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Howden's family and friends scam
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Howden's will not share any of the prices or quotes for my kitchen only with the trader/account holder.
Maybe to ask another more honest trader of how much a howden's kitchen would really have cost?
Anyway, it's definitely questionable how they reference check and quality check their traders. As the builder that legged it seems to have a number of company names and also when I recently called Howden's to speak to the builders brother again he seemed to be referred to having a different surname to the one he introduced himself with. Who's monitoring their employee practises and traders they promote as trusted traders?
Such dishonesty has unravelled and all I wanted was a new working kitchen!0 -
Howden's will not share any of the prices or quotes for my kitchen only with the trader/account holder.
Maybe to ask another more honest trader of how much a howden's kitchen would really have cost?
Anyway, it's definitely questionable how they reference check and quality check their traders. As the builder that legged it seems to have a number of company names and also when I recently called Howden's to speak to the builders brother again he seemed to be referred to having a different surname to the one he introduced himself with. Who's monitoring their employee practises and traders they promote as trusted traders?
Such dishonesty has unravelled and all I wanted was a new working kitchen!
Probably the same way asda reference check you before you buy a loaf of bread.0 -
Evryone gets different discounts at Howdens and then the tradesperson decides what to charge on top. There is no defintive answer.
To be fair, if you've got a whole kitchen fitted for £5.5k including electrics etc then it probably won't be that bad a price, if the guy actually finished it.Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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Silver-Surfer wrote: »Probably the same way asda reference check you before you buy a loaf of bread.
Or the same way the OP reference checked him
Everything that is supposed to be in heaven is already here on earth.
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Yes error on the reference checking Doozergirl taken on the chin! ☺0
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Nobody likes to be ripped off twice.....Je suis sabot...0
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Probably the same way asda reference check you before you buy a loaf of bread
Maybe they would need to if it's involving the cost of £5.5k! ☺0 -
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are you thinking of taking out a small claims court case against them?0
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