Ever get the feeling customers think your out to rip them off?

[timo]

Hate it when you go to do a simple job and then somthing pops up and you go to tell the customer and they look at you blank. Like your making it up or tying to get more work out of them. Some times could do without the hassle of finding faults that need to be sorted out just too busy.

 

[Des 56]

We bury anything in the wall and its do this, do that,or else

How can gas pipes still be permitted to be under the plaster unprotected
We cant get electrics taken seriously by the powers that be,( when we all know they consider gas much more serious an issue) yet they make our practices tighter than theirs

 

[MarcT]

Lets not forget the clients who leave a £20 note under the carpet that you lifted the day before as a test. The last guy who did it to me is probably still trying to scrape it off the floorboards, cyanoacrylate is a wonderful thing.

 

[rocker]

Lets not forget the clients who leave a £20 note under the carpet that you lifted the day before as a test. The last guy who did it to me is probably still trying to scrape it off the floorboards, cyanoacrylate is a wonderful thing.

Ha that's proper. Superglue going in the toolbox tomorrow.

 

[offshorealex]

We bury anything in the wall and its do this, do that,or else

How can gas pipes still be permitted to be under the plaster unprotected
We cant get electrics taken seriously by the powers that be,( when we all know they consider gas much more serious an issue) yet they make our practices tighter than theirs

because gas smells, electricity is invisible. If you burst a gas pipe you'll know before it kills you. Not the same with electricity.

 

[Risteard]

because gas smells, electricity is invisible. If you burst a gas pipe you'll know before it kills you. Not the same with electricity.

Natural gas actually has no smell. An odour is added to it for safety reasons so that it can be detected.

 

[sparks72]

lol. i quoted for a full rewire, job and alone it was costing me £800 in parts for what the guy wanted .

woul dtake me 4 days i recon plus with a second set of hands so 2x labour i worked out £2250 ball park!!

this was 3 bed Victorian terrace!!

i never got job aparently i was well off the mark and he went with a quote for 1k??? i never asked any questions! goo dluck to mr Validmer or XQerrihikhukyhjhcnjkld ..

I've had that before!
lucky though my recent customer (rewire) never flintched when I told him the price,
"go ahead" he said.
Mate also ended up intalling a new kitchen & bathroom for them, never had such a good customer,
brews & biscuits thrown in by the customer, why can't they all be like this!

BTW, love the anti Mr Electric avatar.

 

[DurhamSparky]

you had some dealings with Mr Unethical/Electric..!!

 

[sparks72]

you had some dealings with Mr Unethical/Electric..!!

Had one, don't see them much around the Chester area though.........thank god!