Do you ever....

[Spare Tool]

.....Feel a slight pang of remorse when you feel you've been paid too much, or is it just swings n roundabouts??
Just done a 3m kitchen splashback today 200x100 brickbond for a joiner friend of mine that had quoted on a job...
a day for him to change some doors and worktops and a day for me to retile it.
I hadn't seen the job till I got there at 9 this morning...
Tiled, grouted n siliconed, and van packed in 3 hours.
The job only 10 mins away was for a nice oldish lady that walks with a stick, she was out at work when I got there and still out when I left, thing is if she'd been in I would have only charged half a day....joiner going round tonight to collect cash....
feeling guilty

 

[Andy Allen]

If you feel you're been paid to much give her a refund as shes only 10 mins away. ..

 

[Spare Tool]

jeez mate I don't feel that guilty :smilewinkgrin: seriously though that's not a dad idea...can get a bunch of flowers in morrisons for a fiver like you say its all good for spreading the word and easing the conscience

 

[Qwerty]

Why not send her a nice bunch of flowers and a Christmas Card. Nice sentiment and sure she'll appreciate the gesture and spread a good word or two on your behalf.

Second that

 

[Spare Tool]

Just to throw a twist on it, would you feel the same if the job was for a banker or taxman.....hhhhmmmm!!!!

 

[Rizzle from the Portizzle]

.....Feel a slight pang of remorse when you feel you've been paid too much, or is it just swings n roundabouts??
Just done a 3m kitchen splashback today 200x100 brickbond for a joiner friend of mine that had quoted on a job...
a day for him to change some doors and worktops and a day for me to retile it.
I hadn't seen the job till I got there at 9 this morning...
Tiled, grouted n siliconed, and van packed in 3 hours.
The job only 10 mins away was for a nice oldish lady that walks with a stick, she was out at work when I got there and still out when I left, thing is if she'd been in I would have only charged half a day....joiner going round tonight to collect cash....
feeling guilty

clients pay for your experience not your time so anther tiler may have taken 1 day to tile and half day to grout but the price is the same they do not pay racing drivers less for coming first so why should you work for less only in the building trade do they exspect to pay you less for finishing early yet its taken you over 10 years to get to that level

 

[Andy Allen]

clients pay for your experience not your time so anther tiler may have taken 1 day to tile and half day to grout but the price is the same they do not pay racing drivers less for coming first so why should you work for less only in the building trade do they exspect to pay you less for finishing early yet its taken you over 10 years to get to that level

To true ....a customer once said to me you must be on good money that job only took you 4 hours...no I said it took me 4 hours and 33 years experience to do your job..:smilewinkgrin:

 

[WetSaw]

.... a joiner friend of mine that had quoted on a job...

If the customer was happy with the quote ( which I assume she was as you got the job ) and happy with the finished job then I'd say that it probably makes up for the ones that don't always go to plan!

 

[widler]

Bloody thief !!

 

[Spare Tool]

Bloody thief !!

haha...you know me better than that Craig, hey did a repair job in a shop yesterday and found a pound coin under the ice lolly fridge so duly gave it to the shop owner n proved my honesty...
never said owt about the tenner though:smilewinkgrin:

 

[cam_low]

im confused. how long did it take to do each part ? thats some speed. almost as fast as the toon in the second half !!

 

[Spare Tool]

Confused.com??? 15 mins to get gear in and set out, hour and a half to tile...it was only a single 3m, 500mm high run, couple of plug sockets but no window or trim work, half an hour or so to grout, 15 mins polish up and dry bottom row with a hairdryer, silicone, pack up, out the door....hey the joiner quoted it not me....some you win, most you don't...after reading a few of the above posts the guilt is subsiding, might bob round with a Christmas card though.

 

[area tiling]

Did you use rapid set or tub gear!!

 

[Spare Tool]

Webber standard set...bottom few rows were going nowhere after an hour n snapped the legs off spacers and left them and grouted over in the last couple of rows...

 

[prceramics]

i pusume you booked a whole day to do it so if you do it quicker and they are happy whats the problem i dont tend to do half day jobs unless the customer is happy for me to do it adhok Why would you book half a day in when it is unlikley you will get another half day job

 

[prceramics]

Confused.com??? 15 mins to get gear in and set out, hour and a half to tile...it was only a single 3m, 500mm high run, couple of plug sockets but no window or trim work, half an hour or so to grout, 15 mins polish up and dry bottom row with a hairdryer, silicone, pack up, out the door....hey the joiner quoted it not me....some you win, most you don't...after reading a few of the above posts the guilt is subsiding, might bob round with a Christmas card though.

omg you didnt have a coffee break lol

 

[Spare Tool]

i pusume you booked a whole day to do it so if you do it quicker and they are happy whats the problem i dont tend to do half day jobs unless the customer is happy for me to do it adhok Why would you book half a day in when it is unlikley you will get another half day job

...I presume you obviously haven't read the first post or even first page of this thread...
Have to agree booking half a day for a job is pretty pointless as what you gonna do with the rest of the day BUT...
The joiner quoted and booked me for the day, the whole point of the thread was the fact it felt a bit wrong to take payment well over and above what the job was worth and seeing she was a little oldish lady and not a banker it just made me feel a twang of remorse and was just wondering if anyone else had been in the same predicament...

"omg you didn't have a coffee break"

Oh and yes even managed time for a coffee, the very nice lady had left me all set up with coffee and spoon already in the cup:8:

No bother, I can see how you'd feel about the same scenario and will add your best wishes in her Christmas card :smilewinkgrin:

 

[Time's Ran Out]

Just because she's a little old lady doesn't mean she's not a millionaire!
But from the tone of your thread I'd suggest you do feel guilty or you wouldn't have posted. So if you wish to clear your conscience ( and think how you would feel if she was your mam or grandma) and do the decent thing! Me - I'am just a little old man.

 

[peteablard]

I don't feel guilty if a make a decent price on a job. If you do a quality job then it should be worth every penny

 

[cam_low]

Ah I see, so no windows or returns ! not bad going, I myself have recently employed the missus old hair dryer for such tasks !!

 

[prceramics]

...I presume you obviously haven't read the first post or even first page of this thread...
Have to agree booking half a day for a job is pretty pointless as what you gonna do with the rest of the day BUT...
The joiner quoted and booked me for the day, the whole point of the thread was the fact it felt a bit wrong to take payment well over and above what the job was worth and seeing she was a little oldish lady and not a banker it just made me feel a twang of remorse and was just wondering if anyone else had been in the same predicament...

"omg you didn't have a coffee break"

Oh and yes even managed time for a coffee, the very nice lady had left me all set up with coffee and spoon already in the cup:8:

No bother, I can see how you'd feel about the same scenario and will add your best wishes in her Christmas card :smilewinkgrin:

to be honest i wouldnt do a job if i had not looked at it first so she would of got a fair price