Discussion Forum
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Downward pressure on pricing
I am certainly experiencing this, not only are my competitiors virtually giving stuff away, but I'm losing jobs that I know I would have got just a coule of years…
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Wage increase in 6 months, no thanks
I've been negotiating with some people about taking a job. Great place to work, a job that I can do fairly easily, but which has some scope for setting myself…
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Would you let someone cheat you?
No, it hasn't happened to me, yet, and hopefully it never will. But I read on various construction realted forums about people who get cheated out of some or all of their…
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Employ someone with a nose ring?
Business is good at the moment, and I really need to increase the workforce. I have been therefore giving some thought to the type of person I would like to…
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Best way to handle supplier ****up
Wednesday a.m. I rang my normal sheet material suppliers (with whom I have an account) and ordered 10 sheets of birch ply and, because I was having the delivery any…
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Grow or stay small and efficient?
Thinking ahead to next year. There's just the two of us at the moment, we make good quality kitchens, I make the cabinets and doors and DW paints them, we also do…
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Inappropriate HO behaviour
Went to a job this morning, to finish up some work on small kitchen. We got there and the front door was locked and the back door was locked, nobody…
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Time limit on proposals?
When I give people a price I like to make it clear to them that they need to make their minds up quickly, in order that the 'special' price I've…
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Estimates/proposals etc take or mail?
Personally I always mail them, or email if the HO's have it. My reasoning is this- that the price is almosts certainly going to be more than they were expecting…
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Learning to say no, and irate HO’s
Went to look at a job a while back, noticed that the house was immaculate, everything highly polished and neat. We discussed the work they wanted doing on their kitchen,…