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Six months ago a builder asked an electrician to oversee the installation of
a large complicated TV/SAT system serving 120 flats in five blocks. The
electrician went to a system installer and had discussions about the layout,
etc, gleaning quite a lot of info. He then rejected the installer's price
and went ahead and installed the system himself, asking a lot of questions
over the counter at two local wholesalers, to their great amusement. This
morning he rung a different system installer (who happened to be a previous
employer of the first one) and said that he had a complete system all up and
running and ready to go, and would he come and 'commission' it. The
buildings have been occupied for two weeks (simultaneous hand-over of the
whole site) and a quick call to a official of the housing assn reveals that
everyone is up in arms because there is little or no TV reception and no
satellite reception. The electricians have been there almost every day since
occupation started 'running around like headless chickens'.

What a dilemma! What should the installer do?

Bill

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In article , Bill Wright
writes
Six months ago a builder asked an electrician to oversee the installation of
a large complicated TV/SAT system serving 120 flats in five blocks. The
electrician went to a system installer and had discussions about the layout,
etc, gleaning quite a lot of info. He then rejected the installer's price
and went ahead and installed the system himself, asking a lot of questions
over the counter at two local wholesalers, to their great amusement. This
morning he rung a different system installer (who happened to be a previous
employer of the first one) and said that he had a complete system all up and
running and ready to go, and would he come and 'commission' it. The
buildings have been occupied for two weeks (simultaneous hand-over of the
whole site) and a quick call to a official of the housing assn reveals that
everyone is up in arms because there is little or no TV reception and no
satellite reception. The electricians have been there almost every day since
occupation started 'running around like headless chickens'.

What a dilemma! What should the installer do?

**** 'imself laughing and then go in there and sort it and charge them
more than what he originally quoted to put the ballsup straight!....

--
Tony Sayer

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Bill Wright wrote:

Six months ago a builder asked an electrician to oversee the installation of
a large complicated TV/SAT system serving 120 flats in five blocks. The
electrician went to a system installer and had discussions about the layout,
etc, gleaning quite a lot of info. He then rejected the installer's price
and went ahead and installed the system himself, asking a lot of questions
over the counter at two local wholesalers, to their great amusement. This
morning he rung a different system installer (who happened to be a previous
employer of the first one) and said that he had a complete system all up and
running and ready to go, and would he come and 'commission' it. The
buildings have been occupied for two weeks (simultaneous hand-over of the
whole site) and a quick call to a official of the housing assn reveals that
everyone is up in arms because there is little or no TV reception and no
satellite reception. The electricians have been there almost every day since
occupation started 'running around like headless chickens'.

What a dilemma! What should the installer do?

Give them a worst case scenario quote for the works involved (without
seeing what sort of a state it's in, use your imagination) and then go
and correct the simple mistake they've actually made and make them pay
through the nose for it.
That'll learn 'em.

Doc

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Bill Wright wrote:

Six months ago a builder asked an electrician to oversee the installation of
a large complicated TV/SAT system serving 120 flats in five blocks. The
electrician went to a system installer and had discussions about the layout,
etc, gleaning quite a lot of info. He then rejected the installer's price
and went ahead and installed the system himself, asking a lot of questions
over the counter at two local wholesalers, to their great amusement. This
morning he rung a different system installer (who happened to be a previous
employer of the first one) and said that he had a complete system all up and
running and ready to go, and would he come and 'commission' it. The
buildings have been occupied for two weeks (simultaneous hand-over of the
whole site) and a quick call to a official of the housing assn reveals that
everyone is up in arms because there is little or no TV reception and no
satellite reception. The electricians have been there almost every day since
occupation started 'running around like headless chickens'.

What a dilemma! What should the installer do?

Bill




Book that World cruise!

A

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Bill Wright wrote:
Six months ago a builder asked an electrician to oversee the installation of
a large complicated TV/SAT system serving 120 flats in five blocks. The
electrician went to a system installer and had discussions about the layout,
etc, gleaning quite a lot of info. He then rejected the installer's price
and went ahead and installed the system himself, asking a lot of questions
over the counter at two local wholesalers, to their great amusement. This
morning he rung a different system installer (who happened to be a previous
employer of the first one) and said that he had a complete system all up and
running and ready to go, and would he come and 'commission' it. The
buildings have been occupied for two weeks (simultaneous hand-over of the
whole site) and a quick call to a official of the housing assn reveals that
everyone is up in arms because there is little or no TV reception and no
satellite reception. The electricians have been there almost every day since
occupation started 'running around like headless chickens'.

What a dilemma! What should the installer do?

Bill


Run.
Away.

Dave

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In message .com, Dr
Hfuhruhurr wrote

and then go
and correct the simple mistake they've actually made

Replacing all of that 'bell wire' with CT100 could be an expensive job,
especially if the wire went in before the walls were plastered.

--
Alan
news2006 {at} amac {dot} f2s {dot} com

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In article ,
Alan wrote:
In message .com, Dr
Hfuhruhurr wrote

and then go
and correct the simple mistake they've actually made

Replacing all of that 'bell wire' with CT100 could be an expensive job,
especially if the wire went in before the walls were plastered.

they've prabably wired it ring main style

--
From KT24 - in "leafy" Surrey

Using a RISC OS5 computer

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Bill Wright wrote:
Six months ago a builder asked an electrician to oversee the installation of
a large complicated TV/SAT system serving 120 flats in five blocks. The
electrician went to a system installer and had discussions about the layout,
etc, gleaning quite a lot of info. He then rejected the installer's price
and went ahead and installed the system himself, asking a lot of questions
over the counter at two local wholesalers, to their great amusement. This
morning he rung a different system installer (who happened to be a previous
employer of the first one) and said that he had a complete system all up and
running and ready to go, and would he come and 'commission' it. The
buildings have been occupied for two weeks (simultaneous hand-over of the
whole site) and a quick call to a official of the housing assn reveals that
everyone is up in arms because there is little or no TV reception and no
satellite reception. The electricians have been there almost every day since
occupation started 'running around like headless chickens'.

What a dilemma! What should the installer do?

Bill


Go round in your best suit, inspect the installation, tut tut a lot and
say something along the lines of "I wonder what the electrics are like?"

Then tell them a complete rip out and re-install is required. (Resist
any requests to also redo the electrics).

Then, in your usual complete honesty, I'm sure you'll tell them exactly
what needs doing and quote a realistic price!

Richard
--

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In article , Bill Wright says...

What a dilemma! What should the installer do?

"That needs ripping out and completely redoing. That wall has to come
down. That ceiling has to be removed..."



--
Conor

Windows & Outlook/OE in particular, shipped with settings making them
as open to entry as a starlet in a porno. Steve B

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"Bill Wright" wrote:

What a dilemma! What should the installer do?

He must take a look, at least! We're dying to know the details.

--
Dave Farrance