British Gas Replacement Boiler Quote

[Keefy]

Thought this boiler replacement quote from British Gas including a full breakdown of works was interesting. Especially the bit where it says:

Building Work (Engineer to supply/collect bricks) £209. Uh?

 

[ManchesterGas]

Cheers for the link!


Overpriced or what

 

[vern]

Install auto bypass £126 ?

 

[SimonG]

The cust is an absolute muppet though.

 

[Leo21]

Some custs are like a rabbit in headlights, they're so scared of cowboys. With all the things on telly etc etc. I think the blame firmly lies with bg, who are a complete rinse. How many custs have you had that hang on every word you say, and you still don't rip them off.

 

[snowhead]

Thought this boiler replacement quote from British Gas including a full breakdown of works was interesting. Especially the bit where it says:

Building Work (Engineer to supply/collect bricks) £209. Uh?

That's to core drill the new flue hole and patch up the old hole with bricks.

 

[lame plumber]

same old same old if bg turn up with new vans and big heads alls wonderful, despite the fact it isnt.

 

[petercj]

The daft logic of paying well over the odds is that the customer gets a bigger discount.

BG market their installs based on the "saving" the customer gets through the discount given.

The principles of daft logic suggest that the more you pay for something the better it will be, so getting a larger discount by paying a lot more seems like a bargain.

Plus, because of the name Centrica (British Gas) inherited people trust the brand and assume the price will be justified by a high standard of work.

The ASA say their mission is to:-

"Our mission is to ensure that advertising in all media is legal, decent, honest and truthful, to the benefit of consumers, business and society."
[from the ASA website]


Bamboozling people with advertising is not illegal, and is the product of an industry that enjoys great rewards for legally misleading people.

The ASA, rather like Trading Standards, are organisations used to give false assurance regarding protection for the consumer. They will occasionally pick off some breach of their codes/ regulations to justify their existence (usually a small trader). When it comes to a company like BG, they are like Nelson when he put his telescope to his blind eye and said: "I see no ships!"

The rules of the jungle are: "buyer beware", whoever the company is - BG being a classic example.

I think it's fair to say that BG products don't contain horse meat, but there is quite a bit of what comes out of the back end of horses in their advertising.

 

[SimonG]

Cheers for the link!


Overpriced or what

I see you've had you're knuckles rapped on the MSE forum

 

[snowhead]

I see you've had you're knuckles rapped on the MSE forum

So it's a Money saving forum and they don't want people trying to help someone to save money??

Or is MSE allied to BG now?

 

[SimonG]

Apparently you are not allowed to tout for work. I wonder if you could have got away with posting a link to UKPF to find a plumber/heating engineer?

I've had an interesting half hour reading through the 'Is This Quote Fair?' section.

 

[hammers4spanner]

to be fair although bg use hard sell tactics which imo are completely wrong i am quite happy with the way the operate as long as their prices are ridiculosly high then more chance we have of winning work if we quote against them

 

[erpkid]

The daft logic of paying well over the odds is that the customer gets a bigger discount.

BG market their installs based on the "saving" the customer gets through the discount given.

The principles of daft logic suggest that the more you pay for something the better it will be, so getting a larger discount by paying a lot more seems like a bargain.

Plus, because of the name Centrica (British Gas) inherited people trust the brand and assume the price will be justified by a high standard of work.

The ASA say their mission is to:-

"Our mission is to ensure that advertising in all media is legal, decent, honest and truthful, to the benefit of consumers, business and society."
[from the ASA website]


Bamboozling people with advertising is not illegal, and is the product of an industry that enjoys great rewards for legally misleading people.

The ASA, rather like Trading Standards, are organisations used to give false assurance regarding protection for the consumer. They will occasionally pick off some breach of their codes/ regulations to justify their existence (usually a small trader). When it comes to a company like BG, they are like Nelson when he put his telescope to his blind eye and said: "I see no ships!"

The rules of the jungle are: "buyer beware", whoever the company is - BG being a classic example.

I think it's fair to say that BG products don't contain horse meat, but there is quite a bit of what comes out of the back end of horses in their advertising.

Yes it is the old tariff plus 20 less 10 ploy or with these scamps more like plus 40 less 5 :sad_smile:

 

[ManchesterGas]

I see you've had you're knuckles rapped on the MSE forum

Yes, I've been told off and had my account deleted lol.

 

[PlumbersMate]

£67 to install 3m of pipe? Lol

 

[Reg Man]

What a rip off, being charged to install the electrical controls and then being charged seperatley to wire the boiler. Charging for not having enviromental assessment. Duplication is how you get your quotes up? Da...DADADA....DADA.DA.DA.

 

[iain85]

Looks like 3 different charges just for the condensate!