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DIY Forum >> Electrical Questions >> £30.00 https://www.askthetrades.co.uk/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1339002186 Message started by cumbriahandyman on Jun 6th, 2012, 6:03pm |
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Title: £30.00 Post by cumbriahandyman on Jun 6th, 2012, 6:03pm Had a call from a company that supplies self assembly Media beds. Said they had seen my website and asked if I would be interested in assembling one in Whitehaven. He said they paid £30.00 for the job as it should take no longer than two hours to assemble. I asked if he had seen what my minimum charge was for a small job. I told him it was £45.00. He hung up on me. Would you do a twelve mile round trip, unpack the boxes assemble the bed and test the electrics for £30.00. |
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Title: Re: £30.00 Post by Lectrician on Jun 6th, 2012, 6:32pm We get these calls quite often too - replacing parts in a bathroom mirror light was the most recent. Quite often the job is the other side of Devon - They must think it is a tiny county! The worst has to be the subbed Sky Installs - It's no wonder they are slap dash these days! |
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Title: Re: £30.00 Post by scotspark on Jun 6th, 2012, 9:55pm they think scotland is tiny never mind devon I once got a call asking me to got to wick for a tripping rcd trying to explain that it was at the other end of the country was difficult but she phoned back 5 minutes later to say she had given the wrong postcode. but the job was still in wick :-? :-? :-? :-? |
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Title: Re: £30.00 Post by TIMBA-WOLF on Jun 7th, 2012, 2:16am don't none of you guys realise, these are the customers who think you can do everything via infra red remote control.... hence no over heads, travel costs etc... shame on you all.... ;D |
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Title: Re: £30.00 Post by Lectrician on Jun 7th, 2012, 7:17am We are on some maintenance lists with pre-agreed distances and rates, many of the rates as high as £300 for the first hour, with £75 there after (bank holidays anyway!). With these you don't mind travelling a little! |
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