"Mogga" wrote in message
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On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:41:05 -0700, wrote:


I'd like to get my gas meter moved (from just inside the front door to
a meter or so outside, in our front garden). My gas supplier
(Scottish Power) said that I had to get their contractor (Scotia) to
do it.

The quote's come in at over £700 for what, at a guess, is probably
about half a day's work.


Did you fill in the form?
The bloke who came out to me in the end said if I'd rung them and told
them the trenches were all dug I could have basically had the meter
wherever for a lot less.


I've just had a new gas service installed.
With National Grid doing all the work: £550
With me digging the trench on my property, all 13m of it: £240
No guesses for which quote I went with.

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