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| Thread ID: 107470 | 2010-02-17 04:48:00 | Trades people - on time? | Nomad (952) | PC World Chat |
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| 859403 | 2010-02-17 19:12:00 | I think most of us here, though, aren't expecting to be seen OMG NOW, but when a tradesman gives you a time and date for when they will come, and then they just never show up, never call, etc. I would never expect to just forget about going to a job, it's ridiculous. Some may think that is too much fuss chasing after people. They may just use their leaking tap or sink for the moment being and put off looking for another tradesmen. Esp, when they may take annual leave to stay home and then they don't show up ..... We've had a guy who said it would be this day, didn't turn up and comes in tomorrow afternoon when we are out, then put a letter in mailbox will come this other day. We chased up, couldn't make it, say it will be first thing tomorrow morning, again doesn't show up, then just pops in the afternoon without calling. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 859404 | 2010-02-17 19:53:00 | All he did was cut a gas pipe and stuck a double adaptor on it ... piped it upstairs by drilling a hole via the ceiling, plugged it in. 2hrs work. Ok .. maybe $90/hr is the standard .. $450 in parts? You mean his invoice didn't itemise what cost what? In which case I wouldn't have paid it. There are a couple of tradesmen here that do that. One electrician charged someone I know around $450 to attach a wire. The staples used were something like $3 each. ANother person got a verbal quote of $2000 to run a cable to a garage, there was a long trench dug - the homeowner did that part - then the final bill came to $4000. They just pay it and moan to everyone. I can't believe someone would pay such a bill in the first place. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 859405 | 2010-02-17 20:14:00 | Cost of materials = $?? That's probably the main expense. I look at husbands plumbing parts costs, never mind retail and think I should never complain about hardware prices ever again. Here: 1 x 40mm waste tee $13.79 2 x 40mm waste elbows $12.38 1 x 32-40mm waste reducer $6.08 1 x 32mm waste trap $10.35 2 x buteline elbows $15.86 2 x buteline female swivels $21.87 2 x buteline tee connectors $16.65 2 metre 40mm waste pipe $39.38 2.5 metre buteline pipe $14.06 There was some weird ball valve thingy once too, couldn't believe a hunk of plastic with a tiny bit on it cost way more than a large hard drive. Not too mention what the inner plastic thing in a cow tank costs. Insanity. A lot of those prices look like normal retail and why would a plumber be buying pipe by the metre? NZ Plumbing has the Buteline fittings @ 30% off those prices. Maybe you should take over sourcing parts :D |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 859406 | 2010-02-17 20:37:00 | Buteline by the half metre weird. | prefect (6291) | ||
| 859407 | 2010-02-17 20:52:00 | Buteline by the half metre weird. It may well be that the buteline comes in a 20 metre length for $112.48 for example. Divide by 8 to get a price of $14.06 for 2.5 metres. |
Sweep (90) | ||
| 859408 | 2010-02-17 21:48:00 | For our $650 job don't think there were much parts, we were home. The European made Oven had its own regular. All he did was cut a gas pipe and stuck a double adaptor on it ... piped it upstairs by drilling a hole via the ceiling, plugged it in. 2hrs work. Ok .. maybe $90/hr is the standard .. $450 in parts? You are entitled to a break down of the account, in fact all tradesman I know always do set out the account detailing labour/materials etc. |
Arnie (6624) | ||
| 859409 | 2010-02-17 22:01:00 | plumbers, gasfitters, your lucky to even get one let alone ask for one to be on time ! i know a few that had 3 month waiting lists. things like quotes get bumped to the back of the queue if they are busy. every trade a bit different, i got sick of the consumerism mentality. years ago if you couldn't do the job in a week, forget it customers has gone elsewhere. then it was 3 days. it got to the stage that even people in the sticks wanted a job done that day or not at all. even had mongrels who bought gear from a shop (nothing to do with me), rang me wanting it installed that day, told them i could do it in 2 days time so they took all the gear back to the shop they bought it from and went elsewhere. customer service can be a 2 way street ;) Couldnt agree more with above, I have had ****holes ring up on Xmas eve or just before a holiday to do big jobs. They could have done it earlier but because truck machinery repairs in west is quite competitive they think they can mess you around with no consequences. The answer is always no and **** ** any part of that you dont understand? |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 859410 | 2010-02-17 22:51:00 | NZ tradespeople are complete and utter dicks, Unless they have a manager hanging over them they are useless. When we got some building done we had people not turning up for quotes,turning up but not following up with the quote, getting the job and not turning up,turning up,getting f'all done and then splitting. After a 3 week build took 4 freakin months I was near exploding, then I dropped in a mate and my missing builder was there having a chat, Hiding from the work. And then he got upset and badmouthed me when I told him to never set foot on my property again.I went home, packed up all his crap and heaped it up on the street. Over the period of the build we were in contact with at least 20 trades people, Only one of them I would use again or recommend. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 859411 | 2010-02-17 23:04:00 | A lot of those prices look like normal retail and why would a plumber be buying pipe by the metre? Thats off their bill . |
pctek (84) | ||
| 859412 | 2010-02-18 06:11:00 | NZ tradespeople are complete and utter dicks, Unless they have a manager hanging over them they are useless. When we got some building done we had people not turning up for quotes,turning up but not following up with the quote, getting the job and not turning up,turning up,getting f'all done and then splitting. After a 3 week build took 4 freakin months I was near exploding, then I dropped in a mate and my missing builder was there having a chat, Hiding from the work. And then he got upset and badmouthed me when I told him to never set foot on my property again.I went home, packed up all his crap and heaped it up on the street. Over the period of the build we were in contact with at least 20 trades people, Only one of them I would use again or recommend. that sucks big time. trying to organise all the different trades to be in at the right time for a build is a hard job. a little odd he should be hiding from his work, or was it a case of agreeing to more work than he could do. we had one of the steel sheds crews that did that. turn up to site for one day a week. they simply took on too much work and tried to spread the load and keep everyone happy. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
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