Steve
Established Member
Hi Neil,
Have you not seen work carried out by 'professional' tradesmen that looks like a couple of ten year olds have had a go? I have, and I'm not the only one. Blimey Neil - they make TV shows about them!
And Joe Public sometimes LIKES to pay more for a job! Three quotes - one comes in at ten grand, another at 9,500, and another at 6,000. Obviously - the one at 6,000 can't be any good! Haven't you come across that? I certainly have!
I've also been to parties where people are banging on about their kitchen or dining table, and taken great pride in the inflated price they've paid. "It cost an absolute fortune darling, but it is an heirloom piece. Hand crafted you know. We simply had to have it." There am I, looking at a goodish production job - a 'nice' sycamore table with a 1/4 inch rounded over edge, a few machined flutes in the legs and pocket holes in the unseen framework.
Woodturning is another great example of this. Same woodturner - two bowls in, say, maple. Both turned to the same standard. Put one in a Bond Street gallery and you're talking £200 up. Put the other in a craft fair, and you're talking £20 tops.
I can't be the only one who's come across this, can I?
Steve
Couldn't agree more - and I didn't! I wasn't referring to all professionals, I was labouring the point that some amateurs have great skills, and some professionals should hang their heads in shame - ergo, the advice from a professional is not necessarily superior to that of an amateur. Steve makes the point somewhat clearer about being a good guitarist.
Sorry mate - I can state as an absolute rock solid fact AND from bitter experience that this is not so. Again - some professionals will - but certainly not all.
Have you not seen work carried out by 'professional' tradesmen that looks like a couple of ten year olds have had a go? I have, and I'm not the only one. Blimey Neil - they make TV shows about them!
That was more or less what I was saying - but again I wasn't saying ALL professionals take that approach. Turning my own table somewhat, I know of occasions where someone has quoted a fixed price on a job, hit unforseen problems, taken longer than expected but still delivered up to scratch. Word of mouth, reputation and professional pride also come into it. On the other hand, some cut every corner they can think of in order to knock a job out as quickly as possible. You know this as well as I do!
And Joe Public sometimes LIKES to pay more for a job! Three quotes - one comes in at ten grand, another at 9,500, and another at 6,000. Obviously - the one at 6,000 can't be any good! Haven't you come across that? I certainly have!
I've also been to parties where people are banging on about their kitchen or dining table, and taken great pride in the inflated price they've paid. "It cost an absolute fortune darling, but it is an heirloom piece. Hand crafted you know. We simply had to have it." There am I, looking at a goodish production job - a 'nice' sycamore table with a 1/4 inch rounded over edge, a few machined flutes in the legs and pocket holes in the unseen framework.
Woodturning is another great example of this. Same woodturner - two bowls in, say, maple. Both turned to the same standard. Put one in a Bond Street gallery and you're talking £200 up. Put the other in a craft fair, and you're talking £20 tops.
I can't be the only one who's come across this, can I?
Steve
