"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 14:07:53 +0100, "Pecanfan"
wrote:

I don't care what the job is.
Obviously, but then you have no grasp of business.

OK, before we start on the personal attacks, I run a company. I deal
with
different businesses every day in a variety of industry sectors. I
personally know business owners who run companies varying in size from 15
to
500+ employees. They operate anything from IT companies to telephony
services, estate agencies, engineering outfits, accountants, the list
goes
on... The ONLY sector that has the cheek to even contemplate charging
before giving you a price is the building industry!


Nope. The IT industry most definitely does.

Too right - though it is usually called "consultancy" to make the customer
feel happier about it.







But that's fine. I certainly wouldn't expect 3 plumbers who had given me
a
price over the phone to then EACH carry out a site survey. That wasn't
my
point though. My point is that if a price can ONLY be given by attending
site (which was the case in my scenario) then the builder should meet the
cost of that.

It depends on the work involved. If the supplier has to spend 5
days scoping out the work, do you expect all of that for free?





.andy

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