A Tradesmans rant

Volcano

nitrox wrote: »

While they are finding a cure for cancer ask your self this, who builds the building to which they are working in? yep you got it a builder and a it had better be a good one, (and at £180 a day he should be) as you wont want the roof to fall on your head now would you? its not just a matter of nailing pieces of wood together, there is in fact a science to it,

I think you're getting 'builder' confused with 'architect', 'structural engineer', 'building inspectorate' etc.

Oldernotwiser

Jplocksmiths wrote: »

I have to agree here that some posters have no concept of the differance between take home pay and earning £180 per day if I wanted to earn IE take home £180 per day i would have to turn over nearly £750 after all my over heads, the self employed dont just have tax and NI to pay.

after all the running of the business cost come out from my hourly rate I EARN £10/£15ph Im happy with that and so are my customers and if either of us isnt happy then we both have the option to go else where.

Both employed and self employed workers have to pay deductions and expenses from their gross pay before they take it home. I wonder how much someone commuting to their London office actually sees after paying for travelling expenses etc out of their salary?

advent1122

Tradesman are now throwing their toys out of the pram because they realise they cannot charge silly prices anymore and get away with it.
Mr Chippy, It is a buyers market - get competative or go bankrupt. It is as simple as that.
I don't give a rats a$$ that it costs you £10 in diesel to come and give me a quote. Just tell me your price.
I will then haggle, knock a further 10% off the price and pay you when I am ready.
Why would I do this? Because for the next few years I CAN. You may not accept my terms, but I guarantee someone will. After all you need me more than I need you.

andyhop

advent1122 wrote: »

Tradesman are now throwing their toys out of the pram because they realise they cannot charge silly prices anymore and get away with it.
Mr Chippy, It is a buyers market - get competative or go bankrupt. It is as simple as that.
I don't give a rats a$$ that it costs you £10 in diesel to come and give me a quote. Just tell me your price.
I will then haggle, knock a further 10% off the price and pay you when I am ready.
Why would I do this? Because for the next few years I CAN. You may not accept my terms, but I guarantee someone will. After all you need me more than I need you.

Bet your mothers proud of you

It works 2 ways, We could go in cheap, drag our heals, turn up when we feel,Have little or no respect for your property,Cancel our insurance to save a few £££,Give No warranty or aftersales,Give no trade discounts.....and for you im praying something does go wrong next time you hire a tradesman

Mrs_Boo_Boo

I'm a carpenter's wife and I get paid nothing to telephone customers,pick up materials,carry heavy items in and out of vans,take phone calls,go to the bank etc.
Basically you get what you pay for.

Edinburghlass_2

A good tradesman that you can trust to leave in your house is worth their weight in gold to me and happy to pay for a good job well done.

Bishop_Basher

advent1122 wrote: »

Tradesman are now throwing their toys out of the pram because they realise they cannot charge silly prices anymore and get away with it.
Mr Chippy, It is a buyers market - get competative or go bankrupt. It is as simple as that.
I don't give a rats a$$ that it costs you £10 in diesel to come and give me a quote. Just tell me your price.
I will then haggle, knock a further 10% off the price and pay you when I am ready.
Why would I do this? Because for the next few years I CAN. You may not accept my terms, but I guarantee someone will. After all you need me more than I need you.

I don't think any one needs your kind of business. People like you give customers a bad name!

Oldernotwiser

andyhop wrote: »

It works 2 ways, We could go in cheap, drag our heals, turn up when we feel,Have little or no respect for your property,Cancel our insurance to save a few £££,Give No warranty or aftersales,Give no trade discounts.....

No change there then!

Oldernotwiser

Mrs_Boo_Boo wrote: »

I'm a carpenter's wife and I get paid nothing to telephone customers,pick up materials,carry heavy items in and out of vans,take phone calls,go to the bank etc.
Basically you get what you pay for.

As you're the one being paid nothing - you should know!

andyhop

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

No change there then!

I have all including a insurance backed warranty for my installations

Not all tradesman rip folk off,some of us like to come onto a money saving website and give FREE advice in the LITTLE SPARE TIME we have:beer: