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UDAC #2: Louise is a fat dumb bint
Crikey! What a nasty, spiteful little affair this one is! Nonetheless, Louise failed to find value in my fault-finding exploits which saw a repair to her old and failed outdoor socket - a part I’d never supplied but had relocated at her request over a year earlier, therefore it’s all my fault and should be fixed for free, no?
Well, I have to earn my living somehow, and if Louise is going to splash my invoice amount on her next Burger King breakfast, then I’ll make a horrible little monetised video forever mocking her bulbous behind to recoup my costs.
Cheap insults aside, it goes to show how careful you need to be when it comes to clients, especially when fault-finding. Plenty of people may say it *is* my fault for not agreeing with Louise beforehand that a return visit would be chargeable. I didn’t see a pre-emptive discussion as being required, after all, why would anyone assume that calling in a tradesperson to replace a worn part on an old item of equipment they’d never originally supplied would fall under warranty because they’d been involved in moving that equipment over a year prior? Who, aside from Louise, is really that stupid?
Of the handful of invoices that have been disputed over the past twelve years, most were related to fault-finding; usually because the client hadn’t been able to locate or rectify the issue themselves and they felt cheated when I turned up with my finely honed expertise and specialist tools to nail it too quickly for their comfort. Had I sneakily replaced the faulty faceplate here, I could have spun any number of lies about what the problem really was and spent hours with the power off and the consumer unit in pieces. Louise would have happily grabbed her greasy chequebook at the end of that, ready to write a three-digit figure upon it, while being actually thankful that I was getting the power back on at last so she could plug in her air-fryer.
Not that I would ever make a mountain out of a molehill on the job. I will make a vicious video about it all though…
NB: There are no coffee shouts on UDAC videos as they don’t suit the format, there’s little to no technical content, and the form is supposed to be short (shorter than this one which had a couple of minutes excised to try and keep the pacing trim!) If you can’t keep up with my waffling, UDAC videos do have proper closed captions rather than auto-generated ones, at least on YT anyway. Unfortunately, the captions may clash with on-screen graphics because YT places them differently to my video editor.
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Cavity search with Linda (and specialist German equipment)
Переглядів 10 тис.Місяць тому
The mansplaining is strong in this one where I swing by Linda’s lair to help her figure out what wiring is where following her knocking lumps out of the walls. If you’re going to persevere with this one, expect an awful lot of waffle as we try and trace the history of this here wiring. Errata: The RadioTeleSwitch (RTS) signal is piggybacked on BBC Radio4 longwave, not FM. The BBC are closing th...
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Linda, Danny and a drunk ol' fanny change a CU
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The untimely and undeserved demise of SBS
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What’s that you say? You have a superior product and/or service to your competitors?! Well, surely the marketplace will bear that out, no? Sadly, more often than not, the marketplace dictates those with the cheapest product or loudest voice can win over something demonstrably better. Just to mention, I'm no historian when it comes to electrical wares so my observations here are just that. If an...
Stalking the floor at Elex '24 [London]
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Oh, to look as young and sexy as the thumbnail artwork suggests! Never mind, London’s Alexandra Palace is hosting the first Elex of 2024 and it’s a case of be there or be square… or be there *and* be square. Tell you what, I’ll stick a song about circles over it to round out some of the squareness. Linda and I survived London, although we were ejected from Wood Green’s grimy Wetherspoons which ...
Steak Bake stop off = van tools knock-off!
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Being “sent to Coventry” is a phrase with negative connotations the city doesn’t deserve, although one should really be able to stop off there for an unhealthy snack at an out-of-town shopping centre without fear of having one’s livelihood lifted from within the car park. As for site Security, no I can’t view the CCTV, and as far as the filth go it’s all my own fault for not having tool insuran...
Upper class insulation resistance fault-finding
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It’s alright for you sat in your trampy little semi-detached because if you have wiring woes, simply slap up some new cable in oh-so attractive plastic trunking and you’re back in business. Not so here though, and it doesn’t help that the last guy made up his numbers... Affiliate links: If you want to be like Mr Humbug and have a shout out in a future video, you can buy me a beer or cigar here ...
UDAC #1: Electricity and Andy's swimming pool
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In the first episode of what might, or might not, see a second episode, I do something that I don’t normally get around to doing: I answer a technical question that has popped into my inbox. For someone who is usually either working or drunk - there seems to be no state of existence in between - my answering an email is a rare affair. So, let’s quickly see what Andy’s worried about when it come...
AFDD Proteus party wi' NICK BUNDY (& others)
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AFDD: Hager vs. Hager
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Lighting a northern high-bay my way
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Phat cash for my scrap stash
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Upcycle icicle light
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FFS, *AGAIN* with the SELV spike lighting!
AFDD: Hager Hatchet Job
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AFDD: Hager Hatchet Job
The non-destructive self destruct
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AFDD: Fusebox arc fault face-off
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AFDD: Hager's Arc Fault Dud Device?
Linda and me at Elex '23
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Linda and me at Elex '23
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Fluorescent to LED upgrade shenanigans
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Lousy LED lighting
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Lousy LED lighting

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @Michael-bh1on
    @Michael-bh1on 3 години тому

    Hi Dave, love your videos & been watching for years, your electrical knowledge on UA-cam is head and shoulders above the rest! but ive just seen this video 5 years late and it blows me away why you didn't isolate that C1, its an exposed conductor hanging off a 100 amp fuse. you're too nice Dave if something had gone wrong after you identified it you would had been f****d!

  • @leematthews4686
    @leematthews4686 16 годин тому

    £60 for a fallout is cheap

  • @lgbtskylar740
    @lgbtskylar740 2 дні тому

    Now that is just.... awful.

  • @ForTheBirbs
    @ForTheBirbs 3 дні тому

    I'm so glad I wasn't drinking anything. Wow....

  • @yangtse55
    @yangtse55 6 днів тому

    Yet another good reason not to fit sockets with USB outlets - I even spotted one recentlywith a "handy" Bluetooth speaker in it.. Having watched far too many USB supply teardowns, I am VERY careful what I plug my devices into to charge ... I saw them being fitted in student areas in the university where I worked and I wonder what the liability would be in the event of iPhone destruction ...

  • @johnavery15
    @johnavery15 7 днів тому

    I can't understand why you went back at all. She has a reputation for not coughing up (pun intended) and as you say the (now) faulty socket was not supplied by you. I would be using excuses such as "we are over that way in a few weeks and we'll call in", "I am on a big job the moment and can't find time", etc.

  • @zombienation68
    @zombienation68 7 днів тому

    🤣😂🤣All Ive got, very good...sponsored by Strongbow 🤣

  • @bertiebassett1972
    @bertiebassett1972 9 днів тому

    Had a similar story a couple of years ago, the client wanted the outside of the house to be bathed in purple lights like a hotel?? (Yeah i know🤔) She obtained them off a budget shopping platform and I fitted them…..2 months later “You need to replace the lights you fitted!” I reminded her that she sourced the holiday inn lights and she still hadn’t settled the invoice. “Im going to tell spotlight (local tv news etc) of your bad service! She warned🙄 I welcomed the exposure of being a small business being proven above board and treating customers with respect and patience in the presence of questionable if I dare say it theft. The invoice was paid forthwith 👍😊 Guess I’ll get another but that’s what being in business is😊

  • @user-ny3is1uu3f
    @user-ny3is1uu3f 10 днів тому

    Legendary 😂😂 love it

  • @stuartthespark
    @stuartthespark 10 днів тому

    You should place a caveat on your website, that any none payment will be subject to a UA-cam rant.

  • @danvictor3934
    @danvictor3934 11 днів тому

    Send in Dave the Debt collector with a crowbar.

  • @danvictor3934
    @danvictor3934 11 днів тому

    Send in Dave the Debt Collector with a crowbar.

  • @kbagheri9026
    @kbagheri9026 12 днів тому

    Do you ever comb your wierd hair? any showerover the past 5 months???😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @kbagheri9026
    @kbagheri9026 12 днів тому

    That tester is just as wierd as yourself

  • @kbagheri9026
    @kbagheri9026 12 днів тому

    I dont like your talking, you wierdo

  • @andyburns
    @andyburns 12 днів тому

    I do hope names weren't changed to protect her identity.

  • @TestGearJunkie.
    @TestGearJunkie. 12 днів тому

    Dozy cow. I confess I had to avert my eyes a lot with those drawings, though 🤮🤣

  • @cfcduffysafc
    @cfcduffysafc 12 днів тому

    What an absolute munter. I hate the Louise’s of this world.

  • @danj11uk
    @danj11uk 12 днів тому

    Most enjoyable 12 minutes I’ve had all week, hate bad payers, my god I hope the tight arsed bint see’s this video 🙏

  • @fairplaytoyou2041
    @fairplaytoyou2041 12 днів тому

    my invoice states parts are mine untill paid in full and i hold title to enter property and remove if not paid . done this twice in the past and customers rang the police who had to stand and watch me remove my parts . good job there is not many shits like her about

  • @colinritchie1510
    @colinritchie1510 12 днів тому

    Totally brilliant! Thanks David! Yhese type of free-loaders are just scum. I fitted a bunch of smokes/heats in a very posh house, sent in my bill, as agreed in advance , and after 2 reminders it still wasn't paid 6 weeks later. I was out of pocket for all the units plus my labour, so a significant amount. I turned up unannounced and said I was there to do the after-sales check that all was working ok, and not mentionng the outstanding bill, the guy let me in...I removed all the units, leaving the bases, popped them in my rucksack, and left the premises...never heard from him again.

  • @mickeysticks
    @mickeysticks 12 днів тому

    So unprofessional and petty. Love it 😂 “Kind regards” is the motto of the absolute shit house. Nothing written before “Kind Regards” was intended with any regard for kindness.

  • @ajones8699
    @ajones8699 12 днів тому

    A common tale told by many trades people.

  • @zombiefeelpain
    @zombiefeelpain 13 днів тому

    Shoutout to the doghole that is Nuneaton from a fellow Nuneatonite.

  • @edc1569
    @edc1569 13 днів тому

    Masterpiece. Better than any Tracey Enim.🎉

  • @stevecownley152
    @stevecownley152 13 днів тому

    Quality as always from you What a horrible lard arse hopefully she will get her comeuppance in the future

  • @MightyGimp
    @MightyGimp 13 днів тому

    You really should try to say what you think, don’t sugarcoat things. Bottling things up isn’t good in the long term.

  • @tomengineer1467
    @tomengineer1467 13 днів тому

    Nice vid David …… I don’t have many who don’t pay but once a year you will always get one that tries…… my customs always find it funny with a click note on there electronic invoice and it’s always worked for me …. Link …. ua-cam.com/video/ZomwVcGt0LE/v-deo.htmlsi=8TUsxtc_67Aighje

  • @simonharding1572
    @simonharding1572 13 днів тому

    Just watched this for the second time great viewing David

  • @supersparks9466
    @supersparks9466 13 днів тому

    I had a call out to a non working oven, the isolation switch had been turned off due to the amount of shite stuffed in the cupboard above the oven, didn’t pay me coz I was only there 2 mins and just flicked a switch, suffice to say I ignored the next txt message for help.

    • @dsesuk
      @dsesuk 13 днів тому

      Same sort of thing here: oven not working last year. I drove to the job (25 mins away), removed the oven and found a mini-CU some idiot kitchen fitter had hidden behind it! I flicked the MCB back on and it seemed to work fine. Again, I put in a minimum charge invoice, because I'm a mug, and it was ignored. I know she opened it as she'd clicked the link in the email. She also ignored the reminders. A couple of months later, she was hounding me on the phone because the electric radiator in her son's room had packed up. Ironically, I'd put that rad in and even though it was now outside of my two-year warranty, it was still within the three-year manufacturer guarantee so CEF said they'd replace it for free and I would have installed it at a favourable charge. Instead, I simply ignored all her calls until she went away, and presumably, paid someone else for a new radiator. Get cheap, get bitten on the arse!

  • @gadgetman36
    @gadgetman36 13 днів тому

    Will you honour your usual two year warranty on the new socket even though she didn't pay for it? 🤔

    • @dsesuk
      @dsesuk 13 днів тому

      Will I bollocks! That would be like someone moaning at Customer Services in a shop about a product that still has the security tag on it!

    • @gadgetman36
      @gadgetman36 12 днів тому

      @@dsesuk 🤣

  • @sergiofernandez3725
    @sergiofernandez3725 13 днів тому

    Like Guinness............Pure Genius

  • @BrianClements-z8z
    @BrianClements-z8z 13 днів тому

    brilliant 👏👏👏👏

  • @JBE
    @JBE 13 днів тому

    Yeah, I’m definitely glad I didn’t watch this one on the main TV in the house before the kids go to bed! 😮 Cheers for the upload David, I’m only sorry your misery is our entertainment.

  • @muzikman2008
    @muzikman2008 13 днів тому

    😂 The best rant ever!

  • @cbcdesign001
    @cbcdesign001 13 днів тому

    The joys of dealing with the general public.

  • @toolboxtalking
    @toolboxtalking 13 днів тому

    Customers should watch this and learn how it works

  • @SME_Ste
    @SME_Ste 14 днів тому

    Wouldn’t of even wasted my time going out to that job, previous experience would’ve told me not to.

  • @ianbutherway
    @ianbutherway 14 днів тому

    Makes me realise why we stopped doing domestic work! This tale is typical!

  • @jamesmartin4500
    @jamesmartin4500 14 днів тому

    I think that speaking about your customers like this does your reputation no good. Perhaps, though, you are not concerned with your reputation. Whether they are good, bad or downright awful I don't think that much good comes from this sort of commentary. It is entertaining though and if that is what you set out to do then it is hilarious. One thing I do like about your content is that it is not just another "board change" or "car charger install" and is a bit rough around the edges. G'day from Australia.

    • @dsesuk
      @dsesuk 13 днів тому

      I have a good, loyal client base, and with the business now in its twilight years I don't have to worry too much about alienating potential punters. I'll be kept busy until I eventually keel over and clock out on some poor unfortunate's job!

    • @LouiseLardy
      @LouiseLardy 13 днів тому

      It's all good, Dave-o is just playing hard to get - i think he said something like treat them mean, keep them keen or something - To be honest, it makes me wetter than a plumber at clocking off time 🌊🌊

    • @LindaTheLearner
      @LindaTheLearner 13 днів тому

      @jamesmartin4500 .. David’s reputation is the envy of any jobbing spark in the UK. In truth he can’t even remember if Louise was actually fat. The point is that she embodies fat cat greed. Our homes are modest by comparison, as is our wage. She cost us our morning .. and refused to pay the absurdly generous £35 bill. Cheers Bruce 🇿🇦🍺

  • @ratgreen
    @ratgreen 14 днів тому

    Epic. All I want is for Louise to somehow see this video.

    • @LouiseLardy
      @LouiseLardy 13 днів тому

      Dave-o is just mad I fooled him into think I was out, when I just used it as a diversion to go and eat all the Greggs sausage rolls he had in the glove ox of the van!😋

  • @waynebond1939
    @waynebond1939 14 днів тому

    Cpd my friend

  • @triplex9732
    @triplex9732 14 днів тому

    Iam watching alot of videos of surge protection blowing up and setting houses on fire in the USA could you do test on them as you explain things well

  • @jessiepooch
    @jessiepooch 14 днів тому

    Good stuff!

  • @AlistairHardwick
    @AlistairHardwick 14 днів тому

    In often wonder why / how clients / Landlords work out because you visited them within the last ten years and have not performed maintenance works to there electrical systems they assume and fault that occurs is always related to the last works we carried out. Then expect you to do the call for free as we were clearly at fault? Despite having to explain the fault was nothing to do with our previous visit and clearing the fault issuing a minor works and recommendation for remedial works with invoice tendered of a low 3 figured sum.it still took almost taking them to court to obtain payment. I was amused to see from your example these tight wad amateurs still exist and others you encounter causing such hassle. Thanks for bringing up this issue has often been a pain in the arse for me. Well done Dave 😂😂😂

  • @kellymarieangeljohnson114
    @kellymarieangeljohnson114 14 днів тому

    Hi David radio teleswitches work off radio 4 Longwave transmissions for e gland transmitted from Droitwhich at 500Kw power in Scotland there are 2 transmitters of 50 Kw each at Burghead and Westerleigh you are right those transmitters will be switched off next year

  • @Dime_Bar
    @Dime_Bar 14 днів тому

    I love these videos you do, but thankfully, they're extremely rare as otherwise you'd go out of business with none payers.

  • @tomlarge493
    @tomlarge493 14 днів тому

    I don’t know who Sam is at the end there, but I thoroughly enjoyed that closing remark.

    • @dsesuk
      @dsesuk 14 днів тому

      Do you not partake in Electricians' Podcast of a Sunday evening on this here UA-cams?

    • @tomlarge493
      @tomlarge493 14 днів тому

      @@dsesuk I think I get enough of that sort of thing with bundy’s shaft in my ear and eye hole multiple times a week! I don’t think I’m missing out though, by the sounds of it!

  • @markyd2633
    @markyd2633 14 днів тому

    Absolutely brilliant

  • @remog38
    @remog38 14 днів тому

    Having a bad day David ? 🤣 Priceless