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[Simon Dale]

...and we're still expected to turn out work for the same price as "standard tiles"

The amount we all have invested is a lot ! I still keep buying kit to make life easier

 

[One Day]

You're wrong, how many times have you heard " I've got big tiles so it wont take you long "
So for less then

Tell you what though; I've never actually worked for anyone who said that! And I've heard it quite a lot.

 

[Dumbo]

Tell you what though; I've never actually worked for anyone who said that! And I've heard it quite a lot.

That's because they don't like the price when they realise it's not half the price of what they dream normal tiling should be . So basically you are 4 times more expensive than they budgeted for .

 

[Old Mod]

This feels like a thread highjack!!
And may be suited to the Arms really, we’ll see.
Seems to me we are getting a breed of client coming through that want this material but are what I would class as poor rich people.
Those who want to keep up with the Montague’s, but should really stick with Mr & Mrs Smith, cos they can’t actually afford it and what it brings with it.
You know the type, want everything fixed at £25m2 no matter what the material, and especially ex large format cos you’re fitting 2.5m2 in one hit!
And the thing is, they’re finding inexperienced idiots to do it too!
The last inexperienced idiot I actually know just got kicked off a project of a lifetime because he was fitting at a level befitting £25m2.
And it really winds me up!
You do your best by a client to explain what’s required and how difficult it is, only to be told
(if you’re lucky) thanks but we’ve found someone half the price.
Thing is they get served up a pile of ***** and they don’t know any better!
Cos they’ve no idea how good it can look, and images just don’t cut it sometimes.
And you can’t not give builder info before hand otherwise you end up with conditions you just can’t deal with unless you start prep again.


And NO, my rant is not over, not by a long shot, and it won’t be until we hit upon the magic sentence that makes them understand they’re being fleeced by idiots!!

 

[WetSaw]

And NO, my rant is not over, not by a long shot, and it won’t be until we hit upon the magic sentence that makes them understand they’re being fleeced by idiots!!

"Buy cheap,buy twice!"

 

[One Day]

My magic sentence Marc is this:
"Here's my business card. Thank you for the chance anyway. Give me a call when it's all gone wrong."
It gets me a second crack of the whip sometimes.

 

[Old Mod]

My magic sentence Marc is this:
"Here's my business card. Thank you for the chance anyway. Give me a call when it's all gone wrong."
It gets me a second crack of the whip sometimes.

Yeah know exactly what you mean mate, it’s just all the god damn effort we put in before being told to ‘sling your hook!’
I don’t have time to be wasting on it.

 

[Old Mod]

"Buy cheap,buy twice!"

If only it was tha easy Paul.most I know have just ripped it out and fitted regular material cos they cant afford to re-instate and besides, any tiler far as they are concerned can fit 60 x 60’s!!

 

[One Day]

Yeah know exactly what you mean mate, it’s just all the god damn effort we put in before being told to ‘sling your hook!’
I don’t have time to be wasting on it.

Agree Marc. Telephone interviews and google postcode searches now before going to view.
I hate it. Like we're demographically profiling and we're supposed to be just "tilers"!

 

[Old Mod]

I just lost one at the end of my road
Really infuriating!!
Only made contact a week ago with 6 weeks notice on start date.
Spoke initially Monday, made contact fri to say I could visit site 7am Monday to be told, “oh yeah, meant to say, client found their own tiler!”
God I’m still bloody fuming!!