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beesley121
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No but they seem to be constantly sending me e mails so either they have loads of work or a high turnover of subbys
Aye, there were a pita, constant haggling of breakdown price. Had to prove what you paid for the material and then they phoned me and said someone would do the services for £25!
Ok goodbye was my reply
Ok goodbye was my reply
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I'd rather eat my own turd than do services for £25, thank god CORGI no longer control things, they lost it when money became more important than the rules.
Yes I did some work for them for awhile, OK at first [aren't they all] then started querying amount of time spent on job, wanting to know where I got materials from, why couldn't I get them cheaper ! why were some jobs taking longer than what they thought they should ! wanting copies of invoices, Had some strong words with some guy on phone, [the I know & have done everything type of chap]. Suspended me has my average time per job was more than they allow, Remember you only get paid for time on job all other running about is at your expense , not to bad if you live in city, no-good if out in sticks, My last words to them was to shove it,
See CORGI now involved with selling & installing Bathrooms
See CORGI now involved with selling & installing Bathrooms
Yes, I work for them.....or atleast I did as they've stopped sending me work the last two months with no explanation ! Not really the end of the world for me but their payments have been a nice little top up for me to be fair.
Though my experience was the same as others in that they did start pestering for scans of parts invoices etc......again, not the end of the world and can hardly blame them as i'm sure some must take the p#ss !
Despite the name they are nothing whatsoever to do with the Corgi we used to know......they just managed to get hold of the name somehow !
Though my experience was the same as others in that they did start pestering for scans of parts invoices etc......again, not the end of the world and can hardly blame them as i'm sure some must take the p#ss !
Despite the name they are nothing whatsoever to do with the Corgi we used to know......they just managed to get hold of the name somehow !
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Proberly find that someone else is covering your area but doing it cheaper, I did ask them If they are so concerned about the cost of parts then why not open there own account and negotiate there own discounts
I dubiously sent them my details & they never got back to me.. I didn't loose any sleep over it
Constantly ask you for proof of purchase on parts you use.
That means you have to look out an invoice and scan it across which is time consuming and annoying when you are already working on a rubbish hourly rate.
If you take to long they say they won't pay over a certain amount of hours. So you could be stuck somewhere for 5 hours and they only allow 2.
If you attend a job and replace a part and then the customer has a totally unrelated issue occur within 3 weeks they class it as a call back. They then won't pay any additional labour costs only parts (with proof).
You can phone them to dispute it was an unrelated fault to the first call and be on hold over 15 mins sometimes. It's a massive headache to work for them. I did it for a little while but it's much easier and less stressful to make money elsewhere.
That means you have to look out an invoice and scan it across which is time consuming and annoying when you are already working on a rubbish hourly rate.
If you take to long they say they won't pay over a certain amount of hours. So you could be stuck somewhere for 5 hours and they only allow 2.
If you attend a job and replace a part and then the customer has a totally unrelated issue occur within 3 weeks they class it as a call back. They then won't pay any additional labour costs only parts (with proof).
You can phone them to dispute it was an unrelated fault to the first call and be on hold over 15 mins sometimes. It's a massive headache to work for them. I did it for a little while but it's much easier and less stressful to make money elsewhere.
Solderwire
Gas Engineer
I do find them ok, have been with them 18 months, will now and again ask for a copy of parts prices, but found them ok, i'm running £10 over national average but they never query it and also pay me extra hours travel time if i go out of my area if i request it..(this is why i'm over the average), found them brilliant payers and pretty mush hassle free, also get plenty of work off them plus you know what boiler it is b4 you go so if its a dud you can reject the call out.
phone staff always helpful.
phone staff always helpful.
Are you there PR man ? found girls ok, its when you get a problem and ask to speak to someone above call enter staff , its easer to speak to the Pope, they want everything by email, When I managed to eventually speak to there Tec guy I found him to be unhelpful & Proberly to most arrogant person I have dealt with in quite a number of years
Solderwire
Gas Engineer
No not there PR man, (could be though if they pay me ) just a satisfied worker for them , i suppose if i needed to talk to someone higher up i might well agree with you, but just tellin the man that personally i don't get a problem with them and i'm a happy camper.
Great that's its working out for you ! do you work city area or country side ? as that makes a difference
Solderwire
Gas Engineer
well its around sidmouth,otttery,exmouth bit in exeter been out as far as chard but they paid me 2hrs travel time. so its a bit of both
You must be lucky, or the only one in the area, used to ask me to go to Exeter, Torquay , down to Bodmin/St Austell and refused to cover costs, reason that it was my area because it had a PL post code, asked them if hey realised how large the PL area was, other problem was lack of parts outlets
I signed up with them via e-mail; they never got back to me.. what sort of money do they pay?
Solderwire
Gas Engineer
bugger that, can see why you gave it up, long way to go to bodmin with no extra hours mileage, its a bit like EX postcode goes up to barnstable, if they don't offer the mileage on the call out it gets rejected, if they cant get anybody i usually get a call from them asking can i go if i get mileage, they are always fare like that to me anyway,
As long as your harpy, see what happens when they sign up someone that will undercut your rates ! no loyalty to contractors
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Do you need an unwritten van for their work?
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beesley121
They started off well but now pester for copies of receipts, query part costs. I seem to spend more time doing paperwork than working. Same as everyother insurance company really. They are there to make a profit so want everything as cheap as possible including labour
Any transport will do sign written or not
Then they recommend what they want you to charge, offer you loads of services if you do em that bit cheaper, which doesn't happen
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