Tape Record Your Builder

[Keefy]

The Daily Mail front page for tomorrow tells consumers to tape record their builder to ensure they have at least a verbal agreement for any work being done.

Rogue traders this, rogue traders that. Give us a break and start promoting genuine, honest tradesmen for a change. It's like they want everyone to be viewed as a rogue before any work even starts.

 

[TomLane]

The Daily Mail front page for tomorrow tells consumers to tape record their builder to ensure they have at least a verbal agreement for any work being done.

Rogue traders this, rogue traders that. Give us a break and start promoting genuine, honest tradesmen for a change. It's like they want everyone to be viewed as a rogue before any work even starts.

It's like guilty until proven innocent!!

The builder would have to know they're being recorded otherwise there is some sort of invasion of privacy or mumbo jumbo law that would have been breached otherwise.

All very pathetic if you ask me. I agree with you, promote the goods guys is where the effort is needed. That way the bad guys will soon get found out & weeded out.

 

[johnnyplumb]

there's nothing like a bit of scandal for selling papers
stories about good honest hard working tradesmen just dont sell papers

news of the world was always good for abit of scandal, you could always find out what the priests and vicars had been up too :censored:

 

[Jimbob]

Ha, we need to record the customers sometimes! Agree with above, There is too much awareness of rogue traders... Makes people paranoid

 

[secret squirrel]

I haven't bought a newspaper for 15 years, I despise them.

 

[Keefy]

I haven't bought a newspaper for 15 years, I despise them.

Same here but here's the story anyway. (I'll read it later myself)

'Rogue tradesmen' are given far too much attention and I agree with Jimbob - makes people paranoid.

 

[Keefy]

 

[Roger Welton]

Sometimes would be nice to have a recording of conversation with custs, you never told me that, err yes I did!

 

[TomLane]

The last time I was recorded on a mobile phone it certainly wasn't for general viewing!! ;-)

 

[snowhead]

If I was a Rogue trader intent on conning a customer/s out of £10k or £50k, having a recorded conversation "claiming" to be me saying what I was proposing for the money would make absolutely no difference to me taking the money.

It would be a Complete waste of effort recording any conversations.
They won't stand up in court, they won't enbarrass a Rogue Trader into repaying any money or returning to finish any work.

 

[Avatar]

The whole Rogue Trader thing makes people think they can be hyper sensitive and not pay for the smallest excuses!

I have just had one like that - little git had me work almost 6 days and for £300 and then tells me that this is wrong and that is wrong . . . .

I get more than £50 per day in ASDA pushing trolleys!

Big builder or companies stinging people on jobs for 20k and more is a big difference to us little guys - who cant pay the bills when customers don't pay up!

The TV makes them think they are in the right to withhold money - fortunately the small claims court takes a dim view of those who break contracts without good reason!!!

Always make sure you have the agreement in writing!

 

[Kyle87]

People are so concerned about getting ripped off by plumbers. But they get ripped off everyday by supermarkets. The government. Local councils. Road tax. Petrol stations. Insurance companies.

But it's plumbers that have the bad name!

I hate the world we live in!!

 

[tom609]

I haven't bought a newspaper for 15 years, I despise them.

i buy the papers so i can cut them up into nice size squares and hang them on a hook in the outside loo lol

 

[Keefy]

All my invoices/receipts get signed by myself and the customer. This is to say I'm happy that I've been paid and that the customer is happy with the work.