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no calls then four in a row?
its always the way been complaining of no calls then get two yesturday and another two today one customer wanting a bathroom refurb done and kitchen splashback and kitchen floor,another wanting splashback done and the other two want a bathroom tilied and they all want it done next week im good but not that good.got three booked in waiting on the fourth to ring me back so it just goes to show keep complaining it works for me!
CJ (23-02-2009), Derry (24-02-2009), faithhealer (23-02-2009), shieldsy101 (23-02-2009)
Re: no calls then four in a row?
nice one.
garretridge (23-02-2009)
Re: no calls then four in a row?
Patience is virtue
"Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes"
garretridge (23-02-2009)
Re: no calls then four in a row?
famine or feast scenario! nice one mate
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Know the feeling m8 except i'm still waiting on the 4 calls(even 1 would do)
garretridge (24-02-2009)
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I seem to be lucky at the moment..........booked up till mid march.
Maybe its the location. Somerset where I live has a large population of retired bods........who want the nicer things and have the money. Although some are pleading poverty, I will quite happily relieve them of some of there pensions.
I quite like doing jobs for the oldens anyway.........they keep your cup topped up
garretridge (24-02-2009)
Re: no calls then four in a row?
i think its starting to dawn on people whose jobs are not at risk or those that are retired that they are actually better off than they were this time last year
cost of living is down and theres been a 2.5% decrease in vat
also some people are being canny as they know they will get a better price now than if they wait for things to pick up
believe it or not the early signs of recovery are there it just needs people to realise this and start spending to get things moving again
I know nothing I havent learnt
Painters and decorator Leighton Buzzard 01525 376559/07594 779654
garretridge (24-02-2009)
Re: no calls then four in a row?
im booked ill end off march now and still quoting
I know nothing I havent learnt
Painters and decorator Leighton Buzzard 01525 376559/07594 779654
garretridge (24-02-2009)
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i had 3 phone calls and won no jobs in jan. then on one day in feb i get 4 calls and won 1 job from it. things are bleak for me and im considering getting another job
garretridge (24-02-2009)
Re: no calls then four in a row?
hang in there!Originally Posted by P'boro tiler
jan was rather bleak for me too,but the phone has recovered and started to ring again(there was me thinking it was broke lol)
Re: no calls then four in a row?
no matter what things will always be quiet after xmas before they pick up.
nice one, hang in there
Patrick
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There is work out there !!!!
Many threads and posts here about finding work here !!
Never just sit at home waiting for the phone to ring, get in your van or car, call in an pester as many kitchen firms, bathroom firms, plumbers, builders, bar fitting firms, interior designers, architects, contract flooring companies as you can, call in at plumbers merchants and your local hire shop and ask if you can leave cards, do a leaflet drop, hang around B & Q , hand out a few cards, do the same outside tile shops ( or slip a card under cars windscreen wipers )
Keep going and going and going, then start again. If you get 20 knock backs on the trot then 1 or 2 good contacts it has been worthwhile !!!
Work will not always find you ! You have to find it ! Then hang onto it !
BE PRO ACTIVE . BE INVENTIVE. BE CONFIDENT. KEEP SMILING
Last edited by Leatherface; 24-02-2009 at 04:10 PM.
david campbell (24-02-2009), garretridge (24-02-2009)
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i was felling the same p boro dont despare its looks like things are picking up now just as leatherface says keep pounding the streets and eventialy it will pay off!
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ive done quite a few quotes now. did one today. i've won one job this year and that was by knocking 1/3 off my price.
im very proactive; ive written to 120 businesses this year such as property management companies and builders etc and then phoned them all up. i got one job from it worth £100lol. id be out of business if it wasnt for some builders who are supllying me work occassionnally, got a 37ish m2 bathroom to do for them starting next monday. i got that job by going to a BNI meeting.
half my work now seems to be from recommendations from tile shops and friends etc wheich is great as its free
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is £250 a lot of money for a 3m2 splashback? inc many sockets and some removing old adhesive and reboarding a window reveel
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wouldn't say so if your removing old tiles and supplying matts,as you say there is plenty of sockets and you will probably struggle to finish in a shift!
probably have to grout the next day!
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well done thats the way it goes one minute you have nothing then the next you get a few quotes but dont stop there keep plugging away finding more work then you ll always be busy
im now booked up till near enough end of march but im still trying to find new contacts i wouldnt mind be booked up for months if i can
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well i didnt get the job. the other guy who quoted asked for £150.
im seriously considering packing it in.
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