SafeStyle UK....What a bunch of cowboys.!!!

bigbulldog

We were thinking about having our patio doors and front door replaced so we arranged for Safestyle UK double glazing you know the one that offer buy 1 window get 15 free anyway this guy came round or I should say a kid,so he walks into the house sits and stretches him self down no introduction no business card no briefcase in fact no nothing he then started asking who fitted our windows was it a local company or a national one then would we buy on price or quality then he asked do we want internal glazing or external glazing if one company offered us £1000 for external glazing and another company offered internal glazing at £1500 what one would you go for,then the wife said can you just give us a price for the patio doors his reply was sorry I cant as I need to know what ones would you choose at that point my wife asked him to politley leave no more than 5 mins the phone rang and guess what it was his boss asking my wife why did you throw him out of the house hang on she said I asked him to politley leave and than he came out with 2 real nuggets 1st would we have someone else round,,errr NO oh thats a shame he replied as you would of got the patio doors for a £1......and there's some more pink flying elephants.:rotfl:

I thought there adverts on the telly were cheap and tacky well there sales force take the biscuit.

Use these people at your own peril...:eek: :eek: :eek:

RedOnRed

I had Safestyle give me a quote but didn't bother with them. I asked them if they had dark frames and they said no but that they "could paint the frames"!

They may as well have worn ten gallon hats and ridden horses coz they were the cowboy part in every other way.

Poppycat

I bet they deliver the doors and windows via horse/wagon, wasn't there a song called, don't pain your wagon?

tiff

We have a 1920's end terraced house with large bay windows. Safestyle UK spent a whole evening in our house and quoted us £12,500 for the two bays and small bedroom at the front of the house! We havent had it done yet, but a local firm came round and said they could do it for less than £5000!

inmypocketnottheirs

Well anyone who uses Reg Holsdworth for their ads can't be trusted!

hamletcigars

We had safestyle in and they quoted 9,500,we said we'd think about it and they eventually left,then started the phone calls ,they reduced the price to 7,500

when asked if they could do it for that anyway ,why wasn't that the price we were given to start with ,they said 'it's a special'

the 'special' then changed to 5,000 eventually


we still said no,given an honest price in the first place would of gotten the sale

they will never get another chance

chrisw

I can never see the point of these buy one get one free. The company still has to pay for the windows, pay the salesmens commissions, pay the installers, marketing, etc. and no-one can run a business at a loss, so they must be doubling the price to start with.

Plus the big boys like this must be paying a fair whack to persuade the likes of Reg Holdsworth to do the ad in the first place, so the overheads for a smaller local firm are probably smaller anyway.

dollarjon

By rule the big glazing firms are around 50% more expensive than your local glazing firm.

trisontana

inmypocketnottheirs wrote: »

Well anyone who uses Reg Holsdworth for their ads can't be trusted!

Or Cannon or Ball (the only "comedy" duo with two straight men). Would you honestly buy from someone who demands you "pick up the pigging phone"

To complete this round up of Safestyle presenters what about that other guy they use who looks like a failed wrestler? Perhaps they use him to collect unpaid bills?

inmypocketnottheirs

trisontana wrote: »

Or Cannon or Ball (the only "comedy" duo with two straight men).

Priceless!

vikingaero

bigbulldog wrote: »

We were thinking about having our patio doors and front door replaced so we arranged for Safestyle UK double glazing you know the one that offer buy 1 window get 15 free anyway this guy came round or I should say a kid,so he walks into the house sits and stretches him self down no introduction no business card no briefcase in fact no nothing he then started asking who fitted our windows was it a local company or a national one then would we buy on price or quality then he asked do we want internal glazing or external glazing if one company offered us £1000 for external glazing and another company offered internal glazing at £1500 what one would you go for,then the wife said can you just give us a price for the patio doors his reply was sorry I cant as I need to know what ones would you choose at that point my wife asked him to politley leave no more than 5 mins the phone rang and guess what it was his boss asking my wife why did you throw him out of the house hang on she said I asked him to politley leave and than he came out with 2 real nuggets 1st would we have someone else round,,errr NO oh thats a shame he replied as you would of got the patio doors for a £1......and there's some more pink flying elephants.:rotfl:

I thought there adverts on the telly were cheap and tacky well there sales force take the biscuit.

Use these people at your own peril...:eek: :eek: :eek:

I had great fun sorting out double glazing for my house.

First muppet was from Crystal Windows who turned up. He introduced himself and then his first question was "Do you live alone?" "No, the missus is at work." "Well I can't give you a quote then?" "Why not?" "Because we need both of you here to make the decisions. Sometimes the husband orders and then the wife gets home and they change their mind." "Well if you give me a quote and the price is right then I'll sign today!" "Can't do that, let's make another appointment?" "No thanks! Bye!"

Second muppet was from another DG company. He turned up an hour late and started measuring up for his quote. Then to make matters worse the third muppet from DG company no.3 turned up an hour early whilst second muppet was still measuring. Second muppet said to me: "He's early I think you should ask him to leave!" Third muppet said "I'm early! Not late like you!" So I let them both get on with measuring whilst wondering whether fisticuffs would break out.

Second muppet priced up at £8,500 and third at £6,500. So I told second muppet on the phone that third had priced up at £4,500 to beat him even if they made a loss! Second muppet called his manager and instantly offered to price match at £4,500 for the whole house! Result!:rotfl: