Losing out on work lately ? ? ?

[king of pipes]

Living above their means bud happens all the time .

 

[Phil]

I know, its all fur coat and no knickers..

 

[hammers4spanner]

I am notincing more this year that people are suddenly asking you to come out and quote jobs for 80 quid.
If you quote over the phone you dont get the job , if uou turn up you get the job

 

[RoryD]

Long way from brum that mate.😉

I know mate. Family (paying family I might add).

 

[Ben-gee]

Phoned customer last night to chase up on quote, they wanted to make a few alterations and I gave them an idea of how this added to the quote.

“Oh it’s getting more expensive” - the addition of wallboards in the shower area tends to do that over cheap white tiles....

I asked how it compared to the other quote she had been waiting for (singular) - “ oh, about the same as a couple of them, one a bit more one a fair bit less”

So at least 5 quotes!

Problem is the customer was confused and overwhelmed by all this, from what I can make out each tradesmen had been asked to come up with design/solution- so she has 5 different schemes she can’t sort out...

I’ve tried to be helpful, we’ll see what happens.