Am i greedy

[Fekin]

You only work part time then davy :lol:

 

[GazTech]

This job is no different than any other, you will only get out of it what you are prepared to put in, sitting at home waiting for the phone ( Gaz has a mental image of skeleton in armchair next to pnone ), just won't do it. Do as Fekin and others do, drop leaflets, speak to firms....if you see tiles falling of a shop front step, offer to replace them, folks can only complain about not having work, if they have actively gone out of their way to create it !....Gaz

 

[Fekin]

Indeed.

 

[Daz]

I completely agree with the comments above.
As a total newbie tiler but fairly experienced in business development, it is all down to your busienss and work ethic. If you are prepared to get off you rear and promote yourself and your services, and then put your money where your mouth is and do a quality job you will always be busy.

I have made sure that I have done a spot on quality job every time and now I already receive requests from people that I have been recommended to. People will always pay for quality so not only am I busy, I am able to charge a good price for my work.

Example: I was asked to quote for an en-suite and I quoted a market price for my area. I won the job by not being the cheapest but convincing the customer that I would do the best job. The customer is so pleased with what I did for them that I have been asked to do their main bathroom and they have stated that they would rather pay more for me to do it than get a cheap tiler in.

Cheap, poor quality tilers are always going to moan that a quality tiler is taking their business.
I'm busy and making money, I hope you guys are too!

 

[White Room]

My old dad allway's said that no one is going to knock on your door asking if you want a job, you have to get off your backside and go knocking and let people know your there.

 

[CON5933]

The guy probably stopped someone else on the way home, picture the scene....
a good lookin bloke with a stunning looking bird on his arm....

"If it wasn't for people like you...us ugly gits would stand a better chance and there;d be more good lookin women to go around...."

bit extreme but you can see what i mean:ninja:

 

[grumpygrouter]

Maybe if he was prepared to work on Saturdays and Sundays like you, he may take a bit of work off you. Doubtful though as you are building a good rep, he needs to get his rear in gear and start to build one too........if his quality is good enough!

Grumpy

 

[Fekin]

On the other hand I have met many customers who seem to have the importance for a cheap job as a priority over asking more questions or proof of my own tiling quality.

Actually I'd say through my own experiance that 90% seem to be more interested in the job being a basic low cost one rather than blowing a large amount on expensive tiles and having the importance of quality stressed to me.

There again, it probably reflects the areas I have targetted through advertising, so currently I am trying to upgrade my customers to the next level now, bigger more expensive homes, and hopefully I'll start to get some higher class wetrooms to get my teeth into.

 

[DEN]

Hence the saying you only get what you pay for!!,why fork out on expensive tiles just to have some cheap useless tradesman come along and make a right pigs ear of it,then having someone else come along and having to do the job properly,costing you even more money!!

You the public have been warned!!

 

[Deleted member 1779]

My friend "Squeeky" is a gardner (Real name John) and he refuses to work weekends or after 7pm.

"Richard you have to have a life as well as working..." he tells me.

On the other hand when we all go on group holidays guess who is the one who doesnt have the money and either cant come or if he does then cant afford the meals.

Priorities. Life is not all about weekend work and 24/7 but if the jobs come up then go for it. In our group most of us actually enjoy our work so dont mind the hours.

Thats me first left (and next to me is Squeeky). He "Doesnt do" weekends but everyone else on this table does.. And that includes my wife Phil (oposite right).

I think the bill for the Pizza is about as far away from him as possible!

I'm not knocking him or others but my point is that because of his beliefs then he has to miss out on quite a few social events due to a lack of cold hard cash.

Advice? Stay out of chip shops and stick to curry houses or pizza places.... (Nah then again maybe not).