Have you ever?

[Mesterh]

Have you ever priced a job up, not won the job but drove past after it hasnt been carried out by someone else and thought "Pahh what a bit of butchery that is. I think I will have to speak to the client and tell them how bad it is!"?

 

Now I dont bother usually since I

1 CBA

2 Think that if the customer is happy looking at that rubbish then so be it.

 

BUT.

 

I priced a job up awhile ago, bit of crown lifting over footpath, road etc, and most important dead wood removal for public safety.

 

Job has been half carried out, well I say half but well looks like someone has hacked trees to bits with a bow saw and havent removed the major deadwood.

 

So do I not give a fook and say nothing or should I inform the client that the work has been carried out to a very poor standard plus the dead limbs havent been removed therefore defeating the object of carrying out any work whatsoever.

 

As I said I would never normally bother but only think it may be worth it in the case due to public health and safety etc.

 

What would you do?

[garth mc garth]

job near me the other day, i priced it and was told it was dear as it involved traffic management to do it safely as it was on a major A road. a week or so later on bank holiday monday about half 6 in morning i hear chainsaws, look out the window and see transit vans parked across the road and lots of shouting and a load of blokes hacking the tree to bits, huge bark tears, stubs left..............looks a right mess

[Rupe]

I wouldn't bother, they got it doen cheap they know that, your quote was just for them to see how much it could cost. Another good reason to stay out of yellow pages!

[Hollands]

I would'nt bother mate. They might learn a lesson if someone gets hurt. Happens to me all the time. Just another example of why the industry needs regulating. Frustrating.

[Stephen Blair]

if you take business personally it will eat you up. move on:001_smile:

[White Noise]

Never a wiser word said . So true . cheers

[Mesterh]

Tbh I'm not worrying about it its just that I dont like to see people get ripped off whether I win work or not.

[Stephen Blair]

Tbh I'm not worrying about it its just that I dont like to see people get ripped off whether I win work or not.

 

are they worried about you not getting the job or anything else about you. no, so why use your energy bothering about them.

[tommer9]

I do sometimes get the urge to knock on doors every now and again, two trees on a road i drive quite often have been ruined by what you described, but tbh i reckon it would reflect quite badly on me, it may seem like occupational rivalry or one-upmanship, so i don't. I was asked to somment on a wall a customer had had built by someone else which was awful, and when i gave my opinion (i won an award for my work once btw) they wee quite offended i think, as they thought their wall was very nice and had spent good money. So i don't think it is worth getting too stressed really mate.

[Mesterh]

are they worried about you not getting the job or anything else about you. no, so why use your energy bothering about them.

 

Thats it your right mate I am going to go over there and burn there trees down to teach em a lesson

 

Jk I know your right its not worth being bothered about just pisses me off sometimes thats all, seeing wasted money by people who dont know any better.