"Derek Geldard" wrote in message
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On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:19:47 +0000, Andy Hall
wrote:


At the prices they charge I would wear a dress!
http://tinyurl.com/yszrsr

Jesus H Christ. Not cheap...

The question is whether they are making acceptable sales at those
prices. If they are then it's not dear either.

At this point in time. 8-|

Amongst the examples given are fixing a BBQ or Patio heater, or
replacing a light switch. At B&Q prices it would be cheaper to get
wised up.

They also seem to have a strange business model whereby the customer
has to supply the consumable / free issue items, such as touch up
paint, cable ties, fixers and fasteners etc. as well as the "piece de
resistance" they want and just buys a tranch of handyman time by the
hour and pays for it all at the till.

I wonder what happens if the job over runs?

I can forsee that when a dear old lady chooses a nice new coat rack
and it so turns out the fastenings she has obtained are unsuitable for
the walls she has an altercation may arise followed by a sense of
dissatisfaction at the what some might consider a dis-proportionate
increase in labour cost because of the additional (wasted) labour
time.

Allowing the client to buy the fixings is asking for trouble IMO


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