Steve Walker wrote:
The Medway Handyman wrote:
Had a call from a bloke tonight, conversation went as follows;

Bloke; I need a flatpack wardrobe assembled. How much would that
cost? TMH; Is it two or three door & does it have any drawers?
Bloke; Two doors with three drawers.
TMH; That would take around one & a half to two hours.
Bloke; No, it wouldn't take anything like that long.
TMH; I assemble lots of flat pack, in my experience that's about
right, but I only charge for the time taken.
Bloke; OK, could you come tomorrow morning?
TMH; Sorry, I couldn't do it until the second week in December.
Bloke; But its blocking up the hall & I need the wardrobe. You must
be able to do it quicker than that.
TMH; Sorry, I'm fully booked until then.
Bloke; Well, how much would two hours be?
TMH; £75 including the travel time.
Bloke; How much? That's outrageous!

Hang up here - no point in wasting time on skinflints who are going to argue
the toss.



We all argue the toss, it's part of our hard nosed commercial culture.
It's called shopping around. If builders think they're immune, they're
kidding themselves. Let's see what happens next year when the money
supply dries up further.