn and stick to it

 

[daiplayer]

I had a call out to a cooker that was not working, that's all the info I had at the time.

As I got in the front door the lady had the catalogue out looking at new £400-£500 cookers, expecting the cooker to need replacing

After a few basic tests it turned out to be the cooker isolator that was faulty, so I replaced for a new one.

Charged £35 call out and £12 for the isolator, she looked at me gone out like I was the most expensive tradesman out there! There's no pleasing some people,

Some people will be more than happy with your prices and others will see you as expensive, you can't please everyone, don't worry about competing with others too much, charge what you think your worth and what you need to earn and stick to it

To me £35 call out is cheap.....you gotta charge summat like tha ...otherwise whats the point in going ? ??? am i right ?

 

[daiplayer]

employed with a bit of overtime here and there around £40k

What area you working in ???? id be gods pocket if i earned tha !!!! lol

 

[daiplayer]

What area you working in ???? id be gods pocket if i earned tha !!!! lol

Correction ....any jobs going ? lol

 

[TPES]

employed with a bit of overtime here and there around £40k

I think alarm man is very very lucky and to me the minority, I know many sparks that don't touch that amount self employed, if I could earn 30k employed I'd give my self employed business up straight away.

 

[alarm man]

What area you working in ???? id be gods pocket if i earned tha !!!! lol

i work the clock,sometimes i wake up not knowing if im tired or dying,

 

[daiplayer]

I think alarm man is very very lucky and to me the minority, I know many sparks that don't touch that amount self employed, if I could earn 30k employed I'd give my self employed business up straight away.

I agree,.... Not that i being nosey or if its none of my business ....tell me where to go....but as a self employed sparky what figure are you closer to. Just trying to suss out whether being self employed is worth all the hassle . ?

 

[daiplayer]

been there mate, .... too often....but for 5.80 an hour ...... :-/