Pretty pissed off!

[gallifrey]

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?

[gallifrey]

I'm not worked up now, but I was earlier then by the time I'd posted on here I was fine, I just had to tell someone!!

[SomethingProfound]

Get over it it's such a non issue! His text was a little off but no reason to get so worked up!

[gallifrey]

My dh found a site where you put in your requirements and then companies bid for the work at lower and lower prices, he was having a great time as in real life he would never barter over the price like that!
In the end he found someone who has had 197 good reviews from customers and it was less than half the price of our so called "mate"

The woman that recommended him is more of a frenemy than a friend so I expect they are sitting there now slagging me off!

[Shitsinger]

I would have said you have found someone who gave you a more competitive quote would he be able to match it ?
if not -Thank you for your time and move on.

[SazzleDazzle01]

Why let it bother you? He isn't a direct friend. He didn't offend you personally and simply implied that going for the cheaper option doesn't always provide the best service. If he doesn't appreciate your money situation then that's his choice.

[parttimer79]

I guess expensive doesn't always guarantee a professional attitude...
This would piss me off but not excessively, shrug and move on.

[diddl]

Do they both include the same things?

Eg packing & wrapping everything?

Is it a bigger firm-sometimes they are cheaper.

Perhaps he was confident that you'd use him.

Silly reply, but I think as others have said, no biggee in the long run.

Hope it all goes OK.

[sparkle12mar08]

Reply "Very professional. Not" and then block his number. Also tell your friend how disappointed in his attitude you were, and that she might want to reconsider promoting his business for him...

[ArthurSixpence]

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?

[Madamecastafiore]

Reply - 'Thanks Dear'

[MrsLyman]

innocuous even.

[MrsLyman]

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.

[Bejeena]

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?

[FruminousBandersnatch]

Just reply 'thanks '.

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

[ImNotBloody14]

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?

[mumofthemonsters808]

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.

[Feminine]

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 :)

[TalkativeJim]

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'

[Viviennemary]

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

[gallifrey]

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

[DoJo]

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!).

[sagfold]

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.

[EeyoreIsh]

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.

[Birdsgottafly]

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.

[loveliesbleeding1]

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