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LisaAdmin
Age : 44 Join date : 2010-08-15 Location : Shropshire Posts : 8964
About Me! My Name: Lisa Status: Mummy Number of Children: 1
| Subject: Robbers!!! Wed Dec 08, 2010 1:46 am | |
| Went to Carpet Right today to get a carpet for Izzys room, didn't want an expensive one, worked out £125 for the carpet.....not bad Then they wanted another £125 for bog standard underlay and £85 to fit it Luckily I had already had a quote from the local carpet fitter fella who said £85 to fit AND supply the underlay! So I said to the woman that £85 to fit it is stupid and she had a fiddle with her calculator and said can't do for less than £45...so why'd you say £85 then if you can do it for £45?! Yet Carpet Right have the cheek to advertise 'you wont beat our prices'...hmm well I just did! |
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SuziandGracie
Age : 40 Join date : 2010-08-22 Location : Aldershot, Hants Posts : 1920
| Subject: Re: Robbers!!! Wed Dec 08, 2010 1:49 am | |
| we got our carpet off of ebay carpet, underlay and delivery £80 x these places charge daylight and legal robbery x |
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LisaAdmin
Age : 44 Join date : 2010-08-15 Location : Shropshire Posts : 8964
About Me! My Name: Lisa Status: Mummy Number of Children: 1
| Subject: Re: Robbers!!! Wed Dec 08, 2010 1:52 am | |
| Yeh I saw that - that's what I was going to get!
BUT my mum decided she would pay..and didnt want the one off ebay |
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J1
Age : 46 Join date : 2010-08-16 Location : England Posts : 2346
| Subject: Re: Robbers!!! Wed Dec 08, 2010 2:04 am | |
| i am the same, i have a friend who is a fitter so i never buy underlay or pay for fitting from th store!
robbing sods |
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CarlaAndCallum
Age : 37 Join date : 2010-08-17 Location : Essex Posts : 4673
About Me! My Name: Carla Status: Mummy Number of Children: 1
| Subject: Re: Robbers!!! Wed Dec 08, 2010 2:06 am | |
| Them places do rip you off x i hate when they say well we can do it for so so (alot less) its like wtf didnt u say that price in the first place |
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GraceBean&Pip
Join date : 2010-08-20 Location : Posts : 1566
| Subject: Re: Robbers!!! Wed Dec 08, 2010 2:09 am | |
| oh my life Lisa - that is taking the mik! And what on earth, like you say, why quote £85 but then 'can't do it for less than...' Thieving beggars xx |
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LisaAdmin
Age : 44 Join date : 2010-08-15 Location : Shropshire Posts : 8964
About Me! My Name: Lisa Status: Mummy Number of Children: 1
| Subject: Re: Robbers!!! Wed Dec 08, 2010 2:11 am | |
| I think they try it on big time, obviously they can do it for £45 with a reasonable profit, it would only take an hour and I bet they only pay their guy £20 for an hour, if that lol - so they make £25 at least just from the fitting
So if the buyer doesn't argue and pays £85 to fit then they make an extra £65!
The guy doing ours charges £45 to fit, which for an hour is about right for self employed stuff like that, and £40 for the underlay is trade price so he makes next to nothing on that
Just goes to show you have to barter for everything before you find out the 'real' price! |
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SemoandHaribo
Age : 37 Join date : 2010-08-24 Location : York Posts : 2823
About Me! My Name: Emma Status: Mummy Number of Children: 1
| Subject: Re: Robbers!!! Wed Dec 08, 2010 2:21 am | |
| OMG thats ridiculous, what a rip off!x |
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snoopy21
Join date : 2010-08-20 Posts : 5101
About Me! My Name: Status: Mummy Number of Children: 1
| Subject: Re: Robbers!!! Wed Dec 08, 2010 3:26 am | |
| Now that you'e explained that they prob only pay fitter £20 I can see what a rip off it is. I can be a mug sometimes and would prob just accept something like that and only think about it later when its too late! |
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Kate
Join date : 2010-08-15 Location : West Midlands Posts : 1349
About Me! My Name: Kate Status: Mummy Number of Children: 1
| Subject: Re: Robbers!!! Wed Dec 08, 2010 7:43 am | |
| That seems a lot, i had stair and landing carpet laid today and think the fitting and underlay was about £100 |
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GraceBean&Pip
Join date : 2010-08-20 Location : Posts : 1566
| Subject: Re: Robbers!!! Wed Dec 08, 2010 7:48 am | |
| Some ranges come with free underlay don't they - guess we know how they cover the cost of offering that though On a side note, new carpet may be my very most favourite smell xx |
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