How annoyed would you be?

[mz30]

Gets a call from a builder i have worked for over 10yrs yesterday,first call this year,can i go and price a job in his sons new house ,told him i would pop round today to give him a quote rings 30 mins before he says he will meet me there i arrive no sign of him but notice the door open and a guy coming out ask him if the builder is there and he says no ,then i notice him carrying a galaxy black tile under his arm i pop my head in and the whole ground floor is tiled in galaxy black over 100m2 so goes back to my van calls him and asks whats going on he says its his sons mate so he got the job,i ask what he wants me to price and he says the chimmney breast needs tiling in slate,i said well ask the guy who's there ,he replied the slate is very thick and he only has a grinder and its not big enough to go through and you have one of those big wet cutting machines.

How angry would you be,bear in mind i tiled all of this sons old house,his other sons and daughters house,his mother and mother in laws house the builders own house plus properties he owned ,plus have done all his work for years at a good price.

 

[Gazzer]

I would be pretty miffed to say the least.

 

[Diggy]

Tell him to rev up and get the other bloke to do it.

Diggy

 

[Colour Republic]

If the the other tiler is a mate of his sons there is very little you can do about it and **** happens. The fact is he doesn't 'owe' you this work. However he should never have asked you to go round and price the bit the 'other' tiler couldn't do, as I would hope he would have been embarrassed, it seems not and maybe he thinks he's doing you a favour by giving you a 'little' bit of work.

But he's done it now, so if I was you I'd be inclined to quote for the work at full whack as if it was any other client.

 

[Time's Ran Out]

I'd not get involved - let him get the other or someone else - if your not required for the main work don't pick up the scraps!

 

[mz30]

If the the other tiler is a mate of his sons there is very little you can do about it and **** happens. The fact is he doesn't 'owe' you this work. However he should never have asked you to go round and price the bit the 'other' tiler couldn't do, as I would hope he would have been embarrassed, it seems not and maybe he thinks he's doing you a favour by giving you a 'little' bit of work.

But he's done it now, so if I was you I'd be inclined to quote for the work at full whack as if it was any other client.

Thats what got my back up more than not getting the rest of the work,the fact that the other tiler could'nt do the job as he didnt have the right tools as it was obviously offered to him first.

 

[AliGage]

My thinking is along the same lines as CR here. Id be pretty annoyed at could look at it that the son is trying to help his mate out.
Price the job as you would or need to and have a friendly chat about what work he has on. See if you can get another quote out of him maybe. Then see how it goes.

But if he brags that his busy and you get nothing then any quote in the future goes as your standard rate or whatever you wanna bump up to.

 

[nybor62]

has his sons mate done a good job , chances are you will be pricing against him in the future, your call, i would be livid though, and probs
walk away ,

 

[mz30]

Well i seen him cutting with a small grinder outside and the areas i seen were ungrouted so couldnt tell on the finish but only popped my head in,big open area over 100m2 in my estimation.

I really dont need the work so am going to tell him i can do it but will be in 3 weeks and will charge a premium rate.

 

[Ian]

Don't burn any bridges though mate, you never know when you might need a bit of work off Mr Builder.