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Leo21 said:
Yes, but your old, slow and lazy.
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you get my sense of humour then Leo, just pointing out to folk that doing things at a slower pace and taking a bit longer is less stressful and you'll live longer. I bet I do less hours and earn as much as a lot of people working all hours, but its my choice to do so, so go pick your toys up and chill out folks :):):):):).

If I am being accused of overpricing, reconsider your opinion on that one, I like to say I am reassuringly expensive (and now even elitist), it means I will always be happy to pop back , show peeps how to use the system and do any small changes required to the system setup, afte rall, I have been paid well and consider that these recalls that occur have already been paid for. There are more than one way to skin a cat, mine is different to the norm it would seem.
 
Stanios said:
Its all well and good if you can quote 1k labour but when you know unless you get the job you will sit on your arse doing nothing its better to quote half that and guarantee yourself some income!
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You forget, if you earn more per job, you can afford to sit around on your arse doing nothing
 
Personally I prefer to take longer not stress myself trying to rush and make sure the whole install is spot on, I get more joy out of doing a quality job than if I have to rush it a cut corners
 
lame plumber said:
you get my sense of humour then Leo, just pointing out to folk that doing things at a slower pace and taking a bit longer is less stressful and you'll live longer. I bet I do less hours and earn as much as a lot of people working all hours, but its my choice to do so, so go pick your toys up and chill out folks :):):):):).

If I am being accused of overpricing, reconsider your opinion on that one, I like to say I am reassuringly expensive (and now even elitist), it means I will always be happy to pop back , show peeps how to use the system and do any small changes required to the system setup, afte rall, I have been paid well and consider that these recalls that occur have already been paid for. There are more than one way to skin a cat, mine is different to the norm it would seem.
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I beleive in getting as much as I can, but ! Your prices are dictated by some level by your competition.
Who ever your customers think are you're equivalent, as Mercedes Benz versus Bmw.
There are guys round here that do it silly cheap, and appear to fit them without stepping over the threshold.
I luckily manage to get roughly the same prices as e local three man firm that's vat registered. If I could charge more I would, but I know what my market will take.
 
Leo21 said:
I beleive in getting as much as I can, but ! Your prices are dictated by some level by your competition.
Who ever your customers think are you're equivalent, as Mercedes Benz versus Bmw.
There are guys round here that do it silly cheap, and appear to fit them without stepping over the threshold.
I luckily manage to get roughly the same prices as e local three man firm that's vat registered. If I could charge more I would, but I know what my market will take.
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you hit the nail on the head there, it's the market you target that allows you to price accordingly. I admit I endeavour to hit the bmw/merc owners rather than bus users. I am not saying folks with less money are any worse to work for, its more likely that my market is more likely to moan and complain. It can back fire as a lot of my Aga folk have massive, inherited piles but bugger all in their wallets, and you have to prize out the notes for them occasionally :)
 
scott_d said:
What about converting OV to combi?
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They are priced accordingly, got one to do next month that really didn't want to do.
Boiler relocating to airing cupboard from kitchen, with pita flue run and new gas run.
Went in silly high at £5250 and they wanted me to do it, as I was not the dearest
 
Linkyplumb said:
They are priced accordingly, got one to do next month that really didn't want to do.
Boiler relocating to airing cupboard from kitchen, with pita flue run and new gas run.
Went in silly high at £5250 and they wanted me to do it, as I was not the dearest
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got it wrong then :) you'll be ****ed when you bill them and find out you were a grand cheaper, dont you hate it when a customer says they were expecting a bigger bill............... mind you not a bad price for a swap like that.
 
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Linkyplumb said:
They are priced accordingly, got one to do next month that really didn't want to do.
Boiler relocating to airing cupboard from kitchen, with pita flue run and new gas run.
Went in silly high at £5250 and they wanted me to do it, as I was not the dearest
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Gimme a job mate!
 
Anytime Adam, I can pimp you out and then sit on my arse at home watching Netflix lol
 
Linkyplumb said:
They are priced accordingly, got one to do next month that really didn't want to do.
Boiler relocating to airing cupboard from kitchen, with pita flue run and new gas run.
Went in silly high at £5250 and they wanted me to do it, as I was not the dearest
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Which proves my point regarding pricing against competitors.
 
Leo21 said:
Which proves my point regarding pricing against competitors.
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funny thing though is I tend to get a lot of work even though my quotes are higher than the competition, how do you explain that leo? I think I know why, but what is your opinion?
 
lame plumber said:
funny thing though is I tend to get a lot of work even though my quotes are higher than the competition, how do you explain that leo? I think I know why, but what is your opinion?
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Your competition consist of mainly retards? Or it's your winning personality.
 
Leo21 said:
Your competition consist of mainly retards? Or it's your winning personality.
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I think my competition is mainly well trained folk who know their stuff, so it must be the second reason :)
 
Ive seen many people try to do boiler swaps in a day, some do great jobs but a lot lash it in and cut corners.

If you can get away with doing it over 2 or 3 days and still get a good wedge per day out of it then why not I don't blame anybody that does that in a few years I hope to work less for more when I have a reputation that allows it.

I myself take 1.5 days to do a combi swap I have the boiler up and running by the end of day 1 and then go back and flush and snag on day 2. I find this works for me as I don't have to be in the merchant for smack on 7:30 and work my rear off all day. I used to do 1 day combi swaps and I have done some since but they are a pain and I would rather take my time and know I get it right.
 
Millsy 82 said:
Ive seen many people try to do boiler swaps in a day, some do great jobs but a lot lash it in and cut corners.

If you can get away with doing it over 2 or 3 days and still get a good wedge per day out of it then why not I don't blame anybody that does that in a few years I hope to work less for more when I have a reputation that allows it.

I myself take 1.5 days to do a combi swap I have the boiler up and running by the end of day 1 and then go back and flush and snag on day 2. I find this works for me as I don't have to be in the merchant for smack on 7:30 and work my rear off all day. I used to do 1 day combi swaps and I have done some since but they are a pain and I would rather take my time and know I get it right.
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oh ****, I thought we had put this to bed and you go and stir things up.............................
 
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