christ at the end of the day if you dont like the price get another quote
My colleague put me in touch with a CORGI registered heating engineer who is happy to come round to connect the gas and commission the boiler for a very reasonable fee. This is actually what I asked both the companies I contacted to do in the first place and they both refused
You can't be serious...
500 quid a day is *not* under any circumstances whatsoever reasonable!
I have dealt with it. Matter closed.
Mehran - Get real. £1200 for two days labour is far in excess of fixed costs and a living wage.
Kevplumb - are you telling me that $2400 is a reasonable amount to charge for two days labour in the US?
Replies like this crack me up.
I thought this was a DIY forum - it actually appears to be a heating engineer salary protection racket...
Taking into account the cost difference between the two boilers, that's 400 quid cheaper than I have been quoted and is therefore definitely more reasonable. I presume the cost included flushing and cleaning the system?just replaced a 21 year old vaillant for a worcester 30si installed and working in ONE day 2 men £1850 customer is jumping through hoops well chuffed,so i think your quotes are very reasonable..............
I spent 7 years being self employed and now run a company with 42 staff.
There is no need to patronise me about the costs associated with this.
It's the stupid assertion that £500 per day is 'reasonable'. I stand by the my claim that it is not.
Sticking with this silly figure of £500 per day. Assuming 240 working days per year, that is 120K per annum.
Let's say you drew a reasonable salary of 40K from that. Are you telling me your fixed costs are 80K per year?
Clearly this is not the case. Which means most people are *not* charging £500 per day. Do *you* actually charge £500 per day?
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