Neil Clark

Want my facia's and guttering doing on house (plastic). Had two companies round to quote and told them what i want, also mentioned it would be cash. They both havn't bothered to get back to me at all, no quote even.

Dont need the work then!, rant over lol

rst in breaking

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not all people are suffering but people without work and jobs on the line would argue theres a recession. a friend at works wife applied for a job the other day, turned out 1500 other people did too, not easy finding work now is it?

ballin

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fookin ell 1500 for 1 job?! even the fire service cant beat that! Where was it?

Big G

Oiler for Playboy

rst in breaking

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guessing london somewhere as he lives barnet, it was an office job but they said loads of bank managers etc had applied

Ginge !

guessing she applied for " big brother"

theres a job going at my work if anyones interested,,,, may even be 2 aswell

down side is its a shite place to work, loads of stress, people you work with stab you in the back and the management dont give a fuck unless there boss tells em to

oh and they pay is less now too due to more people looking for work,,, yes i kid you not we are paying less due to this " recession",,,, yet are targets are higher this year too :Wall:

e30cossie

I work for a air conditioning company and there are 2 sides ,install and service.
Install work is quite and the service work is better than ever. I think a lot of people do not want to spend out on new equipment so are spending money trying to get a longer life out of their old stuff.

JoeRS22

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Great isnt it, but they still moan at the repair bill.

dojj

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when i posted about a guy who was quoting me MORE for a job when the work was slack rather than less to keep going, peole said i was talking bollocks

C4llyT

Dojj they use that reply without reading what you've put, so don't take it to heart

foreigneRS

me too. we've got a lot of work on at the moment converting R22 units

dojj

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i realise that

but basicly the guy wanted Ł500 for it one week, then Ł600 2 weeks later as "i've got no work so got to get the money from somewhere" rather than accept the Ł400 i was prepared to give him to keep 2 guys employed for 2 days doing the job

but that's typical english/british business sense, do as little as possible for as much profit as yu can screw out of the customer rather than do as much as you can to keep busy and keep your customers coming back/recomending you to others

coleman

It was for the job of my personal fluffer

Lee Reynolds

Sometimes when we go to look at a job and the guy at the house says '' it will be cash '' or ''pound notes lads'' etc it usually means 'i want the job doing the best you can for fuck all' and a lot of time we dont bother to send a quote either!

Maybe you gave that impression? Seems strange both havent got back?

Cragrat

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the core of my work (30%-40%) has gone from wiring extensions and kitchens to right small jobs (3-4hrs or so) and rewires,in fact i have done more rewires as in the last 4 months than the last 2 years

seems as people arent being lent the money they seem to still have it(around here at least) but are only willing to spend it on neccessary stuff

Neil Clark

Maybe....

I told them they can do job when they want to suit them and money will be ready at the end to pickup sort of thing, its not a massive job but its 2 days work for someone...

This credit crunch dont seem to of hit derby that bad so far tho (thank god!)

R6Franky

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There's a high percentage of the (derby) population working for rolls royce still able to spend as usual keeping things ticking over. I work for them up here in sunderland and we have yet to feel the pinch of the recession. Engine orders for aeroplanes can't be cancelled as quick as someone wanting to buy a nissan micra. Another month and I think Rolls could be due some redundancys. Hoping there's plenty old timers wanting to volunteer to make up most of the numbers.

rst in breaking

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dojj- i find if you aint desperate for work at times when people offer you it prices maybe higher as your not needing the wrk and appreciate your weekends to yourself etc, but then again i dont price much diff tbh, i price to what i feel a days worth of a tradesman is worth, a Ł100 a day for a qualified self employed tradesman wont buy a good trademan from my experience but then without knowing people in the game you could always pay top mony for a cowboy which is the risk, recommendations is good thing but norm isnt cheap . if i was having work done id ring round the best people i know and wouldnt expect to pay less than Ł200 a day as i know they'd turn out twice the work and twice the quality tbh, but then im in the trade

FastFordChris

had a bloke knocking on the door today asking if we needed ours doing, said he hadn;t worked in two weeks and was desperate. said he'd do it today even tho it was pissing down lol wanted 200 for the lot, can give you his details if you want?

Cragrat

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if only everyone saw it that way fella we would all have a decent wage and be proud of a good job done.unfortunateley it aint always so,a plumber i do a lot of work with (probably the best round here) said a bloke asked him to price a job that he knows he cannot touch the other prices hes had so far but can he anyway,wasted 2hrs looking and pricing only to have him try knock him down cos he knows work is drying up.i told him i was expecting these types to crawl out from under the rocks soon and now they are

rst in breaking

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there maybe a bright side in a few years and a boom in the trade though, soo many people cant get work atm and doing other work, im guessing not many people doing apprenticeships when theres no work so hopefully in a few years there will be a boom due to no new tradesmen perhaps?

alexno1dj

I run a landscaping and garden maintenance business, almost gave up hope but today, for some bizarre reason ive had three job enquiries! its such a crap time of year at the moment, my trade always has a slump over the winter, but never this bad.

Fezza

Sorry for the off topic but..... you NEED a fluffer?

Try some little blue pills


j/k

Cragrat

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what i cannot comprehend is the fact there is supposed to be a housing shortage and no bugger is now building or buying them,how can something that is meant to be a shortage of be dropping in value..............oh yeah i know its cos the banks are screwing us over and not offering the mortgages cos the govt` is too spineless to tell em to after giving them billions of our money for their balls up,sublime to rediculous methinks!!

Lee Reynolds

We were getting worried, only had work up until about end feb. Now we are booked up till about end august, beggining sept! Cant grumble with that in these times!

alexno1dj

Yeah, dont think ive been quite as fortunate as you. How long you been going for?

Lee Reynolds

Been in business 3 years almost. Im a builder though not a Gardener, with my kind of work it only takes a couple of jobs to get booked up for a few months!

Rich_w

That's probably a good idea. Let them know you'll pay. When would you expect to pay normally? 6 months time

In fairness, maybe they are just really busy. Good trades people tend to be.

fuzzy

more likely theyre concentrating on regular client work rather than the odd days work from random callers. sometimes they cant spare anyone and starting someone else isnt practical if they dont have anything else to follow up.

rscombi.

where are u ? ill price it up 4u fella things r quiet!

Neil Clark

Derby mate, Breadsall

07815 195243

rscombi.

bit to far! im in kent lol,