Random Irritations

[Deleted member 23270]

It’s been turned back off now ??

???

 

[Slime]

Bloody rich showoff!! We can't afford heating, have to wear our coats in the house ?

You can afford coats!
You lucky sod.

 

[Blue in Munich]

You got the quote for the work, if youre happy with the outcome then alls good sand pay the man as agreed whether it took longer or shorter. There was a thread a while back where I think it was philthefragger refused to pay as quoted because they finished the work earlier than expected. Don't be that person.

Oh dear Paddy, you appear to have outed yourself; that thread was in 2018 and you didn't join until 2021...

Who was you logged in as that day?

???

Not just me then Stu?

 

[jim8flog]

Made a typo setting up an Apple account today and could not access the account. Neither could any Apple employee do anything to correct the error so there is an account with a credit card attached that is sitting in limbo. Leaves one wondering what happens at the end of the free trial period.

 

[jim8flog]

Guys, please stop giving out your DOB

according to facebook I am 122 years old

I have the same paranoia over my date of birth. I tried several times (without success) to change it on one particular website after they were given it by someone else.

 

[jim8flog]

With my Tradesmans hat on, the unwritten rule is get 3 quotes and work out what price you want to pay.

If it took him 4 days would you be happy to pay him the extra day or would you stick to the quote?

I once got a quote for some building works.

The guy sent me an invoice for 25% above the quote when he finished, claiming it took longer He got paid what he quoted.

 

[Deleted member 1740]

I once got a quote for some building works.

The guy sent me an invoice for 25% above the quote when he finished, claiming it took longer He got paid what he quoted.

I honestly think its a generation issue.

Young people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

The old "oh while you're here can you just........" then when you bill them they turn turk.

 

[Deleted member 1740]

Oh dear Paddy, you appear to have outed yourself; that thread iwas in 2018 and you didn't join until 2021...



Not just me then Stu?

I dont know Blue, i'm just nosey ??

 

[jim8flog]

I honestly think its a generation issue.

Young people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

The old "oh while you're here can you just........" then when you bill them they turn turk.

In my case it was a very specific job of adding in reinforcing strips in to the brickwork above two windows and repointing no extras were asked for. The guy was a very experienced older builder who probably tried it on.

 

[Deleted member 21784]

With my Tradesmans hat on, the unwritten rule is get 3 quotes and work out what price you want to pay.

If it took him 4 days would you be happy to pay him the extra day or would you stick to the quote? IMHO £450 for 2 days work from a professional time served tradesman is cheap. If he's done good job and your happy whats the problem?

If you're not happy with the skirting boards ask him to pop back and sort out.

People like your missus really grind my gears.

"I've looked on google and its only a 5 minute job" Or " my dad said it's xxxx problem" etc.

Thats part and parcel of the job unfortunately. He can only paint on top of dry paint. What do you expect him to do, not charge?

It's getting tougher now with tradesman , finding 3 quotes can be a nightmare

I've got a sparky coming Monday to combine 2 consumer units..run armoured cable down to garage (to remove it being fed from a spur) upgrade my tails to 25mm and fix something in the kitchen

I contacted 4 people (one personally recommended)

1 said busy until January because of new baby. Fair enough thanks for being honest

1 emailed for details and pics then never heard again (chased up and still ghosted)

1 (the personal recommendation) called, the voicemail said email. Emailed his "24/7" contact email etc. No reply

The last one I'd contacted said he was busy for a week then he would provide a quote. After what I'd had from the others I thought I would never hear .. true to his word he came and priced it up

So I've only got one quote but happy to proceed

3 quotes would be a dream

 

[Deleted member 1740]

In my case it was a very specific job of adding in reinforcing strips in to the brickwork above two windows and repointing no extras were asked for. The guy was a very experienced older builder who probably tried it on.

In your case thats his fault. If he would've finiahed in half the time i hope you would've still paid him the quoted price?

I've done it myself and been out of pocket, you take it on the chins.

My view is you pay for the job that you've agreed the price for providing youre happy with it.

On some jobs you cant see whats under the tiles or behind the walls. That's when extras need to be expected.

 

[Fade and Die]

It's getting tougher now with tradesman , finding 3 quotes can be a nightmare

I've got a sparky coming Monday to combine 2 consumer units..run armoured cable down to garage (to remove it being fed from a spur) upgrade my tails to 25mm and fix something in the kitchen

I contacted 4 people (one personally recommended)

1 said busy until January because of new baby. Fair enough thanks for being honest

1 emailed for details and pics then never heard again (chased up and still ghosted)

1 (the personal recommendation) called, the voicemail said email. Emailed his "24/7" contact email etc. No reply

The last one I'd contacted said he was busy for a week then he would provide a quote. After what I'd had from the others I thought I would never hear .. true to his word he came and priced it up

So I've only got one quote but happy to proceed

3 quotes would be a dream

£1100ish.

 

[Deleted member 1740]

It's getting tougher now with tradesman , finding 3 quotes can be a nightmare

I've got a sparky coming Monday to combine 2 consumer units..run armoured cable down to garage (to remove it being fed from a spur) upgrade my tails to 25mm and fix something in the kitchen

I contacted 4 people (one personally recommended)

1 said busy until January because of new baby. Fair enough thanks for being honest

1 emailed for details and pics then never heard again (chased up and still ghosted)

1 (the personal recommendation) called, the voicemail said email. Emailed his "24/7" contact email etc. No reply

The last one I'd contacted said he was busy for a week then he would provide a quote. After what I'd had from the others I thought I would never hear .. true to his word he came and priced it up

So I've only got one quote but happy to proceed

3 quotes would be a dream

I can understand that with the amount of time wasters. If someone rings me and explains what they're doing then i'll always go once and quote no problem.

What annoys me is when i quote £3200 for a Vaillant but get kb'd because they got a quote for £2200 but its a different cheaper boiler??‍??‍

Its like getting a quote for a Corsa v Tesla ?

 

[fundy]

Contacted 5 roofers in the last week or so, none willing to come look this side of xmas

 

[Deleted member 21784]

£1100ish.

Lol it's almost like I contacted yourself?

 

[Asian Dawn]

Black Friday. Just another excuse for a sale. I can live with that.

"We are celebrating Black Friday all week" - so a week-long sale. Sorry but that is extracting the urine.

 

[fundy]

Black Friday. Just another excuse for a sale. I can live with that.

"We are celebrating Black Friday all week" - so a week-long sale. Sorry but that is extracting the urine.

According to Amazon its Black Friday Week 18th - 28th November.

So 1 day to a week to 11 days in a sentence lol

 

[Deleted member 21784]

I can understand that with the amount of time wasters. If someone rings me and explains what they're doing then i'll always go once and quote no problem.

What annoys me is when i quote £3200 for a Vaillant but get kb'd because they got a quote for £2200 but its a different cheaper boiler??‍??‍

Its like getting a quote for a Corsa v Tesla ?

We had same with the downstairs loo when we moved in, contacted few plumbers

1 didn't show
1 said he would quote. Came. Looked never heard again
The last got the job

And he benefited from the pokey little refurb because my parents got him to re do both their downstairs loo and their bathroom once they had it done , then their churchy types and he has worked for half the congregation now ?

 

[Deleted member 1740]

We had same with the downstairs loo when we moved in, contacted few plumbers

1 didn't show
1 said he would quote. Came. Looked never heard again
The last got the job

And he benefited from the pokey little refurb because my parents got him to re do both their downstairs loo and their bathroom once they had it done , then their churchy types and he has worked for half the congregation now ?

That's how it works, there's no better advertisment than a recommendation.

I got a call today off a new customer who was recommended by his boss whose boiler i fitted in his old house 6yrs ago!!

 

[fundy]

That's how it works, there's no better advertisment than a recommendation.

I got a call today off a new customer who was recommended by his boss whose boiler i fitted in his old house 6yrs ago!!

works both ways too, since we've had works done recently had 4 others in the village ask for the plumbers number, have said sorry wouldn't recommend him to them all