Do you ever....

[Spare Tool]

.....Feel a slight pang of remorse when you feel you've been paid too much, or is it just swings n roundabouts??
Just done a 3m kitchen splashback today 200x100 brickbond for a joiner friend of mine that had quoted on a job...
a day for him to change some doors and worktops and a day for me to retile it.
I hadn't seen the job till I got there at 9 this morning...
Tiled, grouted n siliconed, and van packed in 3 hours.
The job only 10 mins away was for a nice oldish lady that walks with a stick, she was out at work when I got there and still out when I left, thing is if she'd been in I would have only charged half a day....joiner going round tonight to collect cash....
feeling guilty

 

[Andy Allen]

If you feel you're been paid to much give her a refund as shes only 10 mins away. ..

 

[Spare Tool]

jeez mate I don't feel that guilty :smilewinkgrin: seriously though that's not a dad idea...can get a bunch of flowers in morrisons for a fiver like you say its all good for spreading the word and easing the conscience

 

[Qwerty]

Why not send her a nice bunch of flowers and a Christmas Card. Nice sentiment and sure she'll appreciate the gesture and spread a good word or two on your behalf.

Second that

 

[Spare Tool]

Just to throw a twist on it, would you feel the same if the job was for a banker or taxman.....hhhhmmmm!!!!

 

[Rizzle from the Portizzle]

.....Feel a slight pang of remorse when you feel you've been paid too much, or is it just swings n roundabouts??
Just done a 3m kitchen splashback today 200x100 brickbond for a joiner friend of mine that had quoted on a job...
a day for him to change some doors and worktops and a day for me to retile it.
I hadn't seen the job till I got there at 9 this morning...
Tiled, grouted n siliconed, and van packed in 3 hours.
The job only 10 mins away was for a nice oldish lady that walks with a stick, she was out at work when I got there and still out when I left, thing is if she'd been in I would have only charged half a day....joiner going round tonight to collect cash....
feeling guilty

clients pay for your experience not your time so anther tiler may have taken 1 day to tile and half day to grout but the price is the same they do not pay racing drivers less for coming first so why should you work for less only in the building trade do they exspect to pay you less for finishing early yet its taken you over 10 years to get to that level

 

[Andy Allen]

clients pay for your experience not your time so anther tiler may have taken 1 day to tile and half day to grout but the price is the same they do not pay racing drivers less for coming first so why should you work for less only in the building trade do they exspect to pay you less for finishing early yet its taken you over 10 years to get to that level

To true ....a customer once said to me you must be on good money that job only took you 4 hours...no I said it took me 4 hours and 33 years experience to do your job..:smilewinkgrin:

 

[WetSaw]

.... a joiner friend of mine that had quoted on a job...

If the customer was happy with the quote ( which I assume she was as you got the job ) and happy with the finished job then I'd say that it probably makes up for the ones that don't always go to plan!

 

[widler]

Bloody thief !!

 

[Spare Tool]

Bloody thief !!

haha...you know me better than that Craig, hey did a repair job in a shop yesterday and found a pound coin under the ice lolly fridge so duly gave it to the shop owner n proved my honesty...
never said owt about the tenner though:smilewinkgrin: