Electrician question

Posted by Jack on November 2, 2009, 9:44 am

This is a true story.

My cousin is licensed electrician who does mostly residential work. He is
coming over to connect 4 home runs into the panel. I've got all the
arc-fault breakers. The home runs are ready for him right near the panel.
He refuses to charge me for the job, nor will he tell me how much he would
get for it at a non-relatives house I'd like to write him a check anyways.
Hey, I'll give it to his wife. She'll take it.

Any ideas how much a job like this would cost? Thanks.

Posted by on November 2, 2009, 9:58 am

>This is a true story.
>My cousin is licensed electrician who does mostly residential work. He is
>coming over to connect 4 home runs into the panel. I've got all the
>arc-fault breakers. The home runs are ready for him right near the panel.
>He refuses to charge me for the job, nor will he tell me how much he would
>get for it at a non-relatives house I'd like to write him a check anyways.
>Hey, I'll give it to his wife. She'll take it.
>Any ideas how much a job like this would cost? Thanks.
>

$100 is a nice round number. That is a reasonable "trip charge". It
sounds like the work itself would be a minimum charge thing.

Posted by on November 2, 2009, 10:00 am

I think he's refusing to accept any money, so that you will hire
someone else the next time. By not charging, you end up reluctant to
call him again, because now any such request will be automatically
asking him to work for free. He doesn't want you to call him for any
more electrical work. Thank him profusely for this job and take the
hint.

Posted by dpb on November 2, 2009, 10:03 am

salty@dog.com wrote:
...

> I think he's refusing to accept any money, so that you will hire
> someone else the next time. By not charging, you end up reluctant to
> call him again, because now any such request will be automatically
> asking him to work for free. He doesn't want you to call him for any
> more electrical work. Thank him profusely for this job and take the
> hint.

Or, more likely, thank him profusely w/ a beer or similar gesture and
accept the favor in the vein it was offered and return it somehow in the
future...

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Posted by Jules on November 2, 2009, 10:37 am

On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:44:38 -0500, Jack wrote:

> He refuses to charge me for the job, nor will he tell me how much he would
> get for it at a non-relatives house

That could be for any number of reasons.

See how long he's there working for and do him a favor of similar
magnitude sometime.

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