Blown PCB - Ideal ICOS M3080 - am i being fleeced?

[handyattimes]

Could someone let me know if £700 for a total replacement of the PCB on the above boiler model (including a £60 +vat callout charge) sounds reasonable? It just sounds like a lot of money. Before tax and callout its £533.

 

[mickyg]

er..yeh thats a bit much the words forth and multiply come to mind

 

[gas4you]

I charge £310 inc VAT to change a pcb on these and I'm not cheap

 

[corgiman]

I charge £310 inc VAT to change a pcb on these and I'm not cheap

But you are easy

 

[gas4you]

Give us a kiss Matt and I'll let you know

 

[corgiman]

Ah

But I AM cheap But I aint easy

 

[muggles]

British Gas price by any chance??

 

[gas_man_gaz]

british gas would be £168 (subject to area) which includes parts and labour.. not bad to say the part is nearly £200!!!

 

[Deleted member 105431]

you were fleeced when you bought the boiler to start with! expect MANY more problems.

 

[muggles]

you were fleeced when you bought the boiler to start with! expect MANY more problems.

Was trying to avoid mentioning that...

 

[muggles]

british gas would be £168 (subject to area) which includes parts and labour.. not bad to say the part is nearly £200!!!

Blimey BG are actually cheap for something?

 

[doitall]

Pimlico Plumbing by any chance

 

[mattylad]

And when it's likely that something simple like a 50p transistor & a 1/2p resistor is all thats gone on it, yes of course your being fleeced.

I'd have thought you could get a new boiler for that.

 

[antomac1001]

I was recently charged £200 for the replacement PCB and the fix, with six months warranty (CORGI regd)

 

[ChrisR]

The RRP for the board is £271.34
Some companies' normal procedure is to charge for a callout, plus the time to go and get the part up to an hour, plus the time to change it.
Total time could be 2 hours say, more if it was intermittent meaning diagnosis wasn't easy.
Much more than £400 would be pushing it rather.

It's all very well saying BG or someone else charge this or that, but not everyone finds their service acceptable. One lady took 3 half days off work for a fixed price repair - they never turned up.
If you call someone as an energency, expect to pay more.