"nemofish" wrote in message
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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?

I had a verbal quote from British Gas of around 16,000 for a 4 bedroom
house. They said it was so expensive because they had to guarantee
that
each room could be brought up to the required temperature within a
certain
length of time. I then found an excellent local company who are
currently
fitting the same system for 3,800. I don't see how BG can justify the
difference based on their guarantee.


Were they going to install a boiler in each bedroom?