This advert has been in our local newspaper for a few weeks now
It surely can't be done for these prices.
It surely can't be done for these prices.
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Not properly but it gets them in the door
cheapest worcester combi is junior 24, costs around £800 with flue & clock. no ones gonna work for nothing.
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PlumbBobBob
it'll be a get a foot in the door price, extra for pipe, will need flushing, chemicals, take away the waste and anything else they can get away with.
think your right, but maybe he's lost his marbles & likes to work for nothing.
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kirkgas
if the property meets the exemption criteria for needing a HE boiler it is possible to fit an SE boiler in a swap over in 3-4 hrs so if you can buy a boiler for £400 odd, then yes it can, or if an HE is already in then how long would it take to sway a boiler for an exact same model? we used to do warranty work for various manufacturers and got 3.5hrs labour to change a boiler, ok you use the old flue hole and existing jig so again yes it can, obviously anything else needed gets more cash, how you do you sales pitch is up to you, this is how they do theirs, from the landline they must be in Bellshill area a few miles from me but i dont know them, nice free advert you are giving them by leaving the phone number in!!!!!!!!!!!!
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kirkgas
HE comb's are available in your area from about £400-600, the advert doesnt say he is fitting a worcester, look in the Glasgow Evening Times and you will see a car for sale with tax and MOT for £500 which is legal but it wont be as good as the Lamborgini spyder my son has just bought, but different cars for different people
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kirkgas
whats your advertising strategy? and is it working?
Halesowen1
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As above, you can get a boiler, flue and clock for £500, so £300 a day aint a bad job is it.
Plus all the extras they would be sold.
Plus all the extras they would be sold.
yeah, advert says vokera or worcester, there might be a chance of doing it with a vokera but your certainly not getting a worcester. dont know how much the cheapest vokera combi is but if his prices are genuine then his profits must be low.
i take it you bought it for him, this teaching game must be paying, i must be in the wrong job
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PlumbBobBob
mostly leaflets done about 3/4 of my local area now and starting to pick up. i've got six jobs lined up to do in the next two weeks. got a few regular custards now and getting some referrals as well. busiest i've been for a while and long may it continue in an upwards direction.
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kirkgas
i didnt buy it no, i drive a punto, all his own work,
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kirkgas
nice to hear its working for you, and long may it continue, all it takes sometimes is to get your foot in the door and it can create another load of work, i dont know the £800 boiler swap guy but IF he does a decent job for customers who simply wont pay £2k for a boiler install, with weather compensator and control upgrades then he will get more work from them and theirs so its not up to us to slag them
Cheapest Vokera round here will cost you £600 with the vat, pipework & fittings generally even on a relativley straight swop would be minimum of £30 - £50. He is obviously one of the idiots who doesn't value his skill and wants to work for peanuts or a clever marketing ploy to get a foot in the door.
He'll end up wasting his own time as surely the punters are not that stupid to fall for this advert
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PlumbBobBob
there will always be people who fall for these adverts
aye, i wonder who's the stupidest, the installer who's running the advert or the punters that are falling for it.
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kirkgas
there are tons of guys who can do a combi swap in 3-5 hrs so £300-400 for that kind of money is not too bad, wait till tam sees this thread he used to do boilers in half a shift, mind you that was in the 70's when he was fit
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tamz
There was a woman on last week who got a boiler service for cheap through a groupon ad. It ended up with a bill for £1300 to fix a leak!
That is some big footwork lol
aye, i've seen the 3hr boiler swappers, most leave right mess.
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gaspastemania
its easily done in 3-5 hours and the place is often left cleaner than when i first go in !
To be honest if your taking 8/9 hours to do a combi combi swap then you must spend half the day looking at the job rather than actually working !!
To be honest if your taking 8/9 hours to do a combi combi swap then you must spend half the day looking at the job rather than actually working !!
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