Did anyone see the rogue trader program last night?
Its got to be said the plumbers on there were the ones who give you lot a bad reputation and makes us customers annoyed at what they get away with.
It was classic, they set a tap up with a damaged washer and called the plumber. It should have been a simple change the washer job and just cost the call out fee ~£45.
One turned up fixed it in 6minutes, then undid his fix and said he would need to get some parts. 45 minutes later he come back and drags it out for to a total of 1h and 6 min and then charges £130 to change a washer in a tap!!!!!!!! That was a nice one more to come.
Another plumber changed the tap rather than the washer and charged £200 odd!
The one that shocked me and scarred me was they setup a boiler with a bent flexible hose and all it needed was the bend to be straightened.
They called a plumber (CORGI reg) and two people turned up one of which was from Australia and proceeded to poke around inside the boiler with as the program plumber said "no idea what they are doing". After 45 minutes and a few phone calls to his boss they worked out it was the hose causing the problem. Then he rang his boss and could hear him say he could stretch it out to 2 hours. Then he came back in and told his mate to take his time for 15-20min.
So they were there just over an hour and said they used some parts (complete crap they used no parts) which they were charging £35 for and the total bill would be £320. I just sat there stunned at how they managed to come up with such a silly price for using no parts and working for just over an hour!!!!!
Just to top it all off the show plumber told the old woman to ask for the CORGI number and card. The Australian bloke then pointed at a number on a sheet of paper. The woman asked for the card but he said they dont carry these! But wait, this is the climax, the woman then asked his name and he told her a name which was not his and spelt it to her. He had given the name of his boss who is CORGI reg but he then went out side rang his boss and then realised he had spelt the surname wrong so then had to go back in and tell the woman he spelt his(supposedly) name wrong, that was a classic moment. What was worrying to see was that a CORGI reg person was agreeing for his name to be used falsely to do work.
Its got to be said the plumbers on there were the ones who give you lot a bad reputation and makes us customers annoyed at what they get away with.
It was classic, they set a tap up with a damaged washer and called the plumber. It should have been a simple change the washer job and just cost the call out fee ~£45.
One turned up fixed it in 6minutes, then undid his fix and said he would need to get some parts. 45 minutes later he come back and drags it out for to a total of 1h and 6 min and then charges £130 to change a washer in a tap!!!!!!!! That was a nice one more to come.
Another plumber changed the tap rather than the washer and charged £200 odd!
The one that shocked me and scarred me was they setup a boiler with a bent flexible hose and all it needed was the bend to be straightened.
They called a plumber (CORGI reg) and two people turned up one of which was from Australia and proceeded to poke around inside the boiler with as the program plumber said "no idea what they are doing". After 45 minutes and a few phone calls to his boss they worked out it was the hose causing the problem. Then he rang his boss and could hear him say he could stretch it out to 2 hours. Then he came back in and told his mate to take his time for 15-20min.
So they were there just over an hour and said they used some parts (complete crap they used no parts) which they were charging £35 for and the total bill would be £320. I just sat there stunned at how they managed to come up with such a silly price for using no parts and working for just over an hour!!!!!
Just to top it all off the show plumber told the old woman to ask for the CORGI number and card. The Australian bloke then pointed at a number on a sheet of paper. The woman asked for the card but he said they dont carry these! But wait, this is the climax, the woman then asked his name and he told her a name which was not his and spelt it to her. He had given the name of his boss who is CORGI reg but he then went out side rang his boss and then realised he had spelt the surname wrong so then had to go back in and tell the woman he spelt his(supposedly) name wrong, that was a classic moment. What was worrying to see was that a CORGI reg person was agreeing for his name to be used falsely to do work.
