"David Pashley" wrote in message
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Clive George wrote:


FWIW I wouldn't be pushing the small baby thing too hard in this group
(you
did mention it as a reason to get a discount later). There are quite a
lot
of older readers who raised kids before CH was the norm.

Your assumptions about my age and child-rearing experience are 100%
wrong, as it happens. Anyway, it's the lack of HW that's the main
problem, and I doubt any of us are ancient enough to predate that
amenity.

Also, I didn't raise the fact that we have a baby in order to engender
sympathy or some sort of discount, but initially to emphasize the
urgency of the situation,

perhaps the slightly unsympathetic hearing is because you had a
vulnerability to single point failure, no maintenance contract and no plan B

and subsequently to point out that I will not
be exploited by "professionals" who think it's OK to charge more
because of this vulnerability.


I'm no friend of installers but where is the evidence of your assertion?
You only have one quote, which the consensus here thinks is probably
reasonable - because its winter and others have a need for urgent repair
services - and not because it exploits your vulnerability.

Jim A