[heavysparky]

Went to a good sized commercial bid today. The Owner had Myself and some other guy there to bid the job. When I saw what tools . the guy had with him. I could not help but think hack and bottom feeder.

The guy a pair of Husky ***** and some cheap dollar store screwdriver. I had to loan him my lantern to see in the basement. I knew I had lost the bid. But I decided to be an ass and ask the guy some questions. He was asking to borrow tools and ladders.


anyway does anyone else judge other tradesmen on their tools

 

[jett95]

If you dont have klien, ideal and fluke you are a hack. Point blank period

 

[Big John]

If a guys tools are so cheap/busted/nonexistent that he can't get the job done, you bet I judge him.

No different than if I called a taxi and they showed up on a moped.

 

[ampman66]

If I were the owner, those tools and the fact that he was borrowing stuff that he should have brought with him from you would have raised a red flag for me.

 

[HARRY304E]

Went to a good sized commercial bid today. The Owner had Myself and some other guy there to bid the job. When I saw what tools . the guy had with him. I could not help but think hack and bottom feeder.

The guy a pair of Husky ***** and some cheap dollar store screwdriver. I had to loan him my lantern to see in the basement. I knew I had lost the bid. But I decided to be an ass and ask the guy some questions. He was asking to borrow tools and ladders.


anyway does anyone else judge other tradesmen on their tools

He probably calling around right now getting other peoples prices...

 

[Pete m.]

If I were the owner, those tools and the fact that he was borrowing stuff that he should have brought with him from you would have raised a red flag for me.

I could be wrong but I would bet the owner only looks at the bottom dollar.

Pete

 

[ampman66]

I could be wrong but I would bet the owner only looks at the bottom dollar.

Pete

No doubt.
There are owners who actually care about quality, even if it costs a bit more, but they're a dying breed.

 

[heavysparky]

No doubt.
There are owners who actually care about quality, even if it costs a bit more, but they're a dying breed.

true.

Got the call That I was way over priced a few minutes ago oh well.

The job was a big one and the bottom feeder bid it at wages

 

[heavysparky]

This was the job. It was replacing all of this and reloacting the service point to outside the building. From inside. Whole building needs rewired. Upgraded to code. Big job.
Dude bid it for dope money

 

[B4T]

Is Pete M a moderator now.. he is in block letters...

Back to tools.... I can't get used to seeing professional electricians using their "pockets" for tools instead of a tool belt...

It just looks hack to me... I have always been around guys wearing the right apparatus to do the right job..:whistling2:

 

[ampman66]

true.

Got the call That I was way over priced a few minutes ago oh well.

The job was a big one and the bottom feeder bid it at wages

Sorry to hear that.
It looks like it would have been a good job, but nothing worth losing your shirt over.
The idiot who won the job isn't going to make any money. He's probably using it to keep his guys working, and stay afloat.
But....you never know.
You may get a call-back.

 

[bkmichael65]

There are some hacks that camouflage themselves with quality tools, so the brand of tools someone uses isn't a good gauge of their skills

 

[Hippie]

There are some hacks that camouflage themselves with quality tools, so the brand of tools someone uses isn't a good guage of their skills

No but going to bid a job with no flashlight is

 

[bkmichael65]

No but going to bid a job with no flashlight is

True. If a someone showed up to bid a job and didn't have what he needed, I would cross him off the list right there

 

[MTW]

anyway does anyone else judge other tradesmen on their tools

Yes, absolutely. They hired a guy at work a few months ago. He shows up with his tools in a broken $5 Workforce tool box (the really small one.) He has the cheapest Stanley screwdrivers, those really awful generic pliers and *****, a socket set from Job Lot (store like Big Lots). The only real tools he has are Klein lineman pliers but they are all rusty and the blades are dull.

I know right away that this guy is a hack and is not going to last. Sure enough, several months later this guy is one of the worst employees the company has ever hired.

 

[Big John]

...I can do my job without using a tool belt.

IMPOSSIBLE!!!1!!11238threesevenfour

 

[MTW]

Back to tools.... I can't get used to seeing professional electricians using their "pockets" for tools instead of a tool belt...

Well, that's too bad for you. :laughing:

It just looks hack to me...

I can do my job just fine without a tool belt as can many other professional electricians. The opposite can be said, it looks hack when a guy has to carry around a whole tool belt just to do some basic tasks.

I have always been around guys wearing the right apparatus to do the right job..:whistling2:

I guess you need to get out more then.

 

[Bkessler]

I moved on from a tool belt to tool carts.

 

[MTW]

I moved on from a tool belt to tool carts.

What a hack, a real electrician would put the contents of that cart on a tool belt and carry it around.

 

[Big John]

What a hack, a real electrician would put the contents of that cart on a tool belt and carry it around.

Alright, that was funny.