When is a half price installation not a half price installation ?

[modeller]

The answer is when its in a B&Q Sale ! Firstly they add on a �420 surcharge and secondly the offer only covers a part of the installation, the plumbing. Anything else such as tiling and bonding, adds a further �1200 odd to the bill. May I thank all those subscribers who gave me their advice and told me of their similar experiences.

[anotheoldgit]

Most of these half price sales are a scam anyway. The time has come for the Trading Standards/Consumer Protection Groups etc. to step in and investigate what is going off.

[on.knowledge]

wassup AOG?
have the folks in News sent you to Coventry?

[Postdog]

and what pees me off is how things are constantly new or improved. Just how many times can something supposedly be improved?

[sara3]

modeller, I've had exactly the same experience. B&Q quoted me �4300 to do my bathroom last year. this year with 50% of the bathroom goods and 50% of installation it came to �5300.

I then found out that they artificially bumped up their prices pre-Christmas to make this "offer".

apparently they were selling a toilet for �50. pre-Christmas it was put up to �120, so now you can get it half price, �60!

trading standards and the office of fair trading aren't interested. they can basically charge what they like, so long as the goods/service actually were the pre-sale prices they state.

[on.knowledge]

i love B&Q they are brilliant

[on.knowledge]

sara i have revised my quote for your bathromm �4299.99

[sara3]

cheers nk! B&Q's final offer was �5k.

actually their original quote was �3800. I exaggerated!

okay, I couldn't remember, and guessed :o)