Why price yourself out of the market?

[PaulStat]

....instead of saying no sorry I'm not interested.

Had a plumber come round to quote for having a combi boiler installed, he came over and seemed really uninterested with lots of "hmmmmm's, aahhhh's and oooooh's"

Anyway I had to push him to hurry up and send the quote and he's quoted £3924.50 inc VAT which is about 400-500 over what others have quoted us, and that's the min as we could potentially require extra work.

Oh well his loss I suppose.

 

[bigredshark]

Why not? You can't be bothered with the job so stick a few hundred quid over the odds on, you probably won't get it but if you do it should make up for the drag of having to do it. If I was self employed there's no way I'd say I wasn't interested.

 

[JonB]

Maybe he'll do the best job?

 

[LiE]

Have you told him you've been quoted cheaper and asked him to best it?

 

[singist]

Depending which boiler I'd say it should cost around £2K max

 

[Biohazard]

£4k for the boiler installed only? that include the boiler?

 

[PaulStat]

Depending which boiler I'd say it should cost around £2K max

worcester bosch, I think the price of the boiler is around £1200 and the amount of work people keep saying is 2-3 days

 

[PaulStat]

£4k for the boiler installed only? that include the boiler?

includes everything

 

[Biohazard]

includes everything

Which is?

radiators? 1 or 20,000?

piping? showers?

you tell me.

 

[platypus]

Simply really. He'll do the job for that kind of money if someone will pay it.

 

[PaulStat]

Which is?

radiators? 1 or 20,000?

piping? showers?

you tell me.

Oh right

Boiler, removal of old water tank extra rad stat's, digital 7 day thermostat, flushing of system, installation. Think that covers it.

We have 6-7 radiators, 3 of which will need the new rad stat's as there's no way of controlling the temp on them currently.

There's a whole load of standards they have to adhere these days apparently to make it more "eco friendly"

 

[Skidder]

A relative did very similar job spec for me, may be a little more work as more rads (3 years ago now so no doubt some inflation) and the cost price was around £2500 including gear and me paying the plumber's mate but not the plumber. So doesn't sound that outrageous.

edit: just remembered we had 2 new rads as well and were moving the boiler to a totally different spot so lot of pipework so ignore me

 

[PaulStat]

A relative did very similar job spec for me, may be a little more work as more rads (3 years ago now so no doubt some inflation) and the cost price was around £2500 including gear and me paying the plumber's mate but not the plumber. So doesn't sound that outrageous.

Except I've had another quote which was about £2800 + VAT (nb. not inc) for the same work

 

[Biohazard]

£4k still seems a bit high. try to haggle your cheapest quote a bit more.

edit: yeah haggle the 2800+vat boy.

 

[platypus]

£4k still seems a bit high. try to haggle your cheapest quote a bit more.

edit: yeah haggle the 2800+vat boy.

Of course its high. Most plumbers are so over booked that they will offer stupidly high prices in case someone is desperate enough.

 

[Biohazard]

i'm used to paying mates rates though.

I know most kinds of tradesmen. handy indeed.

 

[platypus]

Aye, one perk of being in a sports club in a place like Cambridge. Can get mates rates on anything.

 

[Jon Frost]

I had a plumber over to do some work for me. Started off at £170. Paid him £120 and both of us were very happy.
All you got to do is ask them "is that the best cash price..." .

 

[PaulStat]

I had a plumber over to do some work for me. Started off at £170. Paid him £120 and both of us were very happy.
All you got to do is ask them "is that the best cash price..." .

A few k in cash Is that how these tradesmen like to accept payment?

 

[iraiguana]

Yep, only 3/4 through the books and not bad deal for them that way.