I'm A Cowboy?

[M107]

Apparently another local sparks has told a potential customer I must be a cowboy !

Called by the home owner who has just purchased the property and asked for a ball park figure for one double socket to be put in the loft.

I said I would need to drop by & take a look at the existing installation, but if all was well I would expect a minimum of £50.

So I call in today (it is a 10 min walk from my place) new crabtree cu with split rcd & rcbo's MEB's fine & in place.

There is a double socket in a bedroom & is part of the RF, I said to surface mount the bedroom socket plonk in a length of trunking & through into the loft, where as luck would have it is the exact spot the fella wants the new socket.

Materials will be lucky to get above a tenner.

So my £50 is fine i think....

This other spark gave a price over the phone £105 + vat (he is visiting the address tomorrow evening.......i could drop in) & said I must be a handyman or cowboy & will probably wire to the light circuit cables in the loft for that price.

Cowboy indeed.......................T*&t

 

[Zeespark]

Just wait and see what the customer thinks of Him M.

Andy Guinness

 

[Robin Spark]

He's probably an Indian... so just ask him if he wants to play; because we know who always wins at the end! :slap

 

[Steve3948]

£50 does sound cheap, a bit like cash job for a private on the way home deal. Just sayin.

 

[Robin Spark]

Suppose you cant win them all, and you just know when the customer says yes straight away without any hesitation that they have had much more expensive quotes,

 

[ProDave]

No you are not a cowboy. you are a fair tradesman, not ripping people off but still charging enough to make an income from your work.

I have lost count of the amount of times doing a small cheap job like that has led to bigger more worthwhile jobs either from the same customer, or someone they recommended me to.

I wonder how many recommendations the other bloke gets?

 

[sprocketflup]

Was the other bloke Steptoe? :slap

 

[steptoe]

I needed to add in the beer factor,! :C

 

[Evans Electric]

I put loft sockets on the lighting ,  but only if they're for a TV signal  booster .  Can't see any problem with that , my mate doesn't agree and will spur off the bedroom plugs on his own work.                    He sees it as a 13A  supply  .......   I don't ,   I see it as a   0.5 A  supply  protected by a 6A breaker.    

Also to me , the term 13A socket  is the maximum rating of the accessory ,  but  its not mandatory .......IMHO .    

 

[M107]

Cant be off the lighting circuit Deke, this fella is wanting to run his mixing deck.

 

[Evans Electric]

Ah well thats different . :coat

 

[m4tty]

Mixing decks = Cannabis factory

 

[M107]

I did think that at the time matty.

 

[ProDave]

Whatever. It does = illegal loft conversion.

 

[Apache]

Mixing decks = Cannabis factory

Then maybe a 6A spur from the lighting is in order.....................

 

[m4tty]

Then maybe a 6A spur from the lighting is in order.....................

depends if hes a percy grower or a cash cropper lol

 

[Blue Duck]

With 6a available he wont be a cash cropper for long...

Ive always wanted to setup a studio in in the loft but its so full of carp I can't see it happening.

Let us know if you get the job

 

[m4tty]

Cash croppers do tend to bypass tho so sounds like a percy lol

 

[M107]

I did notice the nice new tile vent, nothing connected to it but it is there :innocent
 If I go back & the loft is lined with space blankets :slap