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Being charged for 2 electricians

Neutreus · 2017-06-23 09:22:02

Good morning, I've recently had some work carried out by a 'friend'. We've had the invoice through now and it's somewhat higher than we expected (this our own fault as being a friend we didn't agree a cost up front). However, on his invoice, included within the labour is a double charge for one day where he brought along…

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another_casualty Posts: 6,506 Forumite

24 June 2017 at 3:15PM

If it's only for one day, I wouldn't worry about it .
Not worth falling out with him imho. I'd just carry on as normal ,
So long as he and his apprentice have done a good job.
Good trades people can be hard to come by .

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