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Re: What have you got?
bosch 1200 spin washing machine
cr@ppy hotpoint rf28s fridge
algor oven, wirlpool hobi am the dishwasher and the clothes horse is the dryer.
Re: What is the most useful tool in your toolbox?
No! no! guys, thats far too cruel and fiddly.
Just pre-charge a small (say 8mf) capacitor with your megger!
Neat, simple, easy to carry and also very effective on moggies!
Money back guaranteed method…trust me!
wire up 2 meggers in series and zap the mutt…
at college we were made to stand in a circle holding hands whilst we all got zapped with the old wind-up meggers
Re: HOTPOINT WM32S
just for the record,
not teaching you how to suck eggs but you can now buy pattern bearings spider seal ect for the wma range for £7.50 + vat at CDS in the west midlands. absolutely brilliant deal.Re: HOTPOINT TDC30
when i was at hotpoint we were told to change the start relays if this happens as the contacts are known to stick.
Re: I got a contract!
dave and everyone else your comments and help here are much, much appreciated. i am going to call trading standards as soon as he rings back.
another thing,
is it right to employ people to fix appliances if they have no quals/experience without training them? because thats what hes doing. im the only one (and an ex-servis man) who were qualified and working for him!
Re: I got a contract!
i have had so much trouble with them this morning (yes, this morning) i have a good mind to name them.
Panther, chris ect anyone from the black country…..Stay away from this nutter (you know this already, sorry…)
hes been on the phone saying i owe him money for jobs that were either “out” calls or customer not willing to repair jobs….. i am not paying him for them… i didnt sign a contract!
also he is ringing customers telling them not to deal with me!!!!!
other things that he has been telling me to do, which are illegal ive been tempted to call the police.
Re: I got a contract!
yes i agree….
but some of the things he tells me to do is unreal……not what i learned at college at all.Re: I got a contract!
i have been informed today that the guy is a known rogue and has been in trouble with trading standards. 3 guys have come off his list in a week. i will be the fourth. i want nothing to do with them anymore….anyone want any more information please PM me.
ken, its not an 0800 in yellow pages but he advertises under diffrent names and in the same categories. wot a nutterRe: I got a contract!
panther
the ad was in a paper too, but i canvassed to get it…..
the company are in the south birmingham ….. it isnt S.E by any chance????pls let me know!
Re: Most ridiculous part price
Just had a quote from my supplier for 150820 power unit for hotpoint toploader 198 + vat!
also zanussi induction motor £135 + vat! machine is nearly 20 yrs old and the lady is having it fixedRe: I got a contract!
ok ali
basically he gives us about 6 calls a day. i go and charge the customer £30 plus the part plus my earining (about 20-35 quid). at the end of the working week i will pay him for all those calls that i have been given. it works out that he has more than me though. i keep the rest and we start over
…..Re: I got a contract!
hi again guys…
firstly…
yes i had a late one but the time my side says 2.44 pm or something…!
kwatt i have to agree here, it will be very burdensome once i take on extra engineers, we are starting a massive yellow pages ad campaign soon, with a free phone number for “local engineer”. i have noticed that if i dont complete 1st time round it knackers up the cash flow a bit. but i dont get charged on recalls or on rebooks. but i get charged for some out calls.they are giving me 3 calls per week contingency if they come to nothing. over and above that then i get charged 30 per call.
i must say, they have regular work coming in but it greives me when im bringing in £350 per day and 80{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} of it is showing on my spreadsheet as his!
alex, i wont say who it is on the forum just in case he drops by here!
Re: Whats the most annoying thing customers do?
heres my most annoying:
1) worse thing is that its sod’s law that the most minging houses have the pump blockages.
2)say the dog wont bite and it does
3)ring you at 11.55am and ask where you are and appointment is at 12pm
4)cancel a call on you if youre on the way there and had to travel 20 miles to get there
5)make bad cups of tea
6)make a cup of tea infront of you and not offer you one
7)cry cos you cant get the part
8)offer you a cup of tea and the house is infested (at this point tea ends up poured inside of drum)
9) try and talk over you like your thick, just because i appear to look young
10) ask me “how long have you been doing this for” (im 23, look younger) not knowing i spent 2 years in north wales doing my city and guilds ect ect prior to working. so at that point i answer “1 week love, last week i was a window cleaner”🙄
