Eddie dragon
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OK so been sitting on this one for a month and jobs due up again. Sub contracted job. Old Farm house extension glass room and matching green house. Priced as trad £45. Two men 40 45 minutes with a brew. Me an water fed pole still the same.
Got asked to do ten skylights and glass box roof. No problem gave them all a wash took an hour and fifteen minutes. All packed up. Now how mutch to charge? Conversation went. Hi how mutch. Me honestly not sure let's see you pay 45 so plus ten skylights and glass roof. Normally I would add £2 per skylight. And as the roof is just a quick brush and rinse half price at fifteen pounds. Can u you guess his reaction. Oh boy did he go purple. Hour and fifteen minutes that took you. Yes sir. What else can you say. Are you seriously trying to charge me £80 for a little over an hours work. Now we chatted for a while, main points. Me I have done a lot more cleaning than ever before. Him I'm questioning that I'm a fully qualified engineer I went to college and still take courses. You get more per hour than me. No way it's unskilled labour at the end of the day. I pay qualified electricians less than fifty pounds per hour. That's what I will pay no more. So your thoughts gentlemen please.
I don't think I can argue realy. If he wants the extra done for £50. Oh I'm going to do it Monday with my part timer so how mutch time can be saved.? This one might be interesting.
Got asked to do ten skylights and glass box roof. No problem gave them all a wash took an hour and fifteen minutes. All packed up. Now how mutch to charge? Conversation went. Hi how mutch. Me honestly not sure let's see you pay 45 so plus ten skylights and glass roof. Normally I would add £2 per skylight. And as the roof is just a quick brush and rinse half price at fifteen pounds. Can u you guess his reaction. Oh boy did he go purple. Hour and fifteen minutes that took you. Yes sir. What else can you say. Are you seriously trying to charge me £80 for a little over an hours work. Now we chatted for a while, main points. Me I have done a lot more cleaning than ever before. Him I'm questioning that I'm a fully qualified engineer I went to college and still take courses. You get more per hour than me. No way it's unskilled labour at the end of the day. I pay qualified electricians less than fifty pounds per hour. That's what I will pay no more. So your thoughts gentlemen please.
I don't think I can argue realy. If he wants the extra done for £50. Oh I'm going to do it Monday with my part timer so how mutch time can be saved.? This one might be interesting.