Recent Job - what do you think?

[mcsludge]

Did this job recently and got knocked on the price - which didnt surprise me - one of those jobs where the only thing the customer didnt know was in fact how to do it!! Claimed one of my lines was out at the end and paid me £300 for the complete bathroom and floor - that was after I supplied adhesive and grout that he ran out off!!

Just wondered what people thought ?

 

[grumpygrouter]

Not exactly sure what the problem was but looks like you have been ripped off mate.

 

[monty]

The job looks fine to me...Give him the £300 back and rip the tiles off..:lol:

 

[aejrd]

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Did this job recently and got knocked on the price - which didnt surprise me - one of those jobs where the only thing the customer didnt know was in fact how to do it!! Claimed one of my lines was out at the end and paid me £300 for the complete bathroom and floor - that was after I supplied adhesive and grout that he ran out off!!

Just wondered what people thought ?

seems to me he was an asshole!!

 

[MICK the Tiler]

If It had of been me after he paid me the 300 quid I wouldv'e SMASHED HIM IN THE CHOPS!!!!! so the job was worthwhile. At least then I would know he wouldn't be eating steak for the next fortnight at my expense BLOODY PRICK!!!

 

[theperfecttile]

Man this kinda **** worries me about setting out , ive jus started out on my own, i would be gutted after fitting a bathroom and floor for 300 quid , even worse you supplied materials, you mustve worked for nothing there. :mad2: .

Get a SDS and chisel the lot off, go to bank get 3000 pennies and throw on his bathroom floor.:lol: :lol:

 

[Holohana]

Did this job recently and got knocked on the price - which didnt surprise me - one of those jobs where the only thing the customer didnt know was in fact how to do it!! Claimed one of my lines was out at the end and paid me £300 for the complete bathroom and floor - that was after I supplied adhesive and grout that he ran out off!!

Just wondered what people thought ?[/quote]

Christ really, think it looks excellent.

Only ting i saw and its an either or was the window sill. Would you follow the grout line in there or follow the brick effect pattern but hey as i say its an either or not wright or wrong.

Bloody idiots, i hate hearing things like that.

I must admint i do worry each job, even though i do a good job, whether people are going to try it on or not.

I did a job this week, sandstone, and the extra materials were £304, i did warn them 1st like, but i was worried he was gonna try and pick stuff up.

Got an email and she said they were over the moon and money on its way, no problem!

 

[White Room]

The joy's of being self employed, You can't do enough for a good customer

 

[mcsludge]

...and you would call this 'a good customer'? I dont think so - the guy was a prize pr**k and I should have followed my early instincts to get off the job when daddy pr**k and baby pr**k (his son) stood there each evening picking the work to bits and leaving me a room full of post its the next day! :mad2:

Customers like this need exposing on boards like this - would just hate anyone else to walk right into his arms - especially when he advertised on here for a tiler!

For the record, plumber on the job said it was an excellent job and gave no cause for complaint - I add this as he obviously saw it in broad daylight in case any of the pictures aren't clear!

 

[basshunter]

sorry this has happened to you..its the way it goes sometimes.Job looks really neat-i would be very happy with it.

How long have you been tiling and how long did the job take you?

If you are "new" they may have picked up on that and thought they would try it on with you...it sucks but you will/have learned from it

 

[DHTiling]

...and you would call this 'a good customer'? I dont think so - the guy was a prize pr**k and I should have followed my early instincts to get off the job when daddy pr**k and baby pr**k (his son) stood there each evening picking the work to bits and leaving me a room full of post its the next day! :mad2:

Customers like this need exposing on boards like this - would just hate anyone else to walk right into his arms - especially when he advertised on here for a tiler!

For the record, plumber on the job said it was an excellent job and gave no cause for complaint - I add this as he obviously saw it in broad daylight in case any of the pictures aren't clear!

Can you get me the link to the post where they asked for a tiler on here..?..

Just curious to see that post mate..............I would have stood my ground though and demanded paying in full...from what i can see in those pics it looks ok to me to warrant payment...........

 

[hillhead]

you should have left him with a bad walk for months!!

 

[Fekin]

Job looks fine to me, and I would expect full payment for it too.

If they have joined on here and asked for a tiler, then won't pay for the full job when there is nothing wrong with it then that's out of order, or atleast they could do with posting on here as to why they won't pay, but I don't see that happening.

 

[mcsludge]

Well Im going to give the guy the chance to openly discuss on here EXACTLY what his problems were - his opening words to me when I went to collect payment were '......well the job is worth between £0.00 and £300 ' - if he's man enough to come here perhaps he would like to start by explaining where he reached this conclusion!

I freely admit that one of my lines MAY have been very slightly out but, as far im concerned the guy set out to rip whoever did the job off by constantly talking about his profession and how he managed jobs like this all the time - in hindsight you really have to wonder why he didnt/couldnt get anyone from 'within' his trade! Unbelievable!

 

[sWe]

I can't spot anything which would justify dropping the payment. You should deffo collect full pay for this.

If I were you, I would make sure daddy and baby prick wouldn't be able to sire any more pricks.

*Adds another line to the list of good reasons to wear steel toed working shoes*

If customers refuse to pay in full for job, I get an assessor in. If they still refuse, I go to a debt collection agency, and sell it to them. That way, atleast I get paid.