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Come Inside... => The Snug => Topic started by: Uncle Mort on August 21, 2014, 09:03:20 AM
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I have decided to replace the wall at the front of the property, the current wall wasn't built very well, frost and vandalism(!) have taken it's toll. So I get a couple of local builders in for quotes. Both quotes are similar so I choose the lower, not just for the price but also because he seemed "right"
So I call the other to say "thanks but no thanks" which should be straightforward but of course he immediately drops his price. I still say no but somehow he makes me feel guilty and bullied.
Why should that be so?
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I have decided to replace the wall at the front of the property, the current wall wasn't built very well, frost and vandalism(!) have taken it's toll. So I get a couple of local builders in for quotes. Both quotes are similar so I choose the lower, not just for the price but also because he seemed "right"
So I call the other to say "thanks but no thanks" which should be straightforward but of course he immediately drops his price. I still say no but somehow he makes me feel guilty and bullied.
Why should that be so?
cos you're human perchance?
I never go for quotes lowered to undercut another, they will always find a way to get their profit margin back.
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I have decided to replace the wall at the front of the property, the current wall wasn't built very well, frost and vandalism(!) have taken it's toll. So I get a couple of local builders in for quotes. Both quotes are similar so I choose the lower, not just for the price but also because he seemed "right"
So I call the other to say "thanks but no thanks" which should be straightforward but of course he immediately drops his price. I still say no but somehow he makes me feel guilty and bullied.
Why should that be so?
cos you're human perchance?
I never go for quotes lowered to undercut another, they will always find a way to get their profit margin back.
^^^ wot he said ^^^
I think you can probably tell a lot about the quality of his work from the 'feel' you had for him.....
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I never go for quotes lowered to undercut another, they will always find a way to get their profit margin back.
True, I always say "give me your best price" so by them coming back with a lower quote they're already showing that they are trying to screw me.
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I never go for quotes lowered to undercut another, they will always find a way to get their profit margin back.
True, I always say "give me your best price" so by them coming back with a lower quote they're already showing that they are trying to screw me.
QED. :thumbsup:
You made the right choice and the later guilt proves that the technique works sometimes on some people.
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Five and half months later...
They're here and currently knocking down the old wall.
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It's gone already like eeek: