polish cowboys

[howard]

Ive just been to the worst tiling job ive ever seen worse than what sir ramic loaded off you tube got a call last night asking me have a look at a job travertine 60x40 the guy told me he had paid the tiler on Monday but he had not come back to finish the work got there today i could see the tiles were dropping down so i pulled one off there was a blob of addy on each corner at least 4 inch thick 8 inch wide all the tiles had been put on this way i asked him who had put the tiles on some polish tiler & his mate who he had asked to do all the work on his house what addy did he use he told me he had bought this himself he told me 4 bags from topps and the tiler had bought 20 15kg tubs from b&q as well i asked him if the tiles had been sealed no he told me topps said they needed sealing but the tiler said they did not need sealing he asked me what could i do to put things right so i told him they all need to come off and to start again the guy was in tears he had spent a fortune on his bathroom i did not have my camera on me to take any pics but he has took some on his mobile i will try to get them from him so i can post them

 

[Pinnacle Tiling]

Jokers! someone I know got a quote of some sausage rolls, £900 to do 15m2!

 

[White Room]

I would love to know what price he paid for the work, Relevant to the m2. Had he seen any of their work or where they doing somethink else and volenteered their service's, I've spoke about this before and so has many of the other forum member's, The public are in dire need of educating but don't take away the guy's job has been totaly mullered by a couple idiots abeit what ever nationality and now going to cost more than double to put right.

 

[GazTech]

customer is an idiot IMO...why trust a no mark with no referances...with expensive stone....tiler was paid ...the customer was in tears because he made a fool of himself.....Gaz

 

[CLAYS TILES]

why did he pay him if he wasn't happy with his work???:furious3:

 

[Gazzer]

Customer was being greedy in thinking he could probbaly get it done cheap and an idiot for paying before job finished.

 

[howard]

yeah he does feel stupid i asked him why he had paid him before he had finished he said he trusted them they seemed very nice and new what they were doing
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why did he pay him if he wasn't happy with his work???:furious3:

the guy does not have a clue about tiling he thought it looked ok

 

[Gazzer]

so why pay if the job wasnt finished.

 

[GazTech]

yeah he does feel stupid i asked him why he had paid him before he had finished he said he trusted them they seemed very nice and new what they were doing
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the guy does not have a clue about tiling he thought it looked ok

Theoretically he could have spent 10 mins asking questions on this forum to know the difference.......foolish...as long as there are people like this, there will be cowboys ripping them off IMHO...His family silver could have also been taken....consider himself lucky..Gaz( with eyebrows raised):mad2::mad2:

 

[howard]

i think the guy has tried to get all his house done up on the cheap he told me one of the bathroom walls had been re plastered and when he asked the tiler why he had used so much addy he told him the wall was uneven the house has been plastered all over and the walls still run out there are plug sockets hanging off every where i noticed there was no earth wire there the whole house is a mess

 

[GazTech]

i think the guy has tried to get all his house done up on the cheap he told me one of the bathroom walls had been re plastered and when he asked the tiler why he had used so much addy he told him the wall was uneven the house has been plastered all over and the walls still run out there are plug sockets hanging off every where i noticed there was no earth wire there the whole house is a mess

Lets hope he has learned his lesson...charge top dollar from him and ...dare...if you will to ask for all payment up front Howard....lol:lol:

 

[White Room]

OH MY GOD, Electric's as well, What more can I say:furious3:

 

[LM Ceramics]

customer is a bit of a muppet really ive seen loads of polish tilers work and most r sh*t it annoys me that polish get away with it nicking are work the only person laughing is the so called polish tiler unbelievable

 

[bigdaz]

well at least this guy will proberbly tell dozens of other people what happend and so word will eventually get round about all these so called Polish tradesmen.

I suspect most of the people who get stung like this are on the lookout for a cut price job in the first place so wouldnt have paid for a decent tradesman.

"stupid is as stupid does"

~Forest Gump~

 

[Corky]

The old adage rings true " you pay peanuts you get monkeys".
Surely when he bought the stuff he got a ballpark sq/mtr price at the shop,then decided he didnt want topay proper price to a competent tiler cos the yoyos would do it for half that ,I had the same sort of thing a few weeks back with plastering ,think of a price and double it . Rant over