the bare faced cheek of some customers

[plumben]

Had a customer ask me to fit a shower screen to his bath,

Replied and asked when would he be available for me to come and fit

Got a reply saying tomorrow or Saturday will £20 be enough

To which I replied with an estimate as I haven't seen the screen of between £40-60

He then replied saying how about £30 and a bacon on toast and two cups of tea.

Some people will try anything to get the price down

 

[Riley]

Where abouts in the south are you Riley?

Bournemouth /Poole area but also do stuff in Surrey now

 

[Riley]

I totally agree with this but always give a minimum charge even if its just a £10 but you can usually tell when there tight and I stick to my minimum but usually they'll stick a £20 in yeah hand

Oh yeah I totally agree. If he'd allowed me to mention this whilst ushering me to the door. It was laughable really. Just as well his wife knew the score

 

[Rickster123]

Bournemouth /Poole area but also do stuff in Surrey now

Why Surrey? Bit of a drive that!

 

[plumben]

Full hour charge each time ,sick to death of customers telling me things like I have a bathroom to do next year if you cheap enough on this ! If we were all cheap we would be bankrupt before the end of the year.

My biggest hate is when you price in to do a job the correct way to meet all the regs and do a proper job, but someone undercuts you because there just going to lash everything in and not meet the regs

 

[Ray Stafford]

Why Surrey? Bit of a drive that!

Skirt?

 

[Riley]

Why Surrey? Bit of a drive that!

Tell me about it mate!!! The Mrs lives there for work in redhill. So I'm doing some miles as I dont have enough work to be up there full time

 

[Riley]

Ah Ray, you see through me like a window

 

[Rickster123]

Skirt?

Winner winner chicken dinner!

 

[Ray Stafford]

So we have places in Guildford, Esher, Croydon, Woking and Crawley, and none of them are close enough for you?

Feck me, they'll want deliveries next!

 

[Riley]

I'm in Oxshott which is kind of central to a few of these. Will be relying on sat nav a lot I think

 

[rpm]

So we have places in Guildford, Esher, Croydon, Woking and Crawley, and none of them are close enough for you?

Feck me, they'll want deliveries next!

Glad I wasn`t drinking anything when I read that! lol