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[BIG H]

Went In To A Kitchen Shop To Hand Some Cards In The Guy Says Hes Looking For A Tiler, But He Would Like To See Sum Of My Work Or References From Previous Employers As I Said Had Been Working For Afew Years When Only Really Done Two Jobs One Kitchen Floor And One Bathroom. Any Ideas As To How To Get Round This

 

[wivers]

give him yer mates phone numbers and tell him to phone 4 references. Just remeber to tell your mates about the blag. I didnt tell you this btw 🙂

 

[GazTech]

Blagg some pictures of this forum gallery,especially mine!!!:wink_smile:

 

[DHTiling]

SHOULD OF BEEN HONEST.. takes some photo's of family and friends b/rooms+kitchens and pass of as your work.... thats if the work is ok.. lol lol then just type refernces up yourself and give friends numbers as contact numbers just in case he rings them,, you will owe your mates a drink.. lol...

 

[formula one]

gaz im useing yours lol :shades_smile:

 

[Confiteor]

Are all tilers as honest as you lot?

 

[stumac]

go to a kitchen or bathroom shop and take photos with your mobile, if anybody asks what your doing tell them its to show your wife ideas

 

[Fekin]

Are all tilers as honest as you lot?

lol :shades_smile:

I'd say I was self employed and as others have said, take some pics of good work, and as long as you have the confidence to do the work to a good standard you shouldn't have a problem.

 

[postie]

lol just your luck BIG H

 

[CJ]

Offer to do a job at reduced rates to let him see.

Or if its a small job.........for bog all.

I prefer the first option myself 🙂

 

[vince1]

all the sins right you lot off to church. you bad bad pll lol

 

[GazTech]

gaz im useing yours lol :shades_smile:

you'll never be more busy lol:wink_smile:

 

[daveshack]

Cant believe you guys!

Leave the blag for the cowboys..

Encourage it? i dont think so...

 

[BrhTiling]

What is wrong with a small blag if you are able to do the work to a high standard?

The customer will be happy and you will build your rep up in the local area....

only problem I can see is that this customer might turn out to be a pain in the a*se..... the type who insists on hiring someone with 10 years experience and then stands around watching over the whole job critising everything you do / telling you a better way to do it.........

 

[McP77]

If you can work to a high standard there is no need to blag it. Just be honest, we all started somewhere.

And to be honest tiling is like driving. There is no substitute for experience. You can get trained but you don't really start learning until you're doing it.

 

[stumac]

If you can work to a high standard there is no need to blag it. Just be honest, we all started somewhere.

And to be honest tiling is like driving. There is no substitute for experience. You can get trained but you don't really start learning until you're doing it.

thats all very well but he wont get experience from this customer without the blag and he quite probably is capable of working to a high standard only the individual can put there hand on heart and say what they can honestly do

 

[DHTiling]

we are having a laff mcp77 none of this advise is real.......

 

[Dan]

Went In To A Kitchen Shop To Hand Some Cards In The Guy Says Hes Looking For A Tiler, But He Would Like To See Sum Of My Work Or References From Previous Employers As I Said Had Been Working For Afew Years When Only Really Done Two Jobs One Kitchen Floor And One Bathroom. Any Ideas As To How To Get Round This

If you have done a few family and friends tiling work and saved a few pictures you're laughing. The kitchen compny are right to be sceptical I suppose due to the amount of bad tiling work still out there. Offer to tile a display in the store and give the guy the details to your two jobs and then make sure you keep going in to the store.

 

[Greedo]

Went In To A Kitchen Shop To Hand Some Cards In The Guy Says Hes Looking For A Tiler, But He Would Like To See Sum Of My Work Or References From Previous Employers As I Said Had Been Working For Afew Years When Only Really Done Two Jobs One Kitchen Floor And One Bathroom. Any Ideas As To How To Get Round This

Do a job at a reduced rate and then you'll get loads back if you do a good job. Getting mates to blag might come back to haunt you as they might talk a lot of ****e if the guy asks a question they are not prepared for.

You've got a bizarre typing style may I add.

 

[BIG H]

thanks For All The Advice,think A Might Go For Offering Reduced Rate For First Job And Give Him Numbers Of The Two Jobs For Refs And See If He Gos For That

 

[DHTiling]

thanks For All The Advice,think A Might Go For Offering Reduced Rate For First Job And Give Him Numbers Of The Two Jobs For Refs And See If He Gos For That

GOOD LUCK BIG H...LET US KNOW HOW YOU GET ON..

 

[Mr Tiler]

sorry guys had to bump this.... do you not have to pay these shops when handing cards in? cheers

 

[Sean SML Tiling]

I done a free display for a tile shop and now my card is on the front desk amd I get quite alot of work from it amd it didn't cost me a penny

 

[Old Mod]

Pay them! Haha they should pay us! If we deliver, no scratch that! WHEN we deliver, they get a higher turnover cos everyone wants to know where they got their materials. They can sell to EVERYONE that passes their threshold. U can bet your Aunt Fanny u won't get every fitting job! So yeah demand a percentage from their sale! Haha

 

[RDTiling]

sorry guys had to bump this.... do you not have to pay these shops when handing cards in? cheers

My local CTD will put your card in their display if you let them take your business card and put their details on the reverse. There isn't a charge for this as far as I know.

They will not actively push your business however will point to their display of business cards to say 'these are some of the tilers who buy our products'. Quite a good service if you ask me and good as it's free.

 

[Mr Tiler]

thank you guys

 

[White Room]

And some cards will end up straight in the bin as well as they have certain favorites but no harm in asking.