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drew74

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Been pricing up jobs the last few months and found this happening -
finding that other spreads are goin in a lot cheaper.
I'm not expensive either by the way (£150-200 day domestic work - live near M25)
Think this may be due to lack of work, puttin in a low price in order to get the job.
We all have bills to pay but,
If everyone keeps dropping their prices lower and lower, eventually when the financial climate picks up again and everyone wants to go back to earnin a decent days rate, we're not gonna be able to.
The customers will still want spreads for £80-100 a day, or get the bl**dy polish lads back in!
By droppin day rates to such low prices, are we damaging the trade long term?
Are we gonna be expected to earn low rates even when things pick up?
what do you guys think?
Agree?
Had any similar probs?
 
I had the same thought, all dropping prices does in the long run is put EVERYONE out of work, if everyone stuck to a reasonable price, youd all still get the work, people wouldnt just refuse to have a spread in because they charge a minimum amount instead of charging peanuts.

I find under cutting doesnt necessarily mean you get the work anyway, Ive prices stuff silly cheap and still not got the jobs, my view is that the arseholes that think we're not worth what we charge will ALWAYS go for the cheaper option, so even IF you undercut and get the job, next time you try and charge a little more they wont use you again and yet again they will go for the CHEAPEST option, its stupid, if you cant afford to pay for someone to come in and plaster your walls then dont get it done. I wouldnt go and try to buy a ferrari if I didnt have enough money to pay for one in the first place.

makes my blood boil the way peoples minds work.
 
Yeah we got some f**k**g arse charging 100 pounds a day in the local rag.......f**k**g idiot!!!!!!! >:( >:( >:(
 
Bet you wont see another trade doing that, well maybe a brickie or a roofer . Why is it just plastering someone tell me ?
 
Its the same with the prices firms pay aswell. During recessions the prices go down then gradually go back up up (very slowly) when things start to get better. Some take the right piss really but it's the same old, same old, theres always some div who will do it for those prices.

Clint
 
the general public havent a clue and wont know what good plastering looks like .............theyll take the cheapest quote unless its a referal ....why yell is a pain in the ass
 
church said:
Bet you wont see another trade doing that, well maybe a brickie or a roofer . Why is it just plastering someone tell me ?

I know guys in most of the other building trades and I can assure you that they're all (well most) having to work for less, even plumbers, have you seen how many how many courses there are for plumbing :o
 
I am being nailed by someone I know, hes undercut me 4 times in the last 3 weeks and just taken a hall stairs and landing off me we have much the same social circle so hes taking a lot of domestic from me but I have a cunning plan and IM GOING TO FOOOOOK HIM UP BIGTIME
 
Threaten to send spunky round to dry bum em i say ;D, it's that age old problem again, you can't compete with these people, so don't try i say
 
murplastering said:
I am being nailed by someone I know, hes undercut me 4 times in the last 3 weeks and just taken a hall stairs and landing off me we have much the same social circle so hes taking a lot of domestic from me but I have a cunning plan and IM GOING TO FOOOOOK HIM UP BIGTIME
does he ring you every day asking how works going ;D
 
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