Does this happen in other trades?

[willsy]

"Hello Mr Wills, can you come and give me an estimate please?"

"Certainly Sir"

Go to see them asap

"I want an extension but i don't want to spend much money"

 

WTF!!!!!

I'm thinking of registering as a charity

Is it just me?

[DEP]

Sell him the bricks and cement and tell him to do it himself

[Mrs O/H/C]

Tell him if he wants it cheap to give Jack a ring

[willsy]

probably can't afford them

[squadge78]

"I want an extension but i don't want to spend much money"

:

i'll have one of those as well,

i'm in the motor trade and we get it all the time.

[Savvi]

Yep all the time.

[willsy]

My mate runs a garage and sometimes gets idiots bring in their own parts for a service. Piss take or what?!!!

[monkey chops]

we get that at our garage,buy their own parts but pay more than you would charge coz they think they are savin money??

[BaileyMex]

YEP

 

Customer = Hi there, I see you have a van for sale out side for £9,995 + VAT, Would you take £8,000 Inc VAT for it

 

Me = Errrr No

[Guest chriscapriman]

yep,

 

we want a full rewire

 

ok, about 2 grand depending on spec

 

how much?? oh forget it

 

so they go and get some polak (who isnt reguistered with NIC/napit, nor insured etc) to do it who cant certify the work nor do it to current regs, and then ring you back asking for you to certify it i ask them how much they paid said pollak, work out the difference and give them that +100 as a price for the inspection, which isnt technicaly a certificate anyway, just a report on the installation

[Jiffer]

"Hello Mr Wills, can you come and give me an estimate please?"

"Certainly Sir"

Go to see them asap

"I want an extension but i don't want to spend much money"

 

WTF!!!!!

I'm thinking of registering as a charity

Is it just me?

thats why avoid the domestic work and mainly do commercial, retail and schools etc, a good architect worth there weight in gold

[Guest chriscapriman]

"Hello Mr Wills, can you come and give me an estimate please?"

"Certainly Sir"

Go to see them asap

"I want an extension but i don't want to spend much money"

 

WTF!!!!!

I'm thinking of registering as a charity

Is it just me?

thats why avoid the domestic work and mainly do commercial, retail and schools etc, a good architect worth there weight in gold

 

ditto, why i fooked it off and am now a crane engineer

[Posse]

I take it went well then

[beast5680]

no not just your trade i fix farm machinery and people moan when i send them the bill, like i,m doing it for love...not!!

[w p e]

i get this. wayne couldnt have a look at this could yer. ME ok. fix the prob spend a hour in work time then get thanks c yer soon. not even a cup of tea. mates

[lotusless]

you should say i'll estimate that the job will never be done by me

[Monkfish]

Yeh, all the time... I wrote someone a Christmas card once and they wouldn't pay me by the word.

 

[willsy]

Didn't realise there were so many comedians that drove old skool Fords

[Skimmer]

I think if your in the Building game and work for yourself youll always get the "cheap quote wanted" or the best one is once your there my neighbour/brother used to work on the building and he says bla bla bla , i always walk away and say best get them then as most of the time you cant buy the materials for what they reckon it should cost.....

[SmokeEm]

Don't woory Willsy - The builders always want the materials for nowt too

[zetecmk2]

willsy, when you actually start to do a days work, instead of chatting up the neighbours, drinking tea, talking about phil's project etc.....and the word gets about that "these boys are good" then the better job offers will start to come in ....but with your back? hmmmm

[FredTransit]

Yep, get this, and worse.

Got an email enquiry, from a Spanish firm wanting character cars for a feature film. Send me some example pics I say. They want a Landrover Discovery and a Landrover Ranchera. OK, WTF is a landy Ranchera? I ask people who know landies, people who speak Spanish, nothing. I get 2 example pics, both of the same green landy disco! I hit ebay, and start sending them pics of small 4X4s, hoping one hits the spot. Nothing, no bites. By now it's 3 days and 4 phone calls, and loads of emails. I am going blind looking at ebay. Eventually somebody who speaks more slang Spanish says Ranchera is a kind of estate. So I send them some example estate cars, and it turns out that's what they are looking for!

Did I get the job? No.......

[Vista]

Yep, get this, and worse.

Got an email enquiry, from a Spanish firm wanting character cars for a feature film. Send me some example pics I say. They want a Landrover Discovery and a Landrover Ranchera. OK, WTF is a landy Ranchera? I ask people who know landies, people who speak Spanish, nothing. I get 2 example pics, both of the same green landy disco! I hit ebay, and start sending them pics of small 4X4s, hoping one hits the spot. Nothing, no bites. By now it's 3 days and 4 phone calls, and loads of emails. I am going blind looking at ebay. Eventually somebody who speaks more slang Spanish says Ranchera is a kind of estate. So I send them some example estate cars, and it turns out that's what they are looking for!

Did I get the job? No.......

 

they weren't looking for one of these then?

 

[SmokeEm]

My dad had a red one of those when I was growing up

[Noodles]

Whats the other one......

 

Can I pay cash so i dont pay VAT but I want a VAT receipt