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Right inspired by another older thread......to give you a feel for the job info below
Quoted a WB 28i junior and standard flue, Vokera Excel out,honeywell 927 RF stat, gas upgrade 3m, condensate to sink underneath, 5 trv's, magnaclean and flush using fernox chemicals as always.
Custard was happy, with price and 5 year warranty, so booked a date in, all good, he had 1 previous quote and I was £150 cheaper which is unusual TBH, anyhow get a call Wednesday telling me he has had it done and not to bother 😡 much cheaper price and a 5 year warranty, conversation was cold as you would expect and he did not volunteer any further info.
Fast forward to Friday after doing my ACS sorting some gear in the merchants, I hear a conversation at coffee machine, and long storey short.... bingo I have the GSR that has just undercut me, I suck as much info as I can to help with future quotes etc as you do.........right I know how much the gear is, but has he shadowed my quote? Does he get better terms? Is he working for nowt? How did he get the 5 year warranty on junior he is not WB accredited?
Underhand or not (beer at Christmas always goes down well) I found the gear he had used, exactly same as me apart from Fernox, he still paid £70 more inc vat, due to our terms etc.... Using this info and info from conversation, he had done all this graft for circa £110! Less tax, less diesel, less gas safe reg fee, less solder flux pipe fittings etc, and paid WB accredited installer to reg boiler for 5 year warranty!
How the fcuk is he making a living? I can move onto more profitable work and luckily am busy, so ain't that bothered, but when all this crap blows over I reckon this industry will be de valued forever! Utter madness considering all our skills, ACS, PL, hassles!
Forget the guys doing govies, homers, foreigners, Eastern European's "some GSR's are shafting their own" where will it stop? Doing a bit of digging same GSR Is doing services on boilers for £25!
Quoted a WB 28i junior and standard flue, Vokera Excel out,honeywell 927 RF stat, gas upgrade 3m, condensate to sink underneath, 5 trv's, magnaclean and flush using fernox chemicals as always.
Custard was happy, with price and 5 year warranty, so booked a date in, all good, he had 1 previous quote and I was £150 cheaper which is unusual TBH, anyhow get a call Wednesday telling me he has had it done and not to bother 😡 much cheaper price and a 5 year warranty, conversation was cold as you would expect and he did not volunteer any further info.
Fast forward to Friday after doing my ACS sorting some gear in the merchants, I hear a conversation at coffee machine, and long storey short.... bingo I have the GSR that has just undercut me, I suck as much info as I can to help with future quotes etc as you do.........right I know how much the gear is, but has he shadowed my quote? Does he get better terms? Is he working for nowt? How did he get the 5 year warranty on junior he is not WB accredited?
Underhand or not (beer at Christmas always goes down well) I found the gear he had used, exactly same as me apart from Fernox, he still paid £70 more inc vat, due to our terms etc.... Using this info and info from conversation, he had done all this graft for circa £110! Less tax, less diesel, less gas safe reg fee, less solder flux pipe fittings etc, and paid WB accredited installer to reg boiler for 5 year warranty!
How the fcuk is he making a living? I can move onto more profitable work and luckily am busy, so ain't that bothered, but when all this crap blows over I reckon this industry will be de valued forever! Utter madness considering all our skills, ACS, PL, hassles!
Forget the guys doing govies, homers, foreigners, Eastern European's "some GSR's are shafting their own" where will it stop? Doing a bit of digging same GSR Is doing services on boilers for £25!
