example of the trade going down the river

[LlandrilloSpark]

I don't often moan about work and customers ect as on the whole I do ok and I'm happy with my business, but today this just takes the pish

Priced a job in an old BT telephone exchange which had been converted to a flat, existing wiring was in galv trunking which went across the windows , customer wants all the galv trunking getting rid of do taking 9 circuits of singles out of the galv and moving the lot down to floor level where they will run in a floor duck and behind kitchen cupboards, also three 6 way consumer units to lower 3m and got to get all the existing 20mm PVC conduit runs to marry up to the new trunking , 2 guys 2 days plus bits is ££700, she accepted then phoned me to say "I've got somebody to do it for £300 "
I'm not bothered about losing the job but livid with idiot tradesmen who are prepared to dum us down like this

 

[Octopus]

£300.00 - gosh like to see it when its done along with the paperwork!

 

[kezzsmith]

300! Wtf!

 

[trev]

I reckon that's not a trades man mate, Tommy down the pub who knows what he's doing.

 

[robsparky1975]

£300 and they will throw it all together,unreal

 

[LlandrilloSpark]

I can only think the guy is going to do it on his lonesome for £110 max a day.....he will struggle, it's only 3 streets away from me so I will be keeping an eye on it!

 

[Marvo]

At less than half your price the guy must have zero overheads or he's clueless and he'll be working at a loss so it's pointless competing. I'd just advise the customer to check he can issue any necessary certs before letting him start work.

 

[Guitarist]

At less than half your price the guy must have zero overheads or he's clueless and he'll be working at a loss so it's pointless competing. I'd just advise the customer to check he can issue any necessary certs before letting him start work.

If they're really that naive, I wouldn't give them another second of my time. They'll get what they pay for, that's for sure...

 

[DNS1]

300! Wtf!

Would it be wrong to make the assumption that he's from Eastern Europe?

 

[londonlec]

To be honest I think all that work looks tight at your estimate, so would be interested to see how it looks once its done.

 

[Ducksy]

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Remember to charge double when she rings up asking for the remedial work

 

[pennywise]

Just sit back and enjoy, I think your price is pretty good a bit tight but then different areas different rates etc. trouble is even if they do a rubbish job the likelyhood is it'll work for years then cause problems and the customer is none the wiser until its to far down the line , something more complicated might show signs quicker at which point I would tell them to sit on it and rotate, very slowly..... If they'd done things properly and got three quotes you'd probably have got the job .

 

[Engineer54]

As others have said, just wait for the phone call to come and sort it all out. Unless she'll be too embarrassed to call you back in!! lol!!

 

[tazz]

even with day rates droping to £150 a day or less thats a mad price.
Walk away with your head held high, your not a charity

 

[jeremy]

I'd pay a tenner to see it when it's done!!