National Window Scrappage Scheme

Telegraph_Sam

I got heavily stung by the Green Deal scheme that failed to live up to its promise north of the Border. Had it performed the potential benefits could have been significant (in our case). I read a week ago that a "relaunch" was now imminent, and wonder if it will be more than a facelift ..

This morning I was auto-called by a voice re "the national window scrappage scheme" with the promise that an agent would call me back - still waiting. Is there any truth in the implication that government money is now behind "window scrappage", or is this just old wine in new Anglian (?) marketing bottles?

phill99

Telegraph_Sam wrote: »

I got heavily stung by the Green Deal scheme that failed to live up to its promise north of the Border. Had it performed the potential benefits could have been significant (in our case). I read a week ago that a "relaunch" was now imminent, and wonder if it will be more than a facelift ..

This morning I was auto-called by a voice re "the national window scrappage scheme" with the promise that an agent would call me back - still waiting. Is there any truth in the implication that government money is now behind "window scrappage", or is this just old wine in new Anglian (?) marketing bottles?

No. Don't be so naive. There is no such thing. It's a marketing con.

Trolleydolly

Here we are in Dec 2015, several years after this thread was started and I've just been offered a glass scrappage scheme by a local DG firm.
Obviously it is still going on. Thankfully I decided to do a bit of reaearch and found this post!

LittleVoice

bumblesquat wrote: »

Hi, don't know if anyone has noticed but they have now changed it to the Anglian Windows Scrappage Scheme as opposed to the National Window scrappage scheme. Hopefully this is the result of many complaints about it being false advertising.

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and still we are receiving automated calls about a "national window scrappage scheme"......

killmumford

I got a cold call this morning from 01787 388015. He told me the big energy companies are running a scheme to give me a maximum of £300 a window and sometimes more if my windows are more than seven years old. Not only that but I would also get a 40% discount from selected local suppliers. I asked for website address and phone numbers. Neither were available. I checked with "The Energy Savings Trust" after the call just to make sure. They are not aware of any such scheme. I can't help wondering now I'm writing about it if who ever it was who rang was something worse than a double glazing salesman.

BargainGalore

Its just a scam to get people to depart with there hard earned money. Just like British gas scam to get people to buy a new boiler, they both inflate there prices then pretend they give a discount. British Gas are rip off merchants as are these scammers

killmumford wrote: »

I got a cold call this morning from 01787 388015. He told me the big energy companies are running a scheme to give me a maximum of £300 a window and sometimes more if my windows are more than seven years old. Not only that but I would also get a 40% discount from selected local suppliers. I asked for website address and phone numbers. Neither were available. I checked with "The Energy Savings Trust" after the call just to make sure. They are not aware of any such scheme. I can't help wondering now I'm writing about it if who ever it was who rang was something worse than a double glazing salesman.

killmumford

What I also thought was it might be a burglar getting into properties for later robberies.