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AIBU?

Pretty pissed off!

33 replies

gallifrey · 26/06/2013 09:14

We are moving and my friend's next door neighbour is a removals man, she is good friends with him and she asked him if he could do my move for me for a good price.
He came round yesterday and seemed like a nice bloke, he gave me a quote which I thought to be very expensive and after chatting to my dh we decided to use someone else. There is a website that he found where removal companies bid for the work and we found someone on there. The price we got it for was 1/2 what this other bloke quoted me.

I sent him a text this morning saying thank you for your time but we have found someone else that is cheaper.
He text back saying "good luck with cheap"

yeah that's professional...

Am I being unreasonable to be pissed off by this?

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NeoMaxiZoomDweebie · 26/06/2013 09:15

Yes,....get on with your packing and move on.

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Justforlaughs · 26/06/2013 09:33

Yes, YABabitU, you decided not to use him, now just move on. and let us know how you get on Wink

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pictish · 26/06/2013 09:36

No yanbu - he's a chippy fucker.
Ignore it and get on with your move though.

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gallifrey · 26/06/2013 09:36

But surely it's my right to use whoever I want without being insulted!

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mrsjay · 26/06/2013 09:37

yanbu to be pissed off now get packing I guess it was because it was a friend referral blah blah he felt he could be cheeky

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sagfold · 26/06/2013 09:38

He didn't insult you. Maybe he didn't give the most professional response ever but it wasn't that bad.

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MagicBaguette · 26/06/2013 09:39

He didn't insult you. YABU

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BettySwollocksandaCrustyRack · 26/06/2013 09:39

Yes, he has been a bit unprofessional by sending that text but move on, it ain't no biggie. Of course you are entitled to use whomever you want and you are. I probably would have got another quote just to see whose was unrealistic...cheapest isn't always better and sometimes if you pay peanuts you get monkeys.

Forget about it now and good luck with the move :)

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loveliesbleeding1 · 26/06/2013 09:39

Well you obv won't be recommending him to anyone anytime soon! dont have any further contact , good luck with the move x

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Birdsgottafly · 26/06/2013 09:39

He hasn't insulted you, he has replied in an unprofessional manner.

If he had of replied "ok, you cheapskate fucker!" that would be insulting you.

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EeyoreIsh · 26/06/2013 09:41

Well....I went for cheap removals and ended up having several items broken and they didn't have their own insurance so I lost out. Probably not to the tune of the £1k I saved, but I'm not sure I'd go cheap next time I moved.

But, it was still unprofessional of this chap to respond like that.

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sagfold · 26/06/2013 09:47

We are in a recession, times are hard, maybe he's under pressure, maybe he really needed the work and is very disappointed not to get it. Maybe his football team lost last night, maybe he had a row with his wife. Whatever, his response is more to do with him and his own shit than with you. Move on and move house.

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DoJo · 26/06/2013 11:42

YABU - he didn't insult you, and although he was rude there's no need to let it get to you. Just move on. (Do you see what I did there - priceless!).

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gallifrey · 26/06/2013 12:48

thank you I do feel better now, it's worse I guess because he's a friend of a friend.

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Viviennemary · 26/06/2013 12:54

I'd be thinking maybe he has got a point. Cheap isn't always better value for money.

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TalkativeJim · 26/06/2013 12:56

Your reply:

'Sorry, I don't quite understand your reply - that sounds a very unprofessional response, so I'm sure that I've just read it wrong! Thanks again for the quote'

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Feminine · 26/06/2013 13:01

I think...that he sounded disappointed.

silly of him, as its unlikely that you will use him or suggest him to others!

but...did you tell him you have found someone cheaper? in that case it would have been a chirpier response!

good luck with your move :)

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mumofthemonsters808 · 26/06/2013 13:06

I think he was implying that there are removal firms who provide a quality service (providing boxes, providing guarantees and insurance, taking items to designated rooms, providing assistance putting furniture back together again etc, etc) naturally they charge for this service. There are also basic removal firms who literally load and unload boxes they charge a lot less for this basic service.

Personally I was that impressed with the service Brittania Removals provided I would never use anyone else. Yes we paid through the nose but nothing was too much trouble for the blokes and everything went very smoothly.

I hope everything goes well, forget about him.

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ImNotBloody14 · 26/06/2013 13:08

I think i must be odd. A response like that wouldnt piss me off at all. I'd probably laugh at it and think " what an idiot- doesnt he know i'll tell potential customers about his attitude" but pissed off? No. Why would i be?

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FruminousBandersnatch · 26/06/2013 13:20

Just reply 'thanks Smile'.

I would be a bit annoyed too but wouldn't dwell on it.

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Bejeena · 26/06/2013 13:22

I wouldn't always go for cheap either, if there was someone who I knew I could trust that would do the job I'd always go for them.

I have read some absolute horror stories about removal companies so make sure you read the small print. I have heard of many people who had their stuff packed up, van got to new house and the removal men said that because it was more stuff than anticipated they had to pay more and until they paid their stuff would not be unloaded - what do you do when all your stuff is in the van?

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MrsLyman · 26/06/2013 13:23

YABU to be very pissed off, but moving is stressful and I can see how innocous things like this build up, but it really isn't a big deal. Time to move on.

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MrsLyman · 26/06/2013 13:24

innocuous even.

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Madamecastafiore · 26/06/2013 13:25

Reply - 'Thanks Dear'

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ArthurSixpence · 26/06/2013 13:27

You're pissed off about that?

I guess that's because you're worried that the people you are using are too cheap, and he's made those worries worse?

Look at it from his perspective - imagine you're self-employed and your entire income is dependant on selling a service - you're very good at it, but you know some people are cheaper, and generally the cheaper ones are not so good.

Do you not think you'd be a bit put out if someone told you they'd employed someone cheaper?

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