I think £100 is too dear.. Ok See you!

[Kiers1970]

Punter asks for a sign to be put up, take one down. Its about 8 ft across by 4ft. Height 20 ft ish to the top. Ladders will be at a more steep angle than the usual, as it's in an alley way. 2 men job, probably an hour.
£100 of your Engerlish Pounds I say! Poncey web designer bloke informs me he feels 'that's too dear for an hours work'
See ya I say!

Strewth.

 

[Octopus]

Wonder how much he'd charge for 2 man hours

 

[i=p/u]

rip it down , and squirt hard as nails all over it, and say you got what yo payed for

 

[ashrow]

If the client did not get a quote to start with then tough poo poo and cough up !
If he does not pay up i am sure sign will/should find itself through a window relating to the business lol

If a quote to client and they did not like then so be it, lucky escape

 

[Kiers1970]

Dead right. I'm sure someone will doff their cap to 'sir' and carry out said task for buttons.

 

[robsparky1975]

as im scared of going high up ladders id need powered access so £100 is cheap lol,and these people push buttons on a keyboard and charge redicoulos rates for the privalege

 

[Kiers1970]

its very cheap!! And they told me 2 other blokes had let them down too!! The price of everything and the value of nothing springs to mind.

 

[Hawk81]

£100 for 2 men for 1 hour is expensive over here in Northern Ireland. Fair play to you if in Manchester you get £50 an hour for a man. No one here would pay it

 

[Kiers1970]

Hawk, it's not just one hours work is it? what about the journey, the ladders, the tools, the fixings? The working at height??? This isn't a hobby of mine.

 

[Hawk81]

All I said was in Northern Ireland we wouldn't get that sort of money. But justifying it by saying working at a height. That does make me laugh. They way I see it is we electricians are used to working at heights it's part and parcel of the job

 

[moospark]

£100 for 2 men for 1 hour is expensive over here in Northern Ireland. Fair play to you if in Manchester you get £50 an hour for a man. No one here would pay it

Fine if you were doing on the way to/from a job, with the right kit. What about time assesing job, other work missed, delayed......... and all the things Kiers has just beaten me to.

 

[Kiers1970]

Sorry Hawk I wasn't being arsey! So take away the working at height... All being said, and like in my first post, the ladders will be at a steep angle, and to be completely safe, a tower should be used. AND it's not just for a blokes house, it's a business, in one of the leafier parts of Manchester. £100 is a steal. I put a telephone extension in the other day, £50. BT want £175 plus for 30 mins work. Go figure!
Anyhow, I'm working at one of the directors houses later in the week, see what he says then. I might not do it just for the hell of it.

 

[Hawk81]

As I said fair play if you can get that money I would if I could too.

 

[grantr37]

2 hours of a web designers time would probably charge you £600 +VAT

 

[Geordie Spark]

I had a similar thing with an Asian shopkeeper.I gave him the price before starting the job & he said it was too much, so I told him to do it himself as I wasn't prepared to work for any less. The cheeky so-an-so asked if he could borrow my ladders & tools !!!

 

[tigerpaul]

I had a similar thing with an Asian shopkeeper.I gave him the price before starting the job & he said it was too much, so I told him to do it himself as I wasn't prepared to work for any less. The cheeky so-an-so asked if he could borrow my ladders & tools !!!

Sure he can rent your tools out at a suitable cost! He can pay your consultancy fee when you give him a risk assessment and safe system of work (instructions) !