Can You Start Monday? - Tile Advice

[Rich Midge]

Had a phone call on Saturday afternoon. Customer had been passed my number by one of the local shops I use. He'd bought 8 metres of Original Style Blenheim Victorian floor tiles at the start of the week for his hall. He'd called in Saturday to pick them up and asked if they could/would recommend anyone to fit them. To my knowledge there's not many of us in Liverpool take on Victorian floors so as a consequence I get a few. Call went something like "Hi, is that Richie?"
"It is, how can I help you?"
"Got these Victorian tiles etc etc, when can you see the job?"
"I can pop by one evening next week, whatever suits you best"
"Can you look at it tomorrow?" (Sunday)
"I'm really sorry but I'm busy all tomorrow, free most evenings next week after 7"
"Can you start Monday?"
"This Monday!?"
"Yes"
"Have you actually got the tiles already? I haven't any free time for about 8 to 10 weeks sorry"
"AAAARRGH YOU'RE WASTING MY TIME!! FORGET IT!"
And with that he hung up. For all the money he's spent on tiles I dread to think what's going to become of his floor.

 

[White Room]

Let em get on with it....

 

[LM]

Had a phone call on Saturday afternoon. Customer had been passed my number by one of the local shops I use. He'd bought 8 metres of Original Style Blenheim Victorian floor tiles at the start of the week for his hall. He'd called in Saturday to pick them up and asked if they could/would recommend anyone to fit them. To my knowledge there's not many of us in Liverpool take on Victorian floors so as a consequence I get a few. Call went something like "Hi, is that Richie?"
"It is, how can I help you?"
"Got these Victorian tiles etc etc, when can you see the job?"
"I can pop by one evening next week, whatever suits you best"
"Can you look at it tomorrow?" (Sunday)
"I'm really sorry but I'm busy all tomorrow, free most evenings next week after 7"
"Can you start Monday?"
"This Monday!?"
"Yes"
"Have you actually got the tiles already? I haven't any free time for about 8 to 10 weeks sorry"
"AAAARRGH YOU'RE WASTING MY TIME!! FORGET IT!"
And with that he hung up. For all the money he's spent on tiles I dread to think what's going to become of his floor.

Lol, there was a post on here about a month or so ago about some poor chap who got someone NOT by word of mouth, to quickly to do a geo path at the front of his house, all these impatient and unrealistic customers seem to end up with jobs like that one, I wonder why?

 

[hmtiling]

Had a phone call on Saturday afternoon. Customer had been passed my number by one of the local shops I use. He'd bought 8 metres of Original Style Blenheim Victorian floor tiles at the start of the week for his hall. He'd called in Saturday to pick them up and asked if they could/would recommend anyone to fit them. To my knowledge there's not many of us in Liverpool take on Victorian floors so as a consequence I get a few. Call went something like "Hi, is that Richie?"
"It is, how can I help you?"
"Got these Victorian tiles etc etc, when can you see the job?"
"I can pop by one evening next week, whatever suits you best"
"Can you look at it tomorrow?" (Sunday)
"I'm really sorry but I'm busy all tomorrow, free most evenings next week after 7"
"Can you start Monday?"
"This Monday!?"
"Yes"
"Have you actually got the tiles already? I haven't any free time for about 8 to 10 weeks sorry"
"AAAARRGH YOU'RE WASTING MY TIME!! FORGET IT!"
And with that he hung up. For all the money he's spent on tiles I dread to think what's going to become of his floor.

He'll get the job he deserves by the sounds of it.

 

[Rich Midge]

This isn't even a one off, I get this all the time, and it's not like it's little jobs that you might consider squeezing in somewhere. I had a call for 8 bathrooms in a posh boutique hotel in the city centre on a Tuesday, can you start Thursday, ffs.

 

[LM]

This isn't even a one off, I get this all the time, and it's not like it's little jobs that you might consider squeezing in somewhere. I had a call for 8 bathrooms in a posh boutique hotel in the city centre on a Tuesday, can you start Thursday, ffs.

Looks like Liverpool could do with more pro tilers.

 

[Dan]

Looks like Liverpool could do with more pro tilers.

Made a category for it in the new directory. Directory

Pretty sure you guys can add your listing to more than one category.

 

[Stef]

I get phone calls quite regular & they are shocked when you tell them your currently running about 3-4 months book in time.
Why do people wait till the last minute before contacting a tiler?
Frustrates me...

 

[Andy Allen]

I could start Monday. ....



















Monday 5th September...

 

[Italy]

I frequently, you have to start yesterday

 

[Unused Account 1]

Same here ,crazy lol

 

[Flintstone]

Should have said, oh I'm glad you called I'm just sat at home doing nowt!

 

[Flintstone]

I get the same sort of calls all the time, wanting it done next week.

 

[Unused Account 1]

Then when you get delayed on a job and got a few free days no one rings lolsods law

 

[ttt tiling]

I think he was wasting your time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!