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[TomLane]

no rush mate thanks anyway !

You should have a copy too!

 

[on31ll]

thanks mate ! sounded a bit snotty when i said thanks anyway ! just realised ! sorry mate

 

[TomLane]

thanks mate ! sounded a bit snotty when i said thanks anyway ! just realised ! sorry mate

No it didn't mate, just realised I hadn't said to you I'd sent it!

 

[peteheat]

Thanks guys !!
I wont be having my boss on any of my jobs if i can help it.
His charges would price me out of the job straight away.

plus hes useless at piping anything up!
The other apprentice is faster and far cheaper!
And my workmate will be there the whole time as i dont have my acs awarded yet (i have done it)

Actually a lot to be learned from that post if you read it again.

As your boss I take it you have served some of your time with him, so he could get top prices is that not a skill in itself?

Plus you are already working against yourself assuming the customer would not pay a good price (from our side) without sounding him out.

Elsewhere you state he has a price of £8,000, he didn't dismiss the figure so don't try to impress by going in at something too low.

 

[Killy Bing]

My boss is well established and sadly I'm just starting out.
he can happily turn work away if he doesn't feel he can earn enough money out of it.

Maybe i can be that way one day but not yet.

its not an issue with the customer paying a good price.
the issues how much my boss would charge me for him to be there.
ill pm you the cost!

my quote doesn't come out a great deal below it but its what the customer wants.
the bricky come plumber/gas engineer wouldn't put the boiler in the airing cupboard but i don't mind doing it.

 

[on31ll]

My girlfriends dad charges £120 a day to friends an family ! Charges about £260 a day normally for him and a labourer he pays £30 a day ! He has works months in advance ! Can happily turrn work away ! I cpuld go againest him and be £1k less than him i still would prob lose out ! You could have work with a year waiting list for customers and still not make a living !

Moral of the story ! Dont price yourself to low or you will forever be chasing for work ! Set your price and dont budge !

 

[Killy Bing]

Sent the quote. The jobs straight forward and ive covered myself in every aspect i can think of.

Well ill be posting up if i get it!

 

[peteheat]

Sent the quote. The jobs straight forward and ive covered myself in every aspect i can think of.

Well ill be posting up if i get it!

It's OK to keep posting even if you don't get the job, lost one myself way back when I was starting out, not so sure it was my fault thought I think the customer wanted something called value for money

However if you do get the job it's your round and I think there will be a lot of double brandy's (and similar)

Best of luck with it.

 

[Killy Bing]

I got my reply!
a big fat no!
Apparently twice the price as two other quotes he got.
apparently the same spec.......just seems fishy as the materials are over half the price.

either they will be working for free or not doing it to the spec hes asked, im afraid hes going to get burned but hey, not my problem

 

[Destroyer2813]

You couldn't of been twice the brikkies surley