OT ish. AA launch handyman service

Interesting news, the AA have launched a handyman service

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thoughts? It will probably raise awareness of the niche handyman services occupy, but their overheads will be reflected in their charges.

The B&Q handyman service appears to have been dropped.

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The Medway Handyman
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The AA trades on its reputation, and handymen have a high complaint level. Doesnt sound like a brilliant match.

NT

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NT

Sounds a perfect match. Overall, might even reduce the number of complaints. ;-)

The AA lost its reputation not long after it became a commercial operation.

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Dave Plowman (News)

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>>> My thoughts? It will probably raise awareness of the niche handyman

I don't :-)

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The Medway Handyman

Do you salute all your customers?

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Andy Burns

Not since he gave up the motorbike and sidecar :-)

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Tim Streater

and hopefully the pisspot helmet.... :>) JimK

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JimK

That's kept under his bed now. ;-)

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Bruce

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£11.95 per month = ~£140 per year for 'up to' £750 per incident ('hourly rate plus the materials used in the job'). Rather like the roadside service then. If you are useless and need to call someone out even to change a wheel, it probably is worthwhile have one number to call and

-hopefully- a timely response. OTOH will probably be too expensive for a non-emergency job, and the AA person will not be a specialist in plumbing/electrics etc. Like all insurance schemes it won't make a profit if there are too many claims. It seems any people view insurance not as a bet that they would prefer to lose, but more on the principle that having paid x in premiums you have not got your money's worth unless you put in for x+ claims.

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djc

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>>> My thoughts? It will probably raise awareness of the niche handyman

Not the roadside service that I and Dave Baker supply then:-)

Adamn

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ARWadsworth

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>>> My thoughts? It will probably raise awareness of the niche handyman

The "Home Emergency Response" part seems like just a competitor for Homeserve, but the other bit is interesting

"Services provided by Home Assist and Handy Squad will be charged at an hourly rate plus the materials used in the job"

I can't see that working for them or the customer somehow. Just too many variables. I wonder what our resident handyman thinks.

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stuart noble

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