Bathroom pull light switch

MouldyOldDough

GDB2222 said:

Risteard said:

MouldyOldDough said:

Got an electrician coming this afternoon £35

Hardly an Electrician - more likely a chancer at that price. This is traditionally a deprived area and that wouldn't even nearly cover me travelling to a customer's address.

£35 does seem very, very reasonable, to the point of being too good to be true. But, you really can't be certain it's not a qualified electrician. For example, it could be a neighbour doing the OP a favour when he gets home, and if it's a neighbour there'd be no travelling time. 

It was done yesterday at £35 cash (or £50 other)  by a qualified electrician
Took him 10mins

MouldyOldDough

It was done yesterday at £35 cash  - rather than £50 (other method !)

It took him 10 minutes and he is qualified (C&G level 3) - he runs his own company and it is on checkatrade !

I am happy

DanDare999

MouldyOldDough said:

It was done yesterday at £35 cash  - rather than £50 (other method !)

It took him 10 minutes and he is qualified (C&G level 3) - he runs his own company and it is on checkatrade !

I am happy

It's good to see you assisting in a bit of fraud. 

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MouldyOldDough said:

It was done yesterday at £35 cash  - rather than £50 (other method !)

It took him 10 minutes and he is qualified (C&G level 3) - he runs his own company and it is on checkatrade !

I am happy

Hi,

good, maybe bloke was in your area and had a spare 10 mins, no harm a making a few beer tokens.

GDB2222

MouldyOldDough said:

It was done yesterday at £35 cash  - rather than £50 (other method !)

It took him 10 minutes and he is qualified (C&G level 3) - he runs his own company and it is on checkatrade !

I am happy

That particular job is very straightforward. It’s hard to go wrong with wiring a pull cord light switch. The hardest part is making sure it stays screwed to the plasterboard ceiling.

MouldyOldDough

DanDare999 said:

MouldyOldDough said:

It was done yesterday at £35 cash  - rather than £50 (other method !)

It took him 10 minutes and he is qualified (C&G level 3) - he runs his own company and it is on checkatrade !

I am happy

It's good to see you assisting in a bit of fraud. 

Yes it is - I bet that most people would do the same if offered the option to save £15

DanDare999

MouldyOldDough said:

DanDare999 said:

MouldyOldDough said:

It was done yesterday at £35 cash  - rather than £50 (other method !)

It took him 10 minutes and he is qualified (C&G level 3) - he runs his own company and it is on checkatrade !

I am happy

It's good to see you assisting in a bit of fraud. 

Yes it is - I bet that most people would do the same if offered the option to save £15

It's a short term gain though, hopefully your disability doesn't mean you need to claim benefits and at some point in the future don't feel the pinch because there's no money in the pot for a cost of living rise. 

DanDare999

Oh look 

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6370399/civil-service-pensions#latest

Wouldn't be a problem if some didn't avoid paying tax. 

grumbler

DanDare999 said:

Oh look 

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6370399/civil-service-pensions#latest

Wouldn't be a problem if some didn't avoid paying tax. 

Wouldn't be a problem if some didn't fail collecting taxes. If cash payments are that easy to hide, make them illegal instead of blaming people lawfully paying cash. As simple as that.

Ebe_Scrooge

MouldyOldDough said:

he runs his own company and it is on checkatrade !

Glad you got it sorted.  For future reference though, being listed on Checkatrade means nothing - it's nothing more than an modern-day version of Yellow Pages.  Tradespeople pay to advertise on there, that's all it does.