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Contractor Pricing

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  • 15-03-2024 1:12pm
    #1
    mark23
    Registered Users Posts: 80 ✭✭


    Do contractors (e.g. plumbers, etc) adjust price in Dublin based on location?


    Me: "How much will that cost?"

    Contractor: "Where do you live?"

    Me: "Dublin"

    Contractor: "But where in Dublin?"

    Me: <says location>

    Contractor: "That will cost .... "


    Why? I presume the cost varies because they map the price to the perceived wealth of the average person in that area?



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    #2
    Danye
    Registered Users Posts: 2,113 ✭✭✭Danye


    Possibly but not always and not every tradesman. It could be to find out how far they have to commute and decide if the job is worth that commute and the associated costs.

    In an ideal world we all want jobs on our doorstep.



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    mickdw
    Registered Users Posts: 23,261 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    To be fair, tradesman needs to know if he covers a particular area so he really has to ask the location. Price may be hiked up if its at the limit of his normal.working radius as in he might not be too fussed about getting it.

    Now on the other hand, if a tradesman gets an enquiry from a homeowner on Shrewsbury Road, you can be sure he sat down, accurately worked out his pricing on it then doubled it.



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