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stinkycheese
9th May 2009, 13:57
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Reilly
9th May 2009, 15:10
haha you wouldnt see british builders do that lol, not even the polish!
No the english builders would be sitting at the pub moaning that they have no work.
i dont see y you wouldnt see the british builders do that. im a builder and i work my fucking bollox off
stinkycheese
9th May 2009, 15:28
No the english builders would be sitting at the pub moaning that they have no work.
thats crap
thats crap
not really.....
"All the polish people come over here and work cheaper than us meaning we have no jobs!!"
Ever heard of something called dropping your price?
Fucking hate the attitude of 80% of theworking man in this country.
stinkycheese
9th May 2009, 15:42
not really.....
"All the polish people come over here and work cheaper than us meaning we have no jobs!!"
Ever heard of something called dropping your price?
Fucking hate the attitude of 80% of theworking man in this country.
what about the people that CANT drop there price? Polish are willing to live ten to a bedroom. should people start doing that to stay in work?
what about the people that CANT drop there price? Polish are willing to live ten to a bedroom. should people start doing that to stay in work?
Why couldn't you drop your price? Because working for 10% less is worse than not working at all.
stinkycheese
9th May 2009, 15:47
Why couldn't you drop your price? Because working for 10% less is worse than not working at all.
polish often drop their price waayyyy more than 10%.
what if you have a family and a mortgage etc and your wages just cover it all leaving you with very little leftover money.
the truth is, the government didnt expect so many immigrants to come over when all the easten european contries joined the eu. lots of them live in shitty conditions to keep overheads to a minimum so they can afford to work for less.
joe bloggs shouldnt have to lower the quality of his life and drop his prices to stay in work.
Work's work. If you don't drop your price then you're not going to work. Even if you work for £10 that's £10 worth of food on the table.
Also, if you can't afford your mortgage then you've overstretched yourself which is what 90% of this country has done. It always used to be (back in the day) that you went by thirds. 1/3 of your wage on rent/mortgage, 1/3 on living and 1/3 in savings.
stinkycheese
9th May 2009, 15:55
Work's work. If you don't drop your price then you're not going to work. Even if you work for £10 that's £10 worth of food on the table.
Also, if you can't afford your mortgage then you've overstretched yourself which is what 90% of this country has done. It always used to be (back in the day) that you went by thirds. 1/3 of your wage on rent/mortgage, 1/3 on living and 1/3 in savings.
that 1/3 shit is absolute bollocks
Why?
I've been speaking to my mortgage advisor recently as i'm considering moving out. The mortgage i can arrange on a place is £460. Leave me over £1000 for other stuff. 2 bedroom flat.
stinkycheese
9th May 2009, 16:05
Why?
I've been speaking to my mortgage advisor recently as i'm considering moving out. The mortgage i can arrange on a place is £460. Leave me over £1000 for other stuff. 2 bedroom flat.
thats your personal situation. the majority of people dont live like that, its irrelevent if its because theyre living above their means or whatever. its the government thats allowed them to get into a situation.
Why couldn't you drop your price? Because working for 10% less is worse than not working at all.
jesus thats retarded, what do you work as danr?
enthrone
10th May 2009, 18:35
the truth is, the government didnt expect so many immigrants to come over when all the easten european contries joined the eu.
im pretty sure i read a stat a while ago that the uk has more workers over in the EU, than we have of eu workers within the uk.
stinkycheese
10th May 2009, 19:56
im pretty sure i read a stat a while ago that the uk has more workers over in the EU, than we have of eu workers within the uk.
probably, but our workers will be spread across lots of countries. so thats a useless shit stat that some politician has fed you.
Steve_90
10th May 2009, 21:40
not really.....
"All the polish people come over here and work cheaper than us meaning we have no jobs!!"
Ever heard of something called dropping your price?
Fucking hate the attitude of 80% of theworking man in this country.
You're obviously not a man in the trades then.
Me, my brother and dad work our asses off at work bathroom fitting doing a top quality job and we charge accordingly. Why should we drop our prices to compete with these European people who will work for less and do a less quality job.
We've done quite a few jobs for people now were we have had to re-tile bathrooms and re-do the plumbing because the polish guy before completely bodged it and it was cheap.
Davveee106
11th May 2009, 00:12
You're obviously not a man in the trades then.
Me, my brother and dad work our asses off at work bathroom fitting doing a top quality job and we charge accordingly. Why should we drop our prices to compete with these European people who will work for less and do a less quality job.
We've done quite a few jobs for people now were we have had to re-tile bathrooms and re-do the plumbing because the polish guy before completely bodged it and it was cheap.
Many a time have i come across the same situation where a customer has gone for a cheaper quote, then a few weeks later asked us to come back and sort out the problems caused by the bodgers that polish people are.
stinkycheese
11th May 2009, 12:50
Many a time have i come across the same situation where a customer has gone for a cheaper quote, then a few weeks later asked us to come back and sort out the problems caused by the bodgers that polish people are.
ive had to re-wire an extension that was fooked by lithuanians
jesus thats retarded, what do you work as danr?
I'm an estate agent.
You're obviously not a man in the trades then.
Me, my brother and dad work our asses off at work bathroom fitting doing a top quality job and we charge accordingly. Why should we drop our prices to compete with these European people who will work for less and do a less quality job.
We've done quite a few jobs for people now were we have had to re-tile bathrooms and re-do the plumbing because the polish guy before completely bodged it and it was cheap.
Not accusing you of shit work as i'm sure you guys are top class.... but say you do 5 jobs in a week for £1000 each... that's £5k. If you did 10 jobs in a week of £750 that's £7500. I wouldn't always use the cheapest labour i can find but if i had 2 tradesman come in and quote me and they both came with good recommendations then i'd be inclined to use the cheaper.
My company has a standard fee of 1.75%. We are the top agents in the area and have the stats to prove it. We also have to be negotiable though otherwise we wouldn't trade. Other people should do the same.
stinkycheese
11th May 2009, 13:25
people have lowered their price but you cant compete with immigrants that have hardly any overheads. your argument is shit. you would think differently if your job was at risk from eastern europeans
You didn't say you had dropped the price though. I can understand that the eastern europeans might come here but i deal with enough people in the public that wouldn't touch them. I also speak to enough builders that seem more than happy to go bankrupt than drop their prices out of pride. What pride can be taken from being bankrupt and losing everything you have?
Strange way this country works.
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