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Mates Rates

Smurf

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Just taken a job on at mates rates so my question is do any of you lads do the same?

 
I did but I tried to put the price up to £10 from £8 and they sacked me !!! Some effin mate eh ?

I told them I would do it at mates rates for a bit but they just took the pee .

 
Only good mates that do me favours. Saying that I should be starting a Connie in half an hour knocked her 25 quid off cos she missus mate fool that I am. Might not be today its hail stoning like mad.

 
Well I don't normally do mates rates to be honest but went to quote a job earlier only to find it was an x work colleagues son I knew when he was a wee boy. Anyway after a long chat going over old times for some unknown reason when giving the price on his 4 bed detach external house clean including the usual gutters in/out soffit, fascia, conservatory, windows and driveway clean I said " that's a mates rates price". Doh! to be honest I don't why I said it but at least I did not reduce the price by much.

Maybe I'm just losing my marbles :Image3:

 
Well I don't normally do mates rates to be honest but went to quote a job earlier only to find it was an x work colleagues son I knew when he was a wee boy. Anyway after a long chat going over old times for some unknown reason when giving the price on his 4 bed detach external house clean including the usual gutters in/out soffit' date=' fascia, conservatory, windows and driveway clean I said " that's a mates rates price". Doh! to be honest I don't why I said it but at least I did not reduce the price by much.[/size']

Maybe I'm just losing my marbles :Image3:[/size]
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yep got mates rates and family rates! lol

and when i want something doing from them i get it a lot cheaper too! or i do them for free and i get them to do work for free!! it works both ways!

 
Indeed does work as long as they don't do a **** job :Image13:

yep got mates rates and family rates! lol

and when i want something doing from them i get it a lot cheaper too! or i do them for free and i get them to do work for free!! it works both ways!
 
I like your thinking ....you obviously have attended the smurf's business school of economics :Image13:

nah i just say five quid more then say. as its you ill knock a fiver off lmao
 
Only one mate I do his windows for free!

Only cause

A) Even though he is a green keeper, he taught me how to window clean in the first place (He has been a window cleaner years ago) I think that in it self deserves free window cleaning for life!

B) He was also a mechanic so he can fix my car if needs be! He has done a lot of jobs for me for free, but it works both ways, I do his windows and helped him out where I can for free too!

Its like we have an unwritten rule, I do stuff for him he does stuff for me.

Not all about money!

All other mates I charge mates rates! (Chargable)

 
Indeed Gmeister...

I'm a big softy when it comes to taking money from close friends & family to be honest. If we can't do a good deed once in a while then we would not be human would we. :Image9:

 
Family get done free, mates an aw usually , if its a wee job, big jobs need some payback, like they dae something in return at some point.

 
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