On 29 Jul 2004 06:25:32 -0700, (Andrew) wrote:

Had British Gas in to quote for installation of gas central heating
today. Nice simple job, so they said, 2 bed house, combi boiler etc
etc. 4,400 quid.

Took a look at the first online place i could find selling the precise
model of boiler they itemised on the quote, 578 quid plus vat,
compared to 1911 plus vat from BG. Utterly, utterly remarkable.

Is this sort of mark up usual for BG?


That's on the conservative side.

The manufacturer's recommended retail is probably around £900-1000,
however, it may be that BG included flues etc. in their quote for the
boiler and it would be separate at the online place.

If you go to a local heating engineer for the same package as BG, then
I would expect the quote to be in the £2500-3000 area for the whole
thing.


..andy

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