How much to change a ballcock!

[flat pack]

and some plumber sitting at home counting his pennies will tell him

 

[PlumbBobBob]

not from here!

 

[SafeGasInstall]

£400 is to much but if she happy paid ,then i think is time for you to sort out your rates with them !

 

[philtheflush]

you should have told him you had sex with his wife its was only a 2 minute job but she charged me for an hour

 

[fuzzy]

its theft

 

[WaterTight]

We've all had it. The 'if it takes 20 mins and you want £50 then you're asking me for a rate of £150 an hour" argument.

It's such an exhaustingly nonsensical bit of jibberish logic that you almost don't want to dignify it by pointing out how it doesn't apply to reality. It might be more fun to agree:

"I've never really thought about it like that. You're right, I fear. By way of example I worked ten hour days over the last four weeks. Made £30k in a month. It's probably excessive."

 

[Kyle87]

In a similar vein, had a guy phone me yesterday, needed a new ballvalve on an f and e tank. Told ME that it was only a ten minute job, worth the princley sum of £8. Asked where he got that price from. He said well I would expect to pay no more than £48 an hour, divided by six, equals £8.

I wont repeat what I told him to go and do!!!

i heard of a chap who fitted a really expensive bathroom for some snobs who had a few quid. he got them a heap of discount and i presume he did a good job. when it came for them to pay they were about £3.75 short. he felt it a bit odd especially after him saving them so much money, when he questioned it he was told that it was to cover the tea and biscuits he had at their house.

 

[TBServices]

i heard of a chap who fitted a really expensive bathroom for some snobs who had a few quid. he got them a heap of discount and i presume he did a good job. when it came for them to pay they were about £3.75 short. he felt it a bit odd especially after him saving them so much money, when he questioned it he was told that it was to cover the tea and biscuits he had at their house.

Hahaha. Sounds like an urban legend to me!


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[Mike Jackson]

Sounds quite likely to me. My brother in law was repointing a chimney some years ago and the customer wanted to charge him for the leccy to run the cement mixer. He shot back to the yard and picked up the genny and left it running all day under the lounge window.

 

[wetdrip]

Went to a client of mine in my village today to sort out a small leak. While there the lady told me a few weeks ago she came back from holiday and the cold water tank overflow was running. She couldn't find my number (she looked under 'P' for plumber but she had filed me under 'B' for Brown) so she called somebody from the yellow pages. A polish guy arrived, being an old house with dormer bedrooms the loft space is very restricted and he had to take out the F&E tank to get to the cold water tank. Once he had done that he went off for an hour to get a ballcock. Came back and fitted it and refitted the F&E tank. He was there less than 4 hours, bill £400. I said I would have to work for 3 days to charge her that sort of money.

Pop along to your local pound shop, buy a fridge magnet, then write your name and number on a piece of paper, pop back to the custards home, and stick all on the fridge.

 

[plumben]

Pop along to your local pound shop, buy a fridge magnet, then write your name and number on a piece of paper, pop back to the custards home, and stick all on the fridge.

That's a good argument to get the magnetic business cards from vista print to give to your regular customers

 

[BLOD]

Went to a client of mine in my village today to sort out a small leak. While there the lady told me a few weeks ago she came back from holiday and the cold water tank overflow was running. She couldn't find my number (she looked under 'P' for plumber but she had filed me under 'B' for Brown) so she called somebody from the yellow pages. A polish guy arrived, being an old house with dormer bedrooms the loft space is very restricted and he had to take out the F&E tank to get to the cold water tank. Once he had done that he went off for an hour to get a ballcock. Came back and fitted it and refitted the F&E tank. He was there less than 4 hours, bill £400. I said I would have to work for 3 days to charge her that sort of money.

I'd say it serves her right she didn't try very hard did she !
If you're in the same village she could have knocked on your door or put a not through your letterbox.
some people have no loyalty. :thumbs_down:

 

[Rickster123]

Mick browns retired now. He's taken up metal detecting in Dungeness.

 

[cable_guy]

sorry to interrupt your tales but how much is a reasonable price to change a ballcock?! I assume mine has just gone (I have water dripping from an overflow pipe anyway). I'm in Staffordshire

 

[brum]

sorry to interrupt your tales but how much is a reasonable price to change a ballcock?! I assume mine has just gone (I have water dripping from an overflow pipe anyway). I'm in Staffordshire

£45 if done within 30 minutes .

 

[Rickster123]

£45 if done within 30 minutes .

Plus parts!

 

[cable_guy]

i'm serious i dont want to rip anyone off.

 

[brum]

Fell for it didn't I ??
We are not in arms should not talk prices..brum

 

[julesverne]

Two camels and your first born.
plus parts

 

[Dotty]

Cable Guy.

We do not discuss prices in open forum.

Charging a fair price for a fair job is not ripping someone off. Consider your overheads, van, tools, training, tax, professional affiliations etc, then how much you want to take home at the end of week. Use this to work out your hourly rate.