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The sad thing is, there's more of those rip off merchants out there. I've gained a hell of a lot of experience over the last couple of years and a customer base that grows based on my reliability and honesty. The amount of now customers who've been ripped off and suffered bad repairs was/is shocking. Strangely, a lot of the time they don't chase these individuals down and confront them, and are also reluctant to divulge their identities....
i have to say,while this is disgusting,and i would be the first to burn his rse with my blow torch.
with parents at that age,do you not look out for them.and not let them get in this situation.
My condolences on the loss of your Dad.
You have every right to annoyed, looking at the above we are also annoyed that a person claiming to be a member of our trade has abused the trust placed in him, prices and hourly rates vary but even a surgeon holding a persons life in their hands would not charge that much for a few minutes work.
There are very few options open to you that may bring satisfaction, I know locally if such a thing is reported to the Police they can't do anything about what we consider criminal however they do tend to make the offending parties life very difficult in other ways.
All I can suggest is that any action you intend taking please keep it within the law, citisens advice or your Solicitor would be much better than me to advise you on any further action you might take.
Well it would be nice to know the outcome.
“Jessie James” has sent me a written response from Dodge City …… to the explain his rip-off £286 bill
He states he had to do the following work
He had to drain down the central heating system ??????
He had to Cut out the faulty valve and pipework ??????
He had to travel to a merchants to get materials he required for my Mum and Dad’s job…… He states and lists “inline gate valve “ , “couplers “ ? , “pipework” ? and “fittings” ?
He returned … and replaced the “ pipework “ ? and gate valve
He the refilled the central heating system and vented all radiators …. He removed all the air locks and made sure all radiators were hot.
He the had to rebalance the hot water system
He states that ……… All this was explained to your Father
Is he taking the P-ss ??????????
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