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Why are your trades people demanding ridiculously high charges?

Posted by Mary J McKean, on
A simple job which should take 6 hours maximum with very little expertise needed had a quote for £800., and the company then advised me that another of their clients had quoted more than a £1000 before considering it. Then I was asked why I hadn’t let others quote!
Edward Thompson

Edward Thompson

Hi Mary you are under no obligation to have the work carried out so if you think the quote is excessive do not have it done. You do not say what the very simple job is so could not really say how long it would take or what materials may be required but from my own experience customers do not always understand what is involved. Ed

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