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People do put a higher price in if they think someone is likely to be a pain in the backside.
Edited that for you ..............
It's up to you. Why do you think there was such a difference in price? why do you think that you can go to a nice, "ethical" restaurant for a meal, where they might be paying for well trained, professional staff, for a reasonable amount of money, or trot off down the £4.99 for two crap house? People in this country seem to be wanting everything for nothing these days, it is all going to end in tears.
Just because someone is cheaper doesn’t mean they’ll do a bad job, same as someone expensive doing a good job. Yes in general you do get what you pay for but that price seemed reasonable to me. Don’t you think it says something about the other electrician who dropped £100 once I questioned his pricing? To me that shows a chancer. I bet he pulled up, saw my house on a private estate and put on £200.
I had somebody knock me down in my early days, would never do it again. Put it down to experience and him being a bit over bearing and pushy. Well done for having your house on a private estate by the way.
I had somebody knock me down in my early days, would never do it again. Put it down to experience and him being a bit over bearing and pushy. Well done for having your house on a private estate by the way.
Oh, well, if it's on a private estate that's another thing entirely. You didn't say you were the Duke of Devonshire did you??Just because someone is cheaper doesn’t mean they’ll do a bad job, same as someone expensive doing a good job. Yes in general you do get what you pay for but that price seemed reasonable to me. Don’t you think it says something about the other electrician who dropped £100 once I questioned his pricing? To me that shows a chancer. I bet he pulled up, saw my house on a private estate and put on £200.
Without trying to establish why it was less than half of the price of the other quotes? That is completely the wrong way to deal with quotes.Went with the £460
Or a gap in the rectum cavity.People might put a higher price in if they think someone is likely to be a pain in the backside.
I doubt that.Most probably ... the first though!
I paid the bloke cash, he runs his own business just himself, had a smart van with professional artwork on the side and fully registered.
The kitchen fitter recommend him and said he has worked on many building sites with him. I should think £460 for 10 hours work is a decent rate, minus the cabling and downlights he's easy made at least £350. £35 an hour seems reasonable for an electrician, or is £70 or £110 a more reasonable rate like the other chancers?
I was trying to be positive for the OP lolI doubt that.
Sounds to me like either you have found a decent guy who undervalues his work, or you have found an unqualified handy man who has a good image and looks with his van etc but has made an absolute mess in areas that you can't see. Most probably and hopefully the first though!
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