Lost my 1st job to the polish

[Redvanman]

Well pi..ed off
Client spends over a million to buy the house then go with a bunch of poles to rewire it.
They were £1.5k cheaper and could put some one on site week before Xmas.
Tried to explain that I was busy up to xmas but could start after but they told me there budget was tight.
Having it re-plumbed, fully decorated, 3 new bathrooms and they've got a tight budget

 

[trev]

Know the feeling mate, pitching for a rewire in a similar place. The guy quibbled over £50 on the day rate.
These people are more trouble than they're worth, move on. Let the sausage rolls screw it up and he might ring you to put it right. You then have the choice of laughing at him or padding out your bank account

 

[amlu]

Polish, Poles.
They were cheaper and could start sooner, get over with it.

 

[Guest77]

Well pi..ed off
Client spends over a million to buy the house then go with a bunch of poles to rewire it.
They were £1.5k cheaper and could put some one on site week before Xmas.
Tried to explain that I was busy up to xmas but could start after but they told me there budget was tight.
Having it re-plumbed, fully decorated, 3 new bathrooms and they've got a tight budget

if they were 1.5k cheaper, what was your price?

 

[SirKit Breaker]

I wonder who will sign it off for building regs.......no one i bet.

 

[Guest77]

I wonder who will sign it off for building regs.......no one i bet.

There are a few on here who would Howard, and I am being serious.

 

[Geordie Spark]

Shouldn't this be in the "Immigrants" thread?? :leaving:

 

[trev]

A question worth asking, would you be so unhappy if it were, say, me who had come in £1500 less than you?
I do feel your pain though but it's pointless belly aching about it mate, put it behind you. It's the best way

 

[tazz]

Lost a few to the poles....but every job has backfired on the client. Especially when BC condemn the fire alarm installation because its wired in T&E, and of course the building has now been plastered and decorated. Sad, but aleast the building contractor has come back to us. and refuses to employ foreign labour

 

[Geordie Spark]

A question worth asking, would you be so unhappy if it were, say, me who had come in £1500 less than you?
I do feel your pain though but it's pointless belly aching about it mate, put it behind you. It's the best way

Holy Mother !!!!

Don't even go there!!

A Geordie and a Sanddancer to boot undercutting him really would be too much to bear!!!

 

[trev]

Holy Mother !!!!

Don't even go there!!

A Geordie and a Sanddancer to boot undercutting him really would be too much to bear!!!

Aanly a theory Fatha man

 

[Geordie Spark]

Aanly a theory Fatha man

Sorry Son ....... aahv had a hard day .. aah wesn't thinkin reet.

 

[Redvanman]

if they were 1.5k cheaper, what was your price?

£1.5k more

 

[Redvanman]

A question worth asking, would you be so unhappy if it were, say, me who had come in £1500 less than you?
I do feel your pain though but it's pointless belly aching about it mate, put it behind you. It's the best way

Least I know that you are fully qualified and don't just dump labourers on site

 

[trev]

Least I know that you are fully qualified and don't just dump labourers on site

Good point mate,

 

[tazz]

As my last post....clients and companies are getting wise to shobby work done by these people. And what goes around comes around.

 

[ruston]

As my last post....clients and companies are getting wise to shobby work done by these people. And what goes around comes around.

This is what will happen . Word of mouth is still the best form of communication.

 

[ImpededLoop]

I avoid cheap clients!

I hope he gets a good job from them as much as I hope he pays them on time.

 

[Knobhead]

I may have a strange outlook but isn’t the idea of tendering for a job was so that the customer can decide who undertakes the work?

You were over priced and couldn’t meet the customer’s time scale therefore you lost the job, what do you expect?

The bottom line, this thread is just sour grapes.

 

[Guest77]

£1.5k more

Well it doesn't help does it? I was trying to determine if it was a large project, 10-12k for example, in which case they may have priced it properly and you may have dropped a clanger, however if your price was say 4-5k then I would agree with your anger at losing the work. Comming on here with half empty information will not get you much sympathy from the troops here, We all like our fellow Arms members and Electricians here to do well in business and we try to help each other out, if your answer is short again in future I will stick you on the ignore list.