Trademen still as unreliable as ever

Kipperhell

Over the years I have used tradesmen and they always amazing me with the way they work. The sometimes stop turning up after doing some work or simply never ever arrive after agreeing to. They make appointments to give quotes and never turn up. The don't finish work and then expect to be paid for the full job before the finish. I have never lost money other than time off work but even with the building trade apparently in tatters they are still at it. I just don't get it. One plumber has broken 3 appointments to give a quote. It just amazes me how they can function this way. They have definitely lost income from their behaviour. So anybody know what they are thinking?

Smart Bug

They're thinking "eatthepuddingetathepuddingeatthepudding"

Red Alert

Car servicing is even worse.

bleg

ring another plumber, they might be glad of your custom. if the other plumber turns up tell him/her that you switched from them due to insufficient service.

Pop's Diner

Are you talking about real tradesmen or Irish tradesmen?

Captain Darling

Up the tradesman!

mickydoomsux

Pop's Diner wrote: »

Are you talking about real tradesmen or Irish tradesmen?

Exactly. Ireland is the land of half-assery.

Rather than expecting people to turn up on time to do a job/deliver something/ whatever, i'm actually genuinely surprised when they do.

DublinWriter

Polish all the way.

Gone Drinking

If you're not getting the service, change the provider. You can't paint everyone with the same brush just because you've dealt with some arseholes.

I know alot of very good tradesmen, sure there are cowboys aswell but you'll get that in every profession.

Hagar

It's good to see that the recession hasn't effected standards, they remain consistently low.

Kipperhell

bleg wrote: »

ring another plumber, they might be glad of your custom. if the other plumber turns up tell him/her that you switched from them due to insufficient service.

They don't turn up when you ring them for a quote. The point is they don't seem happy for the business.
This is the 2nd plumber for a quote that hasn't turned up and I suspect the 3rd won't turn up either given it took me 4 electricians and the one who did it hasn't come back to finish the job and won't answer his phone! I might need to get another electrician to finish the work at this point. It was like this before the boom and only marginally worse during but the prices were astronomical then.

Kipperhell

Gone Drinking wrote: »

If you're not getting the service, change the provider. You can't paint everyone with the same brush just because you've dealt with some arseholes.

I know alot of very good tradesmen, sure there are cowboys aswell but you'll get that in every profession.

I have used well over 50 different tradesmen over the years on different projects and they all have had "diary" issues with no exception. So my experience is all I am stating I just can't understand it. Everyone I know has similar experiences so I am giving them the benefit of the doubt by assuming they have some tradesman reason.
Tradesmen I know simply say it is down to the job that pays the most and they never drop a cheap job for an expensive one but "bad" tradesmen do. Yet in the past when I past on their numbers to people they were at the same stuff. I never recommend a tradesman to anybody as a result.

RonMexico

Jesus don't get me started. The most inefficient, unprofessional shower of gob****es to ever walk the earth.

Red Alert

We did actually have a great electrician there a while back. He came and sorted out the problem he was meant to fix, and then noticed another potentially dangerous situation, rang me and said he'd fix it up for free seen as he was there already.

helimachoptor

Again it varies so much. A friend of mine does any plumbing I need at a mates for rates. Same for a mechanic mate of mine. The Gf is good friends with an electrician. And a friend of mine is an engineer so between us we usually sort out anything else thats needed

But you will come across all sorts out there.

AnonoBoy

The only thing that interests me about tradesmen is their entrance.

Oh wait....

T-K-O

Guys who work in the "trades" are all the same. I think its bred into them while servicing their time. They are all lazy ****ers, who seem to think they work harder than everyone else when in fact they carry out the least amount of work as possible and then attempt to "confuse" you with their insider knowledge.

The problem with these guys is that they earned to much money in the past and I for one am delighted that is slowly changing.

Joey the lips

Smart Bug wrote: »

They're thinking "eatthepuddingetathepuddingeatthepudding"

you misspelt the second eat!

jape

helimachoptor wrote: »

Again it varies so much. A friend of mine does any plumbing I need at a mates for rates.

Rates for mates.

Ross_Mahon

All they do is drink tea and eat biscuits all day long

homerjay2005

helimachoptor wrote: »

Again it varies so much. A friend of mine does any plumbing I need at a mates for rates. Same for a mechanic mate of mine. The Gf is good friends with an electrician. And a friend of mine is an engineer so between us we usually sort out anything else thats needed

But you will come across all sorts out there.

and what the F*ck do you offer? those poor lot got the short straw i think

browner85

im a plumber and always turn up when i say i will....... as well as some pf my friends that are tradesmen!!!!! but then again ya get a few bogies in every line of work!!!!!!!!! the recession will get rid of the cowboys!!!!!!!

irisheddie

Mario and Luigi ftw!!