Thread: a very special sparky

Originally Posted by engel

I hope that is not a reflection of the security industry with such a poor grasp of the English language.

you blokes have gone really off topic, do any of you know what you are arguing about.

maybe we should be discussing the rip off charges and shonky practices of your industry Joey. Do you think everyone in your industry is sqeaky clean and don't rip people off.

Originally Posted by bss904

maybe we should be discussing the rip off charges and shonky practices of your industry Joey. Do you think everyone in your industry is sqeaky clean and don't rip people off.

Fortunately the industry I am in is quite small so if people want to rip others off or do shonky work they normally don't get the opportunity to do it again.
While my charges are generally too low I will never raise them to a level where anyone could even consider I have ripped them off , for this I do get pressure from competitors to increase my charges but I don't believe in price fixing or that I should give my customers less value for their money.

A mate of mine is a plumber and when he doesn't want a job because he is to busy he quotes high and in a number of instances he has got the job then he has to work weekends to catch up.
So a high quote could mean they don't want the job so if someone accepts the price given well so be it.

Originally Posted by surfertech

Yes sparkys think they know everything.They so smart that here in adelaide ran all the cables for big suppermart job in prospect.Client though yer save money.1 cctv cable tighted to mains feed cable large orange cables.
Security four core all run with lighting cables etc.
we installed a tecom system and saat back to see what happen and yes false alarm crazy.
Had to remove all cable re cable whole job cost twice as much.

Obviously this is one of the drunken security techs. Actually on the spell checker in reply I have never seen so many red lines!!

Happy new year everyone, unfortunately some of us are working and have to limit the festivities.

Originally Posted by engel

A mate of mine is a plumber and when he doesn't want a job because he is to busy he quotes high and in a number of instances he has got the job then he has to work weekends to catch up.
So a high quote could mean they don't want the job so if someone accepts the price given well so be it.

I think quoting high is a quite acceptable ploy in cases where you don't particularly want the job, at least it gives the customer the choice to accept it or not before hand. And if they do happen to accept it then at least you are more realistically remunerated for a job that is obviously a pain in the arse anyway.

Originally Posted by bob_m_54

I think quoting high is a quite acceptable ploy in cases where you don't particularly want the job, at least it gives the customer the choice to accept it or not before hand. And if they do happen to accept it then at least you are more realistically remunerated for a job that is obviously a pain in the arse anyway.

if you dont want the job, why quote in the first place.

Originally Posted by mango

if you dont want the job, why quote in the first place.

If you didn't quote they may not ask next time and go elsewhere but if you lose job because the price is high the customer will come back and most of the customers are builders.

Originally Posted by engel

If you didn't quote they may not ask next time and go elsewhere but if you lose job because the price is high the customer will come back and most of the customers are builders.

thats crap. if the price is to high you are known as a rip off and you dont get asked to quote again.

we got an electrician here and tradies have asked if he has quoted the job, if he has they just walk away.

Maybe he is quoting "too cheaply" on his normal jobs - thats why he is sooo busy.

Maybe he should be charging more.

Its a hard balancing act to get the right medium.

Yes I see it all the time.I went to a supermart that electricans had wired up client though what a good idea I save money they do all the cabling.1st
all cctv cables tight to mains feed cable.Security four core tight on top.
no phone cable for mode socket. etc etc.Cost client about $15,000 to fix the wehole thing up.

Originally Posted by bob_m_54

I think quoting high is a quite acceptable ploy in cases where you don't particularly want the job, at least it gives the customer the choice to accept it or not before hand. And if they do happen to accept it then at least you are more realistically remunerated for a job that is obviously a pain in the arse anyway.

Originally Posted by mango

if you dont want the job, why quote in the first place.

That's why.

Originally Posted by engel

I hope that is not a reflection of the security industry with such a poor grasp of the English language.

Him or me?