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jason123
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Location: Stellaville
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 Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:43 am Post subject: Electric shock |
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I have just paid £15.80 for a 105va transformer and a 500w halogen lamp. 
Both changed successfully, the new transformer has MASSIVE written on it, just to add a bit of irony to my day I think, it is took big to fit inside the 2" stainless trunking box I hid the old eterna in.
The halogen lamp was fitted without covering in finger prints.
To make me feel better can the modern day highway robbers or electricians (which ever you prefer) give me a typical quote for changing these, some years ago, Mrs J would have called a leccy to change bulbs etc.
Oh btw, the 500w lamp is for the outdoor light, and has nothing to do with the 105va transformer 
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baldelectrician
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Location: Ayrshire
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 3:37 pm Post subject: |
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| wouldn't be CEF by any chance? |
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jason123
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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No a local outfit to me, just changed hands and pricing policys. How much would you charge to change an outside lamp and transformer, after diagnosing the problem probably???
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baldelectrician
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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£37.50 to diagnose the problem plus materials.
I have 60va trannies in van, and lamps.
Say tranny cost £15, lamp £1.00. Cost to client would be £50- round to nearest £5 (or £45 if oap or nice) {price varies according to customers attitude :grin: }
I carry a large stock (spent £250 on a Consumer unit (MK5686s) and van stock - 30xGU10 osram lamps @ 0.70each+vat)
Have got 3 cooker switches in van;
1 standard (double socket size)
1 MK 5011
1 Crabtree (in between size)
Makes a big difference to your time if you go in, diagnose, fix fault and leave in 1 go.
I charge when I use tools (mostly); but I give free VERBAL quotes. |
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jason123
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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Not a bad price.
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Rich-Ando
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Joined: 24 Mar 2007
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Location: Derby, Derbyshire
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| Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 11:25 pm Post subject: |
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hmm, two things here: -
1) i would go with baldelec on that..sounds like a CEF price to me too, that's why i told them to shove their business where the sun don't shine about 15 years ago.
2) you make me realise that i am a little outta touch with my prices....no wonder i never seem short of work around here.
a 105Va dimmable is £8.70 inc vat & a 500W hal lamp is £0.70 from Newey & Eyre (now called Hagermeyer). they might be cheap & chearfull but saying that, in about 1000 of them bought i have only ever had 1 faulty tranny (and i don't mean a man that likes women's clothes  )
here's 1 for you baldelec: -
a realy nice old couple i know, have done all sorts of work for them over the last 15 odd years. ranging form fuse boards to sockets to replacing a lamp. if i ended up going to change a lamp, 2 seconds, job done, costs= pence. i always said, "don't worry ill sort it out next time". as it happens, i did 3 like that over 6 months for them. each time i was driving by so it didn't cost me anything extra to go there. after the last 3 times of me telling them not to worry about it, i thought, ok, next 1 ill do a bill for as i didn't feel comfortable charging them for 30 seconds work total. sure enough, time soon came when they needed a socket changing. out i went, dropping in at my convenience as i was driving by. called in, changed the socket and i was ready to charge them £45 total for all the work i had done in one go. before i got the chance to say anything, he genuinely looked at me and said "now we wont accept no for an answer. i know what you're going to say but you must at least have this bottle of wine for coming this time". i was so gob-smacked, i simply thanked him and left. i learnt a lesson. he honestly wasn't trying to pull a fast one, you have to knwo them to know this is true but it certainly caught me out. |
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jason123
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:15 am Post subject: |
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I can see exactly how that has happened, they see you as a nice guy helping pensioners, if you had only charged £3 for changing the bulbs, it keeps the relationship as customer/tradesman and not the start of a friendship.
I hope you kicked his head in :grin:
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Rich-Ando
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Location: Derby, Derbyshire
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 12:35 pm Post subject: |
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| jason123 wrote: |
I can see exactly how that has happened, they see you as a nice guy helping pensioners, if you had only charged £3 for changing the bulbs, it keeps the relationship as customer/tradesman and not the start of a friendship.
I hope you kicked his head in :grin: |
LMFAO i like it.
in answer to your question, no i didn't kick his head in but the missus commented "serve's you right for not charging him to start with, no sex for you for a week!!!"
i learnt my lesson. |
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sparkydude
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Location: Staffordshire
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| Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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I can tell who wears the trousers in your house Rich LOL 
Nick
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Rich-Ando
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Joined: 24 Mar 2007
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Location: Derby, Derbyshire
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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| sparkydude wrote: |
I can tell who wears the trousers in your house Rich LOL
Nick |
ha ha, are you seriously telling me your missus doesn't command you with the old "sex" promise?
anyway, your completely wrong m8.
I wear the trousers in my house
until she gets home. |
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