Stupidly-priced Quotes - Sick Of Them

[fulabeer]

bunnycd

You can pay too much AND too little for a job.
Too little and you may have to repair or have the job done again.
To much, and you are just wasting money.

You are right, there are "chancers" out there.
They have an attitude that they prefer to just throw loads of expensive quotes out, in the hope that at least some come in.
That way they don't have to work very often, yet still earn decent money.
They have an attitude of "what they can get away with", not what is a fair price.
I know quite a few who do this. However, what goes around comes around.
Whilst i have been snowed under during this recession, they have been kicking their heels.
They are now seeing the benefits of a good (loyal) customer base. (which they haven't got)
The sad bit is they will not learn, and when things get busy again, they will be at it again...

The safest (but NOT guaranteed) method to get quality at a fair price is through recommendations.
If you find a good trades person "stick to them like glue" !!!

 

[Daz]

I typed a reply but it disappeared, so suffice to say that you have got a local tradesman at a price you are pleased with, so your original rant is now satisfied. If he's not local then he ain't earning £35 per hour!

 

[bunnycd]

Yes glad I found him, he's 14 miles away so far enough away to quote a reasonable price, the guy who lives 2 doors down wanted £200, so it just shows going that little bit further out and cost comes down. Fulabeer is right, I have just had my house painted by a great guy who holds C&G and he was amazing, he is now doing a host of other jobs for me which he is qualified in, his quotes are fair but he wants the work so prices to win the jobs.

 

[CJ]

As mentioned................do your homework before looking for any trades.

Ask friends/family for recomendations. OK, its not fool proof, but your'll stand a slightly better chance of getting a good-en.

 

[Colour Republic]

Re: Stuiped Priced Quotes..sick of them...

I haven't even read this thread all the way through as your first post angered me, then I see this one...

Personally for those people that bothered to turn up and do the job rather than mess about spending 2 hours here quoting (yes I had some of those) I have given them more work.. then I gave them even more work through friends so for one of the roofers £100 turned into £2k for one of my tradesman. In my view £60 is still a good wage for half a days work.

So you mean the guy who spent the time looking at your job and specifiying it for the best possible outcome is a loser? and shame on him because little did he know that had he have done a cheap job for you then you would have passed him on to somebody that was willing to pay for a proper job. He could have had it all and been earning the big bucks at £60 for half a day! That would have more than covered his van/fuel/tools/insurance/tax/advertising/time wasters/phone bills/accountant/sick pay/hoilday pay.....

What a loser!

 

[bunnycd]

Re: Stuiped Priced Quotes..sick of them...

I haven't even read this thread all the way through as your first post angered me, then I see this one...





So you mean the guy who spent the time looking at your job and specifiying it for the best possible outcome is a loser? and shame on him because little did he know that had he have done a cheap job for you then you would have passed him on to somebody that was willing to pay for a proper job. He could have had it all and been earning the big bucks at £60 for half a day! That would have more than covered his van/fuel/tools/insurance/tax/advertising/time wasters/phone bills/accountant/sick pay/hoilday pay.....

What a loser!

He would have been better off to ask me my budget, then say if he gets here and he thinks its worth £80 then he will do it as it is a 2 hour job, rather than spending 2 hours talking to me, don't get me wrong he was a lovely chap. I don't know why people are so hung up over seeing a job, if the specifications are given, photos taken and it's a small job then whats the point in messing around visiting people, maybe people are not timewasters they just don't want to pay silly prices. Asking peoples max budget may help get rid of what you call timewasters. I have been quoted from £600 to £5,000 to fit my bathroom if the guy who quoted £5k to fit and tile my bathroom that is 5ft by 6ft asked me my budget he may have not bothered wasting my time and his time quoting. So what I am trying to say is asking what people can afford first I think is a good thing.

 

[bunnycd]

Re: Stuiped Priced Quotes..sick of them...

Well I am sorry I have angered some of you (colour republic), that was not my intention, I understand the concept of being self employed and overheads because I am myself but I have been speaking about people charging silly prices e.g £100 per hour, and not you personally I am sure you quote a fair price for a fair job.

 

[Dan]

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