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Boiler scrappage scheme

We,ve heard it but how will it work??

Who will pay me £400 for changing my old boiler to a more efficient one? What stops plumbers and the like increasing their prices by the same amount?

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  • arfurrrr
    arfurrrr Posts: 115 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Been (or is it being) an installer , I hope EAGA , don`t get their hands on it . They will !!!! it up just like the warmfront scam , i mean scheme .

    The customer should get it direct , once they have submitted an invoice from an installer which should include details of boiler make , model no and ser no and include a copy of the gas work notification certificate .

    If EAGA get their hands on it they`ll charge an admin fee , so the punter doesn`t get the full £400 .
    Arf :think:
  • keystone
    keystone Posts: 10,916 Forumite
    They will !!!! it up just like the warmfront scam , i mean scheme .
    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits. - Einstein
  • diable
    diable Posts: 5,258 Forumite
    When is this going to happen as I need to replace a boiler and my Potterton Flamingo is on the list. Do I replace it now and then submit an errrr altered invoice later on?
  • Basil1234
    Basil1234 Posts: 1,146 Forumite
    edited 5 January 2010 at 11:28AM
    just see an artical on the bbc about this is for G rated boilers only an is run by the engery saving trust and you guessed it funds are limited so will run out quickly. have a read http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8440557.stm

    have a check to see if your boiler is qualifiying here they reckon 15yrs old and over but check boiler manufacture and model

    http://www.governmentboiler-scrappagescheme.info/EligibilityCheck.php
  • ormus
    ormus Posts: 42,714 Forumite
    itll turn into a scam just like the garages did with the car scrappage scheme.
    i saw combis advertised yesterday for 299 quid. cash.
    forget the scrappage scheme.
    Get some gorm.
  • webitha
    webitha Posts: 4,799 Forumite
    am also looking into this and if you go through British Gas, they will match the gov £400, which takes it up to £800 scrappage
    If we can put a man on the moon...how come we cant put them all there?

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