£100 for 2 men on a Sunday????

[Nisus]

Worked today 1st Saturday this year.
But it was for brother in law, the mother in law asked me last week if i could do some plastering on his kitchen as he'd had 3 quotes & the cheapest was £100 & they thought it was too much ???
She told me the job was skim 1wall bit of patching on another wall & repair water damaged ceiling it was less than half a metre of damage. I said ok ill pop & do it saturday morn for them.
They asked me to come round at 10am
So anyway walks in & there's 4 walls to skim 1 window with reveals 1 door with reveals plus ceiling to sort out lights to take down 2 vents on wall etc. I said how much was that quote you had they said £100 i said it's more like £200 for the day that includes materials. I said I don't know how he could make any money doing it for that much once you take off materials diesel etc.
But i said i'll do it for you at family rates


Found out the quote they had was off a website
Mybuilder.com had a look when I got home.

Look at this
https://www.mybuilder.com/profile/feedback/supertexer

 

[spunky]

Re: £75 for 2 men on a Sunday????

doncaster .....paul...............naaaaaaaah cant be ;D............anyway cheap desperate bastids especially on a sunday

 

[Nisus]

I read it wrong ;D
it's £100 for 2 men on a Sunday.
but it says on there £75 for 2 men on a bedroom WTF ???

 

[bodplasterer]

How do these people do it? £100 minus 20% = £80 minus materials, dont seem do able ??? they gotta be doing cash and surley being broadcast over the interweb its not a good idea :-\

 

[warriorupnorth]

A lot quote these prices then when they turn up to do it , they say "oooh more than i thought etc and bump up the price " classic , nine times outa ten the customer would just say ok

 

[Nisus]

That's exactly what i thought warrior

 

[simplybesty]

maybe its a sunday for a reason, there prob working on the books in the week, nick materials and do these jobs for cash. wonder if the local tax man knows. ;D

 

[smudge]

maybe its a sunday for a reason, there prob working on the books in the week, nick materials and do these jobs for cash. wonder if the local tax man knows. ;D

grasser every one needs a tickle quotes are a joke you tell tax man everythink do you simplyagrass

 

[gps]

maybe its a sunday for a reason, there prob working on the books in the week, nick materials and do these jobs for cash. wonder if the local tax man knows. ;D

maybe its a sunday for a reason, there prob working on the books in the week, nick materials and do these jobs for cash. wonder if the local tax man knows. ;D

grasser every one needs a tickle quotes are a joke you tell tax man everythink do you simplyagrass

I agree lets have less of the "i wonder if the local taxman knows".
Quotes are a joke but all his feedback is very good and if he is making a bit extra at the weekends good luck to him.

 

[simplybesty]

i never said to grass,i just said i wonder if the tax man knows , i have had lads who do work weekends which i dont give a fcuk but when they nick materails then thats out of order.

 

[plasterjfe]

MY builder needs to be SHUT DOWN it does NO good for the industry or REAL tradesmen. It only invites poor workmanship/slave labour/migrant monopolising/adds to the problem of recession in the worst hit sector and says to me looking at the prices "you aint worth jack, plasterer/bricky/chippy whatever you are you and your skills are for bums and aint worth pittance i will pay what i say you punk now lick my boots clean slave"...... And thats what I think about those web sites. It happened in printing this "bid down" culture and it claimed more business than the recession itself.....

 

[kemi]

MY builder needs to be SHUT DOWN it does NO good for the industry or REAL tradesmen. It only invites poor workmanship/slave labour/migrant monopolising/adds to the problem of recession in the worst hit sector and says to me looking at the prices "you aint worth jack, plasterer/bricky/chippy whatever you are you and your skills are for bums and aint worth pittance i will pay what i say you punk now lick my boots clean slave"...... And thats what I think about those web sites. It happened in printing this "bid down" culture and it claimed more business than the recession itself.....

100% RIGHT MATE.