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OT'ish: Greedy plumbers?
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Nick Odell wrote: On Tue, 18 May 2021 21:39:23 +0100, wrote: I've been talking to a rural plumbing firm about a small job that I could do, but didn't fancy doing, and had agreed their published rate of £90 for the first hour followed by £50/hour thereafter. I guessed the job would take between 1 and 2 hours. Today I found out they were going to charge more than £150 for parts that I could easily buy for £50 at retail prices. When they wouldn't justify the mark-up I cancelled and will do the work myself when the warmer weather arrives. I was prepared to pay the (OTT) labour rate but they blew it by putting such a huge mark-up on the parts. Because of greed they lost the job. I feel sorry for people who don't have the option to do things themselves, or who don't know anything about the time jobs take and the cost of materials. What's the standard mark-up for plumbing parts? And what's the recommended retail price for that part you can buy for £50? There are some resellers who pile 'em high and sell 'em cheap, making up in turnover for what they lose in margin and you can't expect a tradesman to compete with that on his trade discount. Of course if the part you can buy for fifty quid only cost the plumber thirty then at £150 he is taking the ****. But, you need to actor in the time taken to go and get the part(s) and the cost of going to the supplier. I've just taken an hour and a 20 mile round trip to get a sack of Postcrete. Nick -- from KT24 in Surrey, England "I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle |
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