Who has been ripped off ??

[White Room]

Just wondered who has been ripped off by any builders, plumbers or companies ?
So far has only happened to me once, and recently. stupidly gave a phone estimate to a plumber that I know for 60 sq m of ceramic floor tiling at £20 per metre plus adhesive and grout. Based my adhesive on coverage of 20kg per 4 sq metres. He said "dont worry Nick, I won't hold you to the price, just need a ball park figure.
Went to look at job but in an off moment I didn't look properly so didn't realise all the extras.
Needed 8 bags of self leveller at £19.00 per bag. Plus labour for self levelling.
Also used 2 x 2.5 metre lengths of Schluter stair nosing trim for steps at £30 each, plus labour for tiling 5 steps. There was 10 metres to fix on the diamond into 5 doorways and cut around the architraves. Also spent 4 hours cleaning and vacuuming sawdust and crap from my grout lines that his other tradesmen had left, plus various other extras.

By the way I told him about all the extras as I was going along & he said "no problem just get on with it & we will sort it out at the end.

He ended up refusing to pay me for £450.00 of extras - I was gutted, especially as I did 14 hr nights to get the job done on time for him.

Sure other people have been ripped off more.
Since found out that this plumber drives a Ferrari and has been bankrupt a few times and rips loads of people off.

brake fluid on the cars paintwork tends to upset them, but what do I know:whatchutalkingabout

 

[TheWrightTiler]

better with coca cola mate full of acid oops did i say that out loud

try it with a dirty penny lol

andy

 

[wayne]

just finished 25 sqm bathroom with tiled bath panel 2 boxing in to build 4 sqm floor with 9mm no more ply and all materials. plumber turns up and says heres your £500 thanks for that. it cost around £250 for materials. so i have made £250 in 3 days. told him to stuff it and managed to get £600 out of him.

 

[Fekin]

If it's a plumber that you know then I wouldn't be letting it go without a damn nasty drity fight, and if in the end I still had not got what was owed to me, it will have cost him far far more one way or another than what was owned to me.

But that's just me.

 

[Perry]

It started about the time of black Wednesday had about 6 sub’s working for me just brought a nice 4 bed house in Beaconsfield big mortgage and the builders started dropping like fly’s so did the house prices even shamed one of them in the local press still no money some of the guys accepted day rate which helped the some wouldn’t the ones that did I kept on the others went any way I am still at it earning a crust (dave & gaz I took a battering if you know what I mean):lol:

 

[reaper72]

Had one recently owed me for 2 month for materials.......the threat of violence always works....seriously......cheque arrived on wednesday....don't need tossers like this:mad2:

 

[Fekin]

the threat of violence always works

In most cases it can do, though it's a shame it has to come to something like that, but I guess that's life.

 

[MTiler]

Ive been ripped off by another tiler i worked with a while back:furious3:
Said he didnt get paid for the job and there was problems. I contacted the company he was doing the work for and they said there'd been no problems and he'd got paid!
He's since moved so i dont have his new address (just the area) and just hangs up when he hears my voice on the phone. But Im patient!:59:

missy T

 

[DHTiling]

Ive been ripped off by another tiler i worked with a while back:furious3:
Said he didnt get paid for the job and there was problems. I contacted the company he was doing the work for and they said there'd been no problems and he'd got paid!
He's since moved so i dont have his new address (just the area) and just hangs up when he hears my voice on the phone. But Im patient!:59:

missy T

Revenge is sweet......:yes: ...his time will come eh?

 

[GazTech]

Ive been ripped off by another tiler i worked with a while back:furious3:
Said he didnt get paid for the job and there was problems. I contacted the company he was doing the work for and they said there'd been no problems and he'd got paid!
He's since moved so i dont have his new address (just the area) and just hangs up when he hears my voice on the phone. But Im patient!:59:

missy T

oooooo....I feel sorry for him...hell hath no fury like a woman scorned....Gaz

 

[MTiler]

He knows that i know he got paid, so i hope he's quaking in his booties!

 

[Fekin]

If you know a couple of dodgy looking guys who will help you out how about one of your friends phoning this tiler, asking for him to come a quote a full bathroom, you be there with a few un-savory looking friends, and once he's in the house, you come out with said dodgy bouncer friends and offer him a free ride to the cashpoint.

If you can't find any dodgy enough looking people to help out, Gaz n Dave will most probably be willing

 

[versatilene]

Hows this for taking the pish a good mate (not any more) said he was wanting his bathroom done so could I go to the tile suppliers with him and get the gear. I did so, 33 m2 of tiles plus mats on my trade prices (remember he was a good mate so I take no profit) 4 days later he tells me the plumber he has to fit the bath only works with his own mate and works for only £95 a day so he feels obliged to let him do the tiling. I'm miffed but say nothing. Only a week later he comes back to me and says the guy whos doing the tiling is a good general builder who does most types of work but doesn't have much in the way of specialist tools so would I lend him my cutters and trowels. No prizes for guessing my answer??

 

[CLAYS TILES]

oooooo....I feel sorry for him...hell hath no fury like a woman scorned....Gaz

i had the same thought!:hang:
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Hows this for taking the pish a good mate (not any more) said he was wanting his bathroom done so could I go to the tile suppliers with him and get the gear. I did so, 33 m2 of tiles plus mats on my trade prices (remember he was a good mate so I take no profit) 4 days later he tells me the plumber he has to fit the bath only works with his own mate and works for only £95 a day so he feels obliged to let him do the tiling. I'm miffed but say nothing. Only a week later he comes back to me and says the guy whos doing the tiling is a good general builder who does most types of work but doesn't have much in the way of specialist tools so would I lend him my cutters and trowels. No prizes for guessing my answer??

CHEEKY GIT:stupid:

 

[reaper72]

lThe tiling world's full of **** taking chancers-ZERO TOLERANCE that's what I say-once had a kitchen fitter who paid a hundred quid deposit for fancy glass mosaic borders-I ordered them from Spain and a week later phoned him to collect and pay the balance.When he came in he said he could get something similar for half the price and could I match it and that the punter wouldn't know the difference-when I told him to **** off he asked for his deposit back to go and get the cheaper versions (which he didn't get back):mad2: Thing is he had these fancy plastic cards and the next time he came in for trim he asked if I was needing more of his cards to which I replied yeah I've ran out cause they're ****ing great for taking wax packers off the front of tiles-but they blunt rather quickly-his face was a picture-ain't seen him since:lol: :hurray: