would you ? should you ? do you ?

[d-raittuk]

Ok so a bit of a rant and know doubt this will split the masses on opinion.

 

how many of you see on a near day to day basis the have a go tree surgeon / gardener? No PPE shorts trainers one hand on a ground saw from a ladder poor work man ship etc etc

 

Do you take pictures? should you? and then put them on the internet to try and hinder them trading? because in my eyes they shouldn't be doing that work if there not qualified to do so. we all have to go out spend grands on kit, insurance training etc.

 

this is not a jab at being under cut buy them or losing work to them because there welcome to it just promotes using a pro in the first place.

 

whats everyones thoughts on the "rouge trader"

[daveindales]

You will never stop them. Forget about them. There are cowboys in every trade. Concentrate on doing a professional job yourself, and business wise you should be ok.

[Steve Bullman]

I couldn't care less. I work to my own standards, what others do have no impact on me whatsoever

 

 

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[Joe Newton]

Rouge trader? Sounds burlesque!

 

 

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[Steve Bullman]

I also think that over the years I've seen more 'qualified people' doing the job that shouldnt be doing the job over the above mentioned people you describe

 

 

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[d-raittuk]

It dosent get me down as such just hate seeing people getting riped off I feel when i do a good job am not just promoting my business but other good businesses as well.

 

Joe if the customer wants a bit of burlesque its an extra 25 quid plus VAT lol

[daveindales]

Personally, I would never dream of taking pictures of someone else's work and putting it on the internet, to try and hinder them trading. I would take a lot more pleasure in putting my work on the internet, in an effort to promote my work. Just my opinion though.

[Andrew Gale]

I saw a group of so & so's working close to me a few years ago who worked in jeans, trainers, baseball caps and ear defenders, that was it. The work they were doing was truly awful, their work practices were diabolical and this really p****d me off as I had spent a long time in my area trying to improve peoples perception of what tree work should look like and how it should be undertaken.

 

I called the TO; they weren't working on TPO'd trees therefore nowt he could do. I called the HSE ref their bad work practices and potential accidents and was asked the following, and I quote, 'If I could get their names and addresses from them and pass them on to the HSE, they'd make inroads into having a chat with them'; yeah right, get my head smashed in more like.

 

Suffice to say in my opinion, until the powers that be start to take notice whats the point in getting stressed by them.

[Steve Bullman]

  daveindales said:

Personally, I would never dream of taking pictures of someone else's work and putting it on the internet, to try and hinder them trading. I would take a lot more pleasure in putting my work on the internet, in an effort to promote my work. Just my opinion though.

Let your own work speak for itself. If you have to discredit others work to get your own what does that say?

[Johny Walker]

  d-raittuk said:

Ok so a bit of a rant and know doubt this will split the masses on opinion.

 

how many of you see on a near day to day basis the have a go tree surgeon / gardener? No PPE shorts trainers one hand on a ground saw from a ladder poor work man ship etc etc

 

Do you take pictures? should you? and then put them on the internet to try and hinder them trading? because in my eyes they shouldn't be doing that work if there not qualified to do so. we all have to go out spend grands on kit, insurance training etc.

 

this is not a jab at being under cut buy them or losing work to them because there welcome to it just promotes using a pro in the first place.

 

whats everyones thoughts on the "rouge trader"

 

 

couldnt give a toss ,leave them too it ,iv got more important thing to worry about