Stannah Stairlifts ... HELP HELP HELP !!!

Errata

Reconditioned stairlifts here http://www.associatedstairlifts.co.uk/
plenty of firms doing recons if you google. Darn sight cheaper too by the look of it. HTH

hollydays

Stick a wanted add in local press,I think you will be inundated

part-timer

I come from a family of lift engineers (two brothers, nephew and father). My advice would be to contact a local independent lift engineer (try local paper, thompson local etc) as, in my experience, they regularly buy second hand stairt lifts. They are very easy to dismantle and install, usually only a couple of hours. Unfortunately, as with any other second hand item, you are unlikely to get anywhere near what you paid for it. HTH.

pulliptears

kalico wrote: »

Heck I love this site!

I'm on the other side of the coin here. My Mother is (within weeks) unable to use the stairs and the solution is obviously one of these stair-lifts.

She's self-sufficient downstairs for the minute though, and being the Yorkshire moneysaver that I am, I'm trying to avoid the situation described in this thread. I agree that the company has no obligation to buy the things back and yes they make their money (as well they should). I just want to try to avoid it being at my expense!

So, does anyone have any pointers about where to acquire one of these things more cheaply? A couple of local firms have quoted for new, but we could probably employ an army of Sherpas to carry her upstairs for the prices they quote.

Thanks and regards.

PS. Incidentally, I think that this issue is one that 'grates' so much because it has that air of exploitation of people's grief. Founded or otherwise. When an item is really needed as opposed to just wanted, people will pay prett much any price. Then all of a sudden it is not needed and the only party to whom it has a minimal value is the company that sold it. So the buyer has the upper hand in that later transaction.

Have you contacted your local council to see if your Mum is entitled to any help with one? My parents had one installed last year, even though they did have savings it cost them virtually nothing. Its worth getting assessed just in case.

kalico

pulliptears wrote: »

Have you contacted your local council to see if your Mum is entitled to any help with one? My parents had one installed last year, even though they did have savings it cost them virtually nothing. Its worth getting assessed just in case.

Yes we have and it is possible. Just a wait of 10 to 12 months. That's why I love paying so much tax!

moonrakerz

I heard on the radio the other day that Stannah are now selling a super high speed stair lift.

It is so fast that elderly people can get upstairs before they forget what they were going up there for !! :rotfl::rotfl:

Stairlift_Trader

As already mentioned above! Stairlifts depreciate in value from the moment you have one installed. Again stated above there is no legal requirement for the stairlift manufacturer supplier to buy it back etc.

Sometimes you can get a better price / deal if you try to sell your unwanted stairlifts privately. Hopefully this post will not be seen as Spam! Stairlift Trader Free Stairlift Classified Ads. Yes I own operate the website but the intention of the post is to make people aware that there is a free service to help people sell their unwanted stairlifts

Selling your unwanted stairlifts to independent companies or private buyers normally results in a better deal for the seller. Stairlift Trader is now the biggest free classifieds solely dedicated to selling buying stairlifts

www.stairlifttrader.com

hollydays

Stairlifttrader ,On your site where it says
Help The Aged

Is that not a deliberate,cynically exploitive attempt to give the impression you are somehow allied to the organization "Help The Aged ",and I take it you are not?

Warning-the website mentions that some advertisers have beeen approached by fraudsters-what I assume is advance fee fraud,or similar.

http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/watch_out/scams/cheque-overpayment/

http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/news/press_releases/national/2009/Scams2

or similar

Stairlift_Trader

"Is that not a deliberate,cynically exploitive attempt to give the impression you are somehow allied to the organization "Help The Aged ",and I take it you are not?"

You take it correctly! We are not associated with any charity and never had any intentions to give people the impression that we are. The photo image was placed there so that viewers instantly got a pictorial vision our service is 100 % Free. The majority of our viewers are senior citizens and I believe the image and text fitted our audience

Obviously people interoperate things differently point taken! Will have the wording above the image changed. We're not here to dupe anyone. Hopefully your viewers / readers will find our free service invaluable if and when they need to dispose of unwanted stairlifts or are looking to buy used second hand stairlifts etc.

Not sure where you are heading about the Scam's or why you mentioned it?

There has been the odd occasion where sellers have been approached by low life scum trying to hoodwink potential sellers of their property and gain payments for shipping of the stairlifts. We feel it only right that our posters should be made aware that such practices exist and to be alert about certain types of transactions being offered by these low life scum-bags

Not had chance to have a good look around this site and forum, it looks very interesting and hope to contribute in many future posts debates...

Stairlift Trader

savemoney

Stairlift Trader you cant have links in your signature nor can you advertise as mentioned in post 18