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Re: Whats the most annoying thing customers do?
A familiar tale, havnt had a doorstep standup as such for a while but almost every week i get last min cancellations because ‘The neighbour, uncle , bloke down the pub or whatever, had a look & ‘fixed it’.. drives me nuts it does.
The worst of it is its usually the jobs you’ve spent an age talking to, telling them the likely fault, cost, then getting 10 mins worth of directions on how to find their place, etc, etc.. PEOPLE!! 👿
The job would be much easier without em..
Re: Are you quiet at the moment or is it me?
Definately is feast & famine at mo.. Phone hardly rung last week, then i take 6 decent sounding calls today 😯 oh well musnt grumble.
Re charging different rates for built in, generally i think you’ve got to. Its fine if the floors flat, the thing isnt up on 17 different bits of wood etc,etc, but how often is life that simple?
Totally agree with comments about £25.. bonkers.. You will get more grief the cheaper you are, its just human nature.
Re: Are you quiet at the moment or is it me?
Amazing how integrated stuff has a lot of guys in our trade running for the hills! Called today to a machine , old AEG dishwasher, some bod had been out to it 2 months ago, removed front plate, peered underneath, pronounced it flooded & BER & charged elderly owner £40 for his ‘trouble’.
Machine was in flood constant pumping mode so hoiked it out to see just what was leaking. Float sw arm was stuck in up position but base was bone dry, must have been flooded originally, evaporated over the weeks & corroded float arm a bit.
Sussed out leak was probably caused by choice of detergent for this slim dishwasher & advised her accordingly.
It really wasnt rocket science & the first guy really just had to spend 20 mins at job to achive the same result :rolls:
Re: Are you quiet at the moment or is it me?
yep, this year has yet to get going for me, & its nearly summer! What makes it worse is that 07 was a very busy year, turning jobs away some weeks.
The sheds & supermarkets are doing some pretty agressive price cutting to shift stock and that aint helping.
As p45 says though robert, be flexible, integrated dishwashers & the like are good earners, advertising has its part to play, but doing a quality, fairly priced job is your best bet for repeat business & referrals.Looks like you picked a difficult year to start though mate ! 😯
Re: Haier products
A lot of small hotels around here use cheapo domestic machines, the ones on the first page of comets website if you know what i mean. :rolls:
Half the guarantee time compared to domestic punters is what they get,still not sure its worth the hassle, never get paid on the day of visit :rolls: :rolls:
Re: Half Term horror kids
Not sure i dare say.. lest i get fiddled with again.. 😯 slippery slope though..first its edited posts.. then goose steps & jack boots. :lesson: Thats how it happens..mark my words 😉
Re: Half Term horror kids
Hoi, who edited my post? it was a legitimate question!! Well, it was a rhetorical question really cos we all know the answer i think.
Hey, im not complaining, heated banter is part of the attraction of the site for those of us with a sense of humour. 😉
Re: Half Term horror kids
Well, they do say it costs 100k to raise a nipper these days.. so maybe thats why..
Notice youre struggling with a fridge freezer jn your new avatar Martin.. you wanna get one of those air sleds mate.. 😉
PS, is it your mission to wind up ken??:mrgreen:
