if you are good with people. could you please give me a suggestion?

[MrsHou]

I just want to share a really bad experience I had recently. I called a couple electrician for a quote for changing 4 ceiling lights. one of them offer 50 pounds for the work which is the lowest I can find. So, I accepted it. but when he came over he said "oh, there are 4 need to be change, I thought it is just one. then I have to add up the price to £60(which is the same as another electrician offer)"
after he take out the transformer and the old bulb and install the new one. he found the new bulb doesn't fit the lamp. then he said we need to buy some new lamp to fit them. as other electricians, he want to buy the material for me and add his profit in it. he wants to earn £20 just for going to store near his home to buy the material for me. I refuse it. I said I will buy my own. then he looks really unhappy and said he will comes over later after I buy the material.
but after I buy the material and asked him to come over to finish the installation. he said I am not sure when do I have time to come over. probably later this week. probably later. I don't know. it is such a small job I don't know when I have time for it. he sounds like he doesn't want to come over to finish the work at all. So, I said you don't have to come over if you don't have time. I can find someone else to do it. then he said you still have to pay me £50 for that light to install even it is hanging down from ceiling and doesn't fit the lamp(a metal tube that hold the bulb in ceiling).
I have to either wait until he has good mood to come over to finish the work or I have to pay him 50£ and find someone else to undo his work and pay another £60 to continue the work. to be honest, I don't know what I should do. wait forever until he has good mood sounds silly. if he never wants to come back then I can never change those lamp. or I pay twice the price to just get someone to install 4 lamps for me. I am really bad at dealing with people. especially people who are not kind/fair.

does anyone who is good at dealing with people give me some suggestion of what I can do? I really don't know how can I deal with him.

Hmmmm. Tradesmen are notoriously picky with small jobs.

I would probably give him that's he's got until the weekend to find the time, and tell him if he hasn't got time before then you will be finding someone else to do the job, and paying them instead.

Why should you pay him £50 for a job he hasn't finished? Did you get any written evidence of the quote ie that it was £50 for 4 lights, not for one? Will you be able to trust him to do the job well?
Can't say I'd trust the bloke that has started the work. Is there any 'tradesman's schemes' in your area that have lists of recommended traders?

sbplanet , on the picture below. the white light was what he installed. because after he installed it and find out the new lamp holder and bulb doesn't fit the tube . so it is still hanging down. I have to hire someone to take it down and install it again with a bigger tube so it can fit the ceiling. but the electrician said the lamp is working. so I have to pay him. and he charge £50 for 1 light. and £60 for all 4 of them. I don't think that's fair since I have to hire someone else to undo his work and install again. I don't konw if I should just not pay him.

I found him on Registered Competent Person Electrical website. But I am not sure if he is belong to any scheme.
I gave him a call. all our conversation are on phone not written down. beside I had left him a couple txt message and voice message to ask when does he has time. He has come over yet. he promise to give me a call back after he checked his schedule but he never calls.
I really want to find someone else to do the work. but I don't know if I can. what if one day he knocks on the door to ask for that £50.

gindrinkingmarypoppins, I hope that's what I can do. I am not sure what will happen if I don't pay him since he said I owe him £50 because the light he installs works. even I have to hire someone to undo it later.

Best to give him two weeks to come back and finish the job. The price he is charging is quite low for two visits to complete the work. Electricians are skilled tradesmen and have to pay for insurance and to keep their skills up to date.

I may go ahead to find a new electrician to carry on the work at north hertfordshire. Does anyone know where can I find a good electrician?

Give him a week Nd text him he has a week or else you will get someone else and pay them instead

If he has time to come over and collect the £50 he is charging then he has time to finish the job!! Cheeky fecker..

Either that or just tell him that you are going to get a real electrician and he can swing for his money

thank you for the help everyone :) I txt that guy say I got my own things to do and can't wait at home for his notice everyday and I can't wait forever for the light to be installed. I will only give him one more week.if he can't come over. I will find someone else. surprisingly he replied to me this time. he only replied "Ok" though. but it is good that it finally makes some progress.