A young plumber expresses his heartbreak after losing a N3.5M contract after the site engineer reduced his father’s quotation to N1.5M.
A user identified as Semper Fidelis with the username @VickKingsley took to the X platform to recount how a full night of working on their quotation proved futile.
According to the plumber, using the right materials for the house construction would only result in a N500K profit for his father.
Unfortunately, the site engineer slashed the quotation by half, indirectly suggesting the use of substandard materials for the building job.
In a lengthy post, the plumber wrote;
“My Dad lost a 3.5 million naira contract today all because he told the engineer that it isn’t possible to split the sum total for a contract 50/50.
Last night, my dad and I stayed up throughout the night checking out the plans of a new house, taking estimates and we arrived at 3.5m. Now the pipes, knockout boxes, Distribution Boards, packets of couplers, and tins of gum will cost us 3m on the dot because my dad has called to confirm the price.
Now the labor we quoted was 500k (slightly negotiable). We go to the site this morning and engineer said, he will give us 1.75m to finish the whole job and other electricians will even thank him. My Dad politely declined and left.
I am saying this here, a lot of houses that develop electrical faults or get burnt are often caused by the engineers. They are culpable. We move.”
12 Responses
In one way or the other,Everyone is a criminal.that is to say if you cannot beat them,you can join them.
Thank God you guys walked away,instead of mortgaging your conscience. Let those who may want do the job at the new price go and do it.
Your father is a wise man instead of using fake material he chose of using the right one
You don’t need to regret,your father is a good man,he is the type that doesn’t want to use sub standard materials all in the name of making profit,
This life is a risk sometimes we loss and sometimes we gain
Forget that thing and forge ahead.
Meanwhile, why is this coming out now. Is it because of Christmas that you are lamenting or what.
Don’t said he lost because you don’t know what was going to happen to him and God refused by that loss
nice job sir
most of the houses that are collapsing are mainly because of this nonchalant attitude which should be changed because lives are being lost
Sorry about that oga and you can’t blame him also maybe he has to manage
You don’t need to regret,your father is a good man,he is the type that doesn’t want to use sub standard materials all in the name of making profit,so its good he mentains his good name and work.
Sorry about that, is just that if you father is really good at his work, those that value him will patronize him, but working with substandard material will destroy his reputation.
That is greediness and lack of contentment, start with what is at hand nawaoo