On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 15:29:46 +0100, nemofish wrote:

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.



They don't need to. As long as enough punters believe that they are
getting a warm and fuzzy by dealing with "the gas board" then this
Turpinesque way of doing business will continue.


..andy

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