gabbytabby:


Roofing carpentary. Once I got 120k, 150k and 550k and the 550k guy was the one who had done all the carpentary from foundation but because I had done roofing for a bigger project I knew his 550k was way out of line.

I went with the 150k ended up paying 200k cos of variation but he is now my go to construction carpenter (kansho).

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dangoteinlaw:
I don’t know but if i were you I would sit the 550k own down and get to know what he’s offering then bargain it down to 300k. Out of 10 carpenters not up to 3 actually know what they are doing. Alot of building collapse are as a result of shobby form works by ogogoro capenters.

gabbytabby:
From experience if the quote is ridiculous and you try to negotiate down if they take the work it never ends well and I have had to call someone else in to complete the work or redo it.

Why would I pay someone 300k for a 150k job.

Olumighty123:


I don't know what your screeder is trying to do but I know L n B is used in measuring SqM, For example, if the room is 4 metres wide, and 6 metres long, 4 x 6 = 24 square metres, that's all.

somehow:


If you have a money tree somewhere in your village.

sonnie10:

This guy carry me for mind since how many years ago. What else is witchcraft?

Kentucky404:


Shenanigan spotted.



That is called stating facts.

somehow:


If you have a money tree somewhere in your village.

gabbytabby:


Roofing carpentary. Once I got 120k, 150k and 550k and the 550k guy was the one who had done all the carpentary from foundation but because I had done roofing for a bigger project I knew his 550k was way out of line.

I went with the 150k ended up paying 200k cos of variation but he is now my go to construction carpenter (kansho).

Coiner:


How about POP, how do you calculate sqm. 🤔

dangoteinlaw:
That is what they call wisdom in their book, wasting people’s time in the name of “getting a quote”. That’s how one fool made me mobilize a POP guy to his site at the end he didn’t get the job. What pained me was the pop guy left his tape rule at home and i had mine but i urge the pop guy to be a professional by getting his own tape and he spent 3k at that spot to buy a tape all because he relied on my word that the guy in question will surely award him the job. Honestly I wasn’t worried about myself becoz I knew the pop guy has been home for months because job traffic was slow. Inside my car his wife was even calling and praying for him that he will get the job and it all turned out he was just a pawn to one fool who thought he needed to “get a quote”. That is why illiteracy scares the shit out of me because for this life if you happen to be at the bottom of the food chain u go too suffer oh, your life will be used as a game of chess and you might be sacrificed as a pawn to save a knight.

FEGEITOK:


First, business is not a charity.

Secondly, running business on sympathy is not the best way to go about business.

Thirdly, no one will win 100 percent of all the jobs he bids for. This is why we spread out tents very wide so that they will have a greater tendency to catch something.

Fourthly, no one owes you anything.

Now about your sob story.

I have been there. I understand the feeling. I treat my artisans well.

I even gave the last but one transport to come and work for me. I gave him several modus of rice (enough to feed his family twice a day for at least a week) when he was going in addition to paying him for his services. I also gave him one of my dress shirts I no longer felt like using. He had complained that he had no food to eat (and I happen to know that he is married) and did not have transportation. But to my chagrin this guy stole money from me. I kept some cash in a drawer and he touched that drawer and the money was gone. Can you imagine how I felt to have discovered that someone I did the above for did that to me? I know because I confronted him and he confessed after he had returned home. One more thing, this guy I allowed him to sleep over a couple of times in order to save some of the money he would have spent on transport back home and back to the site the next day.

My motto in life is that one must treat those he can gain nothing from as well as those he can gain something from. That to me is the true test of character.

The last one that came gave a quote I considered was too high. So I gave him 3 times the amount he spent on transportation to come and dismissed him.

I lent my plumber money when he was served court papers to pack out of his existing accommodation. He came back just last week to ask for more money to the tune of half a million to roof the house he is building, that one I am not willing to give though.

Some of us treat artisans this way because of the bad experiences we have had. But everyone is different and should be judged for who he or she is and not based on what others have done.

But you cannot blame us for refusing to act on sympathy all the time, it’s a dog-eat-dog world out there. And people are out to take advantage especially if they feel you are better situated than them.

They think, let me chop from him small, he get plenty. He no go feel am.
Opportunity will never be distributed equally, some people will do better in life than others.

Even Jesus said we will always have the poor with you at Matthew 26:11.

So if I can help someone, I will help someone. Like I have said above, several individuals liked me at some point in time and stepped in to help me make the money I have made, and the position I have attained, so if I can, I will be helpful because I know that everyone is fighting one challenge or the other.

erico2k2:

Bross I think you are missing the point here, Help is deferent but when one demands it's a claim of self entitlement. ofcos you can cook from home and give to your workers on site, I done that on my build, but note they never demanded for it.

FEGEITOK:


This line above makes the point you are making.

Fourthly, no one owes you anything.


I included the rest of the story to show that one can refuse to agree to a claim of entitlement and yet kind enough to assist someone in the position of some who carry on with a sense of entitlement.

In short by being entitled, they may be missing out on more.

I am also making the point that someone can be favored who did not show signs of being entitled, but they can go ahead and scuttle the opportunity given to them and the opportunities that might have been given to others but for their mistakes.

sonnie10:

This is a personal and very private question, You don’t have to answer it if you are not comfortable doing so.

Michilin did some of metal fabrication work for you in Lagos from Nnewi.
I would like to learn from your experience, how you guys navigated the quote submission transportation fee.

temizeee:
Hello my people good day,
Please i need your suggestions concerning a project, it’s a 3 bedroom house and we are at the stage of installing plumbing work finishing stage (Wc, pipes to soakaway, shower etc ) but the artistan in charge of digging soakway pit for bathroom drainage and kitchen drainage said we should do fence first because of filling so as to know the level to dig the pits for the drainage…. I don’t know which should come first, is it the fence or we should proceed and dig the drainage and install the pipes and other plumbing works
Thanks in anticipation house I appreciate…..

somehow:


I can't remember all the details but I know he never requested for transportation fee.

From the East to Lagos.

You don't expect me not to always consider him first before anyone else for metal work.

michlins:


The most important thing is someone who wants to offer you his job and you understanding that he owes you nothing and can take his money elsewhere

GloriousGbola:


Some people will be complaining when favor is knocking on their door because if the noise.

FEGEITOK:


I was taught never to beg a rich person for money, but to instead show them how useful I could be to them.

You will get the money you wanted form such a person and much more.

FEGEITOK:


This line above makes the point you are making.

Fourthly, no one owes you anything.


I included the rest of the story to show that one can refuse to agree to a claim of entitlement and yet kind enough to assist someone in the position of some who carry on with a sense of entitlement.

In short by being entitled, they may be missing out on more.

I am also making the point that someone can be favored who did not show signs of being entitled, but they can go ahead and scuttle the opportunity given to them and the opportunities that might have been given to others but for their mistakes.

sonnie10:

No apologies. Call me anytime and I will say the same thing again.
There are dozens of people begging and probably poor here on Nairaland. When are you going to correct them to stop displaying or exposing their poverty?
You know you can build your resume as a correction officer (nairaland whip) starting from “the beggars , then work yourself up to braggers “

sonnie10:

No apologies. Call me anytime and I will say the same thing again.
There are dozens of people begging and probably poor here on Nairaland. When are you going to correct them to stop displaying or exposing their poverty?
You know you can build your resume as a correction officer (nairaland whip) starting from “the beggars , then work yourself up to braggers “

dangoteinlaw:
wow, i really can’t imagine that an adult will be talking like this. How much do you really think you ve made in life to even refer to others as poor. Na wa ooo

Kentucky404:


It is obvious you will forever be foolish.

Your Yearly income is someone's weekly shopping 🛍 bill. Your Net worth is someone else monthly income.
There are different levels to this shit.

Don't you ever come on here and try intimidate humble service providers who are trying to earn a living for themselves with your cheap wealth.
Yen yen yen yen someone from warri yen yen got the job yen yen worth 8M yenhen yeenhen.
Yeye boy if you invite wizkid to come and check the place where he would work (sing) for you, flights tickets will be paid for. You can contact his management for confirmation. Silly Asshole
#25K Transportation fare and you are already barking like a mad dog.

michlins:
I want to do your job and you want to give me your job so it was easy for us to reach a middle ground.


The first job I came to Lagos to do, the client was generous to pay for my transport to take measurements and didn't even ask me to refund or deduct from the job cost.

The most important thing is someone who wants to offer you his job and you understanding that he owes you nothing and can take his money elsewhere

erico2k2:

Im seriously struggling to understand your post

bobkezel:

There's no fast rule to determine someone who wants to offer you his job.

FEGEITOK:


I even gave the last but one transport to come and work for me. I gave him several modus of rice (enough to feed his family twice a day for at least a week) when he was going in addition to paying him for his services. I also gave him one of my dress shirts I no longer felt like using. He had complained that he had no food to eat (and I happen to know that he is married) and did not have transportation. But to my chagrin this guy stole money from me. I kept some cash in a drawer and he touched that drawer and the money was gone. Can you imagine how I felt to have discovered that someone I did the above for did that to me? I know because I confronted him and he confessed after he had returned home. One more thing, this guy I allowed him to sleep over a couple of times in order to save some of the money he would have spent on transport back home and back to the site the next day.