Plumber

follyfoot

My relative called a 24 hour plumber because one of her radiators was leaking and she could not get British Gas to answer their phone - she has some insurance against leaking radiators with them. She is 89 and almost blind. The plumber charged her over £800 to replace one radiator.Taking into consideration she considered it an emergency to which he turned up 2 hours later, is this price correct?

booty40uk

Hi

Im sorry but your relative has been completely and utterly ripped off and you should report this "plumber" to trading standards.

Andy

themanbearpig

She got completely done over, there absolutely nothing she can do about it now, as she agreed with the offer

follyfoot

booty40uk wrote: »

Hi

Im sorry but your relative has been completely and utterly ripped off and you should report this "plumber" to trading standards.

Andy

the worse thing is she has home insurance and BG insurance. When she told me this I could have cried! I said i doubt if your home insurance will cover the cost particularly if you have been scammed.

ormus

ive heard of plumbers in the middle of london charging 900 quid, just to fix a leak, at night.

follyfoot

ormus wrote: »

ive heard of plumbers in the middle of london charging 900 quid, just to fix a leak, at night.

He came at 2pm

GT60

booty40uk wrote: »

Hi

Im sorry but your relative has been completely and utterly ripped off and you should report this "plumber" to trading standards.

Andy

And to the Police and then a baseball bat!
Total Scum bag

themanbearpig

ormus wrote: »

ive heard of plumbers in the middle of london charging 900 quid, just to fix a leak, at night.

Why not just turn off the water from the stop-!!!!, and save £900?

Fools and their money...

themanbearpig

niall24 wrote: »

And to the Police and then a baseball bat!
Total Scum bag

Why would you report it to the police? It isn't their concern.

Also trading standards can't do anything, unless he didn't even do the job - then you have grounds to get some money back.

booty40uk

Personally i would name and shame in the local rag...................as well as the old fashioned way!

follyfoot

themanbearpig wrote: »

Why not just turn off the water from the stop-!!!!, and save £900?

Fools and their money...

She is almost blind and unfortunatley did not tell me until two days later. I think her neighbour called a plumber from Yellow Pages