Not a good start to the year...

[LlandrilloSpark]

Nice little job lined up for next week, 4 days doing remedials from an EICR I did xmas week, my quote was approx £1000, client says " I'm just waiting for the plumbers quote and if its not to much I will complete the purchase".........Plumbers quote = £9500...Job Blown... :censored:

 

[telectrix]

you know you're in the wrong trade when you quote £1000 for a load of electrical work and the plumber quotes £9500 to fit a tap washer and unblock a bog.

 

[bigbaddave]

Nice little job lined up for next week, 4 days doing remedials from an EICR I did xmas week, my quote was approx £1000, client says " I'm just waiting for the plumbers quote and if its not to much I will complete the purchase".........Plumbers quote = £9500...Job Blown... :censored:

Some peoples mentality.. Its all about cost these days. Doesn't matter that he is a plumber.. He is cheaper. Enough Said.

 

[SirKit Breaker]

you know you're in the wrong trade when you quote £1000 for a load of electrical work and the plumber quotes £9500 to fit a tap washer and unblock a bog.

£9500, that just gets him out of the van at a time to suit him, fitting tap washer and unblocking bog is on top.

 

[LlandrilloSpark]

Who is cheaper Dave?

 

[ian.settle1]

With charges like that what does the plumber drive round in, a chauffer driven Rolls-Royce?

 

[PEG]

Give the plumber a break,on these quick-in big-gaff jobs the sparky only has to bypass the meter,the plumber has all the hydroponics to sort out....

 

[bigbaddave]

Who is cheaper Dave?

Sorry I have not read this thread at all. Thought you had quoted £1000 and the plumber had quoted £950 for the same work..

I hang my head in shame... Sorry..

 

[LlandrilloSpark]

Lol no prob m8

 

[Knobhead]

Did you get paid for the EICR? If yes, what you moaning about or no then sue them.

Don't cry because of work that wasn't in the bag.

 

[LlandrilloSpark]

I'm off for a while,if anybody knows how to delete an entire profile can they let me know, good luck to the decent lads on here, shame about the some who are stuck in the past

 

[sjhall]

It took me a couple of reads to get the gist of the whole situation, and the help of Biff's question.
the way I see it, its not the plumbers fault, he like you is just pricing the work, the person wanting the work and probably guesstimating the costs before being shocked by real time prices is the culprit IMO