Can Light Price
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electricmanscott
Senior Member
- Location
- Boston, MA
It's guys like you with that attitude....blah blah blah...
Why even bother to say something that makes sense Dennis, these know-it-alls will just try to beat you down.
With all due respect of course. :grin:
I'm with the can light guy, whatever it takes to make a buck.
Rewire
Senior Member
- Location
- Lake of the Ozarks
The ad says all work done by a Master Electrician.
Doesn't sound like he's trying to keep his men employed unless his employees are Master Electricians.
Six can lights as loss leader?
Whatever happened to installing one surface mount light fixture as a loss leader?
Whatever happened to having six hoiuses to wire wit six more coming out of the ground?
Dinosaurs are extinct,everyone is looking for the edge beaten paths are for beaten men.
- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC
- Occupation
- Retired Electrical Contractor
I can do it in less than 6 hours , in fact , I have done it in 3- 3 1/2 hours ( alone) including a switch fished down the wall.
Fact is $40.00 is better than nothing. I don't know the guys situation at all and it is none of my business. Maybe he just wants a little bread and butter on the table rather than sit at home crying about no work.
You all are so quick to condemn without knowing the reason for his price. Maybe it is to get in the door and get other work. The fact is it is his business, and he doesn't need us to tell him what to do. You all have nerve telling people what they should make. If I want to work for nothing, and I do on occasion, that is my business and nobody elses.
B4T
Senior Member
- Location
- Long Island, N.Y.
I would bet he does a load test and bangs the HO for a home run. There is no way he could do that job in a 2 story house and working on the main floor without doing damage. We all have been there and last time I checked, there was no magic snake available.
There is a hook in there somewhere otherwise the guy is a complete moron.. IMO :grin:
There is a hook in there somewhere otherwise the guy is a complete moron.. IMO :grin:
- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC
- Occupation
- Retired Electrical Contractor
Not necessarily so. There may be trusses between floor- I would bet he is not installing an extra switch but using the feed to an existing overhead.
I retroed a very long room with 6 cans without doing any damage except for a small hole at the ceiling for the switch leg-- their were no lights over head and a second floor.
I cut the holes for the cans and then used those opening and long bits to drill between the joists to each can. In one direction you are running with the joist. It can be risky and I won't do it with a bathroom above the room.
B4T
Senior Member
- Location
- Long Island, N.Y.
The EC running the ad says ANY ROOM there are no conditions mentioned. Here on Long Island, you might find wooden "I" beams between floors, but I have never found trusses in a single family home. Maybe in Utah things are different :wink:
Rewire
Senior Member
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- Lake of the Ozarks
Someone calls and the guy asks do you have access above this ceiling and they say no then he says I'M sorry but I am all booked uo right now I will call you when I can fit you in ....click........
- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC
- Occupation
- Retired Electrical Contractor
Since the ad states insulation can be put over them I would assume he is talking about an accessible attic.
I can see it as a loss leader...heck, some guys take on entire projects as loss leaders....some guys run their entire business as a loss leader
Thank you, for a good laugh today.
LawnGuyLandSparky
Senior Member
"Oh a switch? That's another $100.00. People "normally" put these in rooms that already have a ceiling light on an existing switch. Oh, and ma'am... it seems the circuit in this room is already overloaded and can't support an additional 390 watts. Gonna need a new circuit run for $250.00. Could you believe the way they slap these houses together these days? Boy oh boy. By the way, I notice you sure do have a lot of electronic gizmos around here. Would you be interested in a whole-house surge protector? Or how about this wattage-maximizer gizmo that reduces your electric bill legally for $299.00? I'll pay for itself in only a few months!
Oh, and ma'am, while running the circuit I notice your panel is in violation of NEC Article..."
Earlier this week I went and looked at the 6 can lights the guy wanted installed and gave him a price.
This was in my e-mail this morning.
By the way the guy is having granite counter tops installed even thought the existing counter tops are in new condition and probably only about two years old.
This was in my e-mail this morning.
By the way the guy is having granite counter tops installed even thought the existing counter tops are in new condition and probably only about two years old.
"Oh a switch? That's another $100.00. People "normally" put these in rooms that already have a ceiling light on an existing switch. Oh, and ma'am... it seems the circuit in this room is already overloaded and can't support an additional 390 watts. Gonna need a new circuit run for $250.00. Could you believe the way they slap these houses together these days? Boy oh boy. By the way, I notice you sure do have a lot of electronic gizmos around here. Would you be interested in a whole-house surge protector? Or how about this wattage-maximizer gizmo that reduces your electric bill legally for $299.00? I'll pay for itself in only a few months!
Oh, and ma'am, while running the circuit I notice your panel is in violation of NEC Article..."
Great example of how the low ballers get their money from a job quoted low. NO FREE LUNCH
Ohmy
Senior Member
- Location
- Atlanta, GA
Ahhhh....
Ahhhh....
Just resend the same quote and tell him you will put the cans in for free cuz your a nice guy.
Ahhhh....
Just resend the same quote and tell him you will put the cans in for free cuz your a nice guy.
LarryFine
Master Electrician Electric Contractor Richmond VA
- Location
- Henrico County, VA
- Occupation
- Electrical Contractor
Or offer to deduct $10 or so per can for the can installation, telling him that's the easy part, obviously, since he's confidant he can do it himself.
Mr.Sparkle
Senior Member
- Location
- Jersey Shore
Yeah, ok buddy.........
I also vote you send him the same quote, or better yet cut the holes a 1/4 inch too small and get paid in full before you leave.
wirenut3
Member
- Location
- Northern New Jersey
Wow I thought I'd heard everything!
Mr.Sparkle
Senior Member
- Location
- Jersey Shore
Maybe he thinks it a piece of cake because he reads the descriptions on Big Oranges website.
See anything funny there?
See anything funny there?
Fulthrotl
~Autocorrect is My Worst Enema.~
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it's april fools right? you're spoofing us with this, right? this chrome plated,
low octane twit actually sent that to you?
my bs filter has gotten so clogged lately.... time to clean it with a toothbrush.
i had one of these not that long ago.... after dealing with him, and running
120' of thinwall, he wanted me to put in the malibu lights in his front yard,
for free.... so i did.
did you know you can put in 10 malibu lights, two transformers, complete, in
16 minutes? including unwrapping them? when you don't care how it looks,
it's amazing what you can accomplish.....
(it was uglier than a mud fence)i'll have to post the whole story some evening when i'm in a fair old froth....
it's a good story.... and iwire loves a yarn.
the truth is, i spent a total of 4 1/2 hours there, the bill was $1,000, the
materials were $85, and it wasn't worth it. **that** is a seriously annoying
customer...... :wink: ... the only reason his phone number is still in my dialing
directory is that if he calls, i don't want to answer by accident, and the
personalized message that goes to his phone number only says i have gone
into the witness protection program, and am unavailable.
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