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hi all,
i posted this thread in the arms as i didnt want the general public to hear my rant or to get any ideas.
yesterday was not the best day of my tiling career.
sorry but this may be a long post but i have to get it out.
I have just completed a 40m2 kitchen, utility and downstairs wc in 600 x 300 porcs in brick bond. this job has taken 2 weeks from start to finish due to the fact that the customer would only let me work between the hours of 10am to 2pm and would not allow me to leave tools on site and insisted that the area was spotless before leaving each day.
when i qouted this job no mention of restricted hours were mentioned.
i firstly had to remove the old tiles which had been dot and dabbed and had started to crack, then levell the floor and then tile.
upon completion at 1pm yesterday i called the customer to inspect the finished floor, unbelievable the customer said that is a top job (his words not mine). good i said i will just load up the van and get you your bill and receipt........errrr said the customer but sorry i have no money to pay you.:yikes::yikes::yikes:....well you can judge for yourself my reaction, what do you mean you have no money to pay. sorry but i have no money to pay so i wont be paying. I then went on to explain to him that due to the situation with work not being great and having payed out for all the materials from my personal account i needed the money to pay into my account or i wont have enough in there to pay my mortgage........His reaction was......"Not my problem mate"....had to walk away at this point as i had my stanley knife in my hand at the time and a red mist was decending.....10 mins later having calmed abit i went back to find all the tools in the backgarden and the doors locked....much banging and shouting later the Police arrived he had called them saying i was trying to attack him:mad2::mad2: After a breif and quite frank discussion i was advised by the 12yr old copper that i should just pack up my tools and leave or be arrested for public order offences.
then to cap the day off upon arriving home i had a message from a plumber friend asking me to ring him asap, rang him up to be told that the job we were working on next week has already been started and we are no longer required, This job was a 80m2 restaurant floor and grill area, quote accepted and ready to go. while i was there measuring the customer asked if i knew a good plasterer as he wanted all his walls reboarding and skimming. Now this plasterer i have known for 17yrs and we go out socially atleast once every other week, infact him and his wife were at my house only last saturday for a chinese and a few beers. this was after i had put him in contact with the customer and we discussed the order of work, now it seems that he has gone in to price the work needed and has said that he can tile and do the plumbing himself while he is there, saving the customer money, this i know as i phoned the customer later to ask him.
so in one day a customer and someone i have thought of as a friend for 17yrs have both stiffed me.
sorry but i am going out to football with my son so i will comment back later.
chris
i posted this thread in the arms as i didnt want the general public to hear my rant or to get any ideas.
yesterday was not the best day of my tiling career.
sorry but this may be a long post but i have to get it out.
I have just completed a 40m2 kitchen, utility and downstairs wc in 600 x 300 porcs in brick bond. this job has taken 2 weeks from start to finish due to the fact that the customer would only let me work between the hours of 10am to 2pm and would not allow me to leave tools on site and insisted that the area was spotless before leaving each day.
when i qouted this job no mention of restricted hours were mentioned.
i firstly had to remove the old tiles which had been dot and dabbed and had started to crack, then levell the floor and then tile.
upon completion at 1pm yesterday i called the customer to inspect the finished floor, unbelievable the customer said that is a top job (his words not mine). good i said i will just load up the van and get you your bill and receipt........errrr said the customer but sorry i have no money to pay you.:yikes::yikes::yikes:....well you can judge for yourself my reaction, what do you mean you have no money to pay. sorry but i have no money to pay so i wont be paying. I then went on to explain to him that due to the situation with work not being great and having payed out for all the materials from my personal account i needed the money to pay into my account or i wont have enough in there to pay my mortgage........His reaction was......"Not my problem mate"....had to walk away at this point as i had my stanley knife in my hand at the time and a red mist was decending.....10 mins later having calmed abit i went back to find all the tools in the backgarden and the doors locked....much banging and shouting later the Police arrived he had called them saying i was trying to attack him:mad2::mad2: After a breif and quite frank discussion i was advised by the 12yr old copper that i should just pack up my tools and leave or be arrested for public order offences.
then to cap the day off upon arriving home i had a message from a plumber friend asking me to ring him asap, rang him up to be told that the job we were working on next week has already been started and we are no longer required, This job was a 80m2 restaurant floor and grill area, quote accepted and ready to go. while i was there measuring the customer asked if i knew a good plasterer as he wanted all his walls reboarding and skimming. Now this plasterer i have known for 17yrs and we go out socially atleast once every other week, infact him and his wife were at my house only last saturday for a chinese and a few beers. this was after i had put him in contact with the customer and we discussed the order of work, now it seems that he has gone in to price the work needed and has said that he can tile and do the plumbing himself while he is there, saving the customer money, this i know as i phoned the customer later to ask him.
so in one day a customer and someone i have thought of as a friend for 17yrs have both stiffed me.
sorry but i am going out to football with my son so i will comment back later.
chris
