I had an electrician in to change all the switches in my house from 
plastic to brass plates...He looked at all the existing switches and
said no problem however all the switches have now been changed except
one and although I keep ringing him he says he has a problem
finding the type of switch...I have not paid him for the work he has 
done...If he cannot find the switch and has to leave the old plastic 
switch what comeback have I got ?


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  Ted

    Using Sidux Linux

On 5 Oct, 07:21, stoner  wrote:
> I had an electrician in to change all the switches in my house from
> plastic to brass plates...He looked at all the existing switches and
> said no problem however all the switches have now been changed except
> one and although I keep ringing him he says he has a problem
> finding the type of switch...I have not paid him for the work he has
> done...If he cannot find the switch and has to leave the old plastic
> switch what comeback have I got ?
>

Pay him for the switches he's done. Don't pay him for the one he
hasn't done.

Toom

Toom Tabard wrote:
> On 5 Oct, 07:21, stoner  wrote:
>> I had an electrician in to change all the switches in my house from
>> plastic to brass plates...He looked at all the existing switches and
>> said no problem however all the switches have now been changed except
>> one and although I keep ringing him he says he has a problem
>> finding the type of switch...I have not paid him for the work he has
>> done...If he cannot find the switch and has to leave the old plastic
>> switch what comeback have I got ?
>>
> 
> Pay him for the switches he's done. Don't pay him for the one he
> hasn't done.
> 
> Toom
> 
> 
Thanks for the reply but why should I pay him as he now says he cannot 
get the matching switch....He looked at the job to start with and
said he could get the materials...I would rather he took the lot out
and put the old ones back then I could get another tradesman to do the 
job properly

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   Ted Wager

    Using Ubuntu Gutsy Linux

Ted wrote:

> Toom Tabard wrote:
> >On 5 Oct, 07:21, stoner  wrote:
> > > I had an electrician in to change all the switches in my house
> > > from plastic to brass plates...He looked at all the existing
> > > switches and said no problem however all the switches have now
> > > been changed except one and although I keep ringing him he says
> > > he has a problem finding the type of switch...I have not paid him
> > > for the work he has done...If he cannot find the switch and has
> > > to leave the old plastic switch what comeback have I got ?
> > > 
> > 
> > Pay him for the switches he's done. Don't pay him for the one he
> > hasn't done.
> > 
> > Toom
> > 
> > 
> Thanks for the reply but why should I pay him as he now says he
> cannot get the matching switch....He looked at the job to start with
> and said he could get the materials...I would rather he took the lot
> out and put the old ones back then I could get another tradesman to
> do the job properly

But the job is done properly execpt your one switch missng , it may
well be the switch is not in production any more or the local suppliers
have switched manufacturers , this is behond the electricians control



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steve robinson wrote:
> Ted wrote:
> 
>> Toom Tabard wrote:
>>> On 5 Oct, 07:21, stoner  wrote:
>>>> I had an electrician in to change all the switches in my house
>>>> from plastic to brass plates...He looked at all the existing
>>>> switches and said no problem however all the switches have now
>>>> been changed except one and although I keep ringing him he says
>>>> he has a problem finding the type of switch...I have not paid him
>>>> for the work he has done...If he cannot find the switch and has
>>>> to leave the old plastic switch what comeback have I got ?
>>>>
>>> Pay him for the switches he's done. Don't pay him for the one he
>>> hasn't done.
>>>
>>> Toom
>>>
>>>
>> Thanks for the reply but why should I pay him as he now says he
>> cannot get the matching switch....He looked at the job to start with
>> and said he could get the materials...I would rather he took the lot
>> out and put the old ones back then I could get another tradesman to
>> do the job properly
> 
> But the job is done properly execpt your one switch missng , it may
> well be the switch is not in production any more or the local suppliers
> have switched manufacturers , this is behond the electricians control
> 
> 
> 
But when he looked at the job he said he would have no problems getting 
all the parts...If he had told me that all the switches were no 
available I would have chosen another type...

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   Ted Wager G3TPI
    High Peak UK
    Using Ubuntu Gutsy Linux

On Sat, 06 Oct 2007 21:47:51 +0100, Ted
 wrote:

>But when he looked at the job he said he would have no problems getting 
>all the parts...If he had told me that all the switches were no 
>available I would have chosen another type...

At the time he took on the work the statement may have been correct.
Unless you can show the deficiency is so significant that it merits
removal of all the other work you should pay him for what he has
done,  Look up "quantum meruit" for more information.
-- 
Peter Parry.   
http://www.wpp.ltd.uk/

"Ted"  wrote in message 
news:13gft3lgib2om80@corp.supernews.com...
> steve robinson wrote:
>> Ted wrote:
>>
>>> Toom Tabard wrote:
>>>> On 5 Oct, 07:21, stoner  wrote:
>>>>> I had an electrician in to change all the switches in my house
>>>>> from plastic to brass plates...He looked at all the existing
>>>>> switches and said no problem however all the switches have now
>>>>> been changed except one and although I keep ringing him he says
>>>>> he has a problem finding the type of switch...I have not paid him
>>>>> for the work he has done...If he cannot find the switch and has
>>>>> to leave the old plastic switch what comeback have I got ?
>>>>>
>>>> Pay him for the switches he's done. Don't pay him for the one he
>>>> hasn't done.
>>>>
>>>> Toom
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Thanks for the reply but why should I pay him as he now says he
>>> cannot get the matching switch....He looked at the job to start with
>>> and said he could get the materials...I would rather he took the lot
>>> out and put the old ones back then I could get another tradesman to
>>> do the job properly
>>
>> But the job is done properly execpt your one switch missng , it may
>> well be the switch is not in production any more or the local suppliers
>> have switched manufacturers , this is behond the electricians control
>>
>>
>>
> But when he looked at the job he said he would have no problems getting 
> all the parts...If he had told me that all the switches were no available 
> I would have chosen another type...

Agreed, it's annoying for you, but you both accepted the contract in good 
faith. I guess that neither of you thought that there would be a problem in 
getting enough switches to complete thr job.

Put yourself in the position of the electrician and look for an acceptable 
compromise.

You accept that he has done the main part of his job to the best of his 
ability.

You accept that he is an electrician, and not a design consultant

Can he find a close match and put the non matching switch in a less 
prominent room? With the proviso that if/when you are able to get an 
acceptable match, he'll fit it for free.

Ted wrote:

> steve robinson wrote:
> > Ted wrote:
> > 
> > > Toom Tabard wrote:
> >>>On 5 Oct, 07:21, stoner  wrote:
> > > > > I had an electrician in to change all the switches in my house
> > > > > from plastic to brass plates...He looked at all the existing
> > > > > switches and said no problem however all the switches have now
> > > > > been changed except one and although I keep ringing him he
> > > > > says he has a problem finding the type of switch...I have not
> > > > > paid him for the work he has done...If he cannot find the
> > > > > switch and has to leave the old plastic switch what comeback
> > > > > have I got ?
> > > > > 
> > > > Pay him for the switches he's done. Don't pay him for the one he
> > > > hasn't done.
> > > > 
> > > > Toom
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > Thanks for the reply but why should I pay him as he now says he
> > > cannot get the matching switch....He looked at the job to start
> > > with and said he could get the materials...I would rather he took
> > > the lot out and put the old ones back then I could get another
> > > tradesman to do the job properly
> > 
> > But the job is done properly execpt your one switch missng , it may
> > well be the switch is not in production any more or the local
> > suppliers have switched manufacturers , this is behond the
> > electricians control
> > 
> > 
> > 
> But when he looked at the job he said he would have no problems
> getting all the parts...If he had told me that all the switches were
> no available I would have chosen another type...

When he looked at the job all tghe switches may have been available

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