Cost to replace 25 lightbulbs- Have I being overcharged

May 11, 2009 39 Replies

Hi



I am a first time poster here so I hope that I do not upset anyone by asking something stupid.



I paid an electrician £100 for some work he did at my second home. It seems that all he has done is change a couple of perfectly good working lightbulbs for low energy ones (25 in all).



Have I been ripped off by this working class oink and should I have asked for a dodgy receipt to make a bit of cash on the side for myself



Yours



David Willetts


What did you ask him to do?

How long did he spend doing it? Because £100 is only going to buy a couple of hours' time, if that. And changing 12 lightbulbs in an hour is pretty fast work, if they're inaccessible and he has to move a ladder around, move furniture to get access etc.

Owain

David Willletts coughed up some electrons that declared:

Yes - at that price he's obviously used dodgey Tesco Value 4 for a quid CFLs. They'll be dead inside 3 months.

Why not - might as well hang for a cow as a goat. Get him back after summer to replace them again!

Good one!

I think you've possibly missed something :-)

Go here :-

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Big grin :-)

Paxo was asking about you tonight .He called you David "Two Brains" Willetts

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I'd never heard of the knob, politicians bore me rigid.

Mind you, if it was him, my reply would have been about right

I'll get me coat....

politicians bore me rigid.

You have also never heard of La Ciccionolla.

Adam

In message , David Willletts writes

You should cuff the boundah robustly around the ear

In message , Tim S writes

Easy tiger he's from Chatham

takes time ...

In message , ARWadsworth writes

Little chance of rigidity there

'orrible cow

No one had before you mentioned the name. I suspect you're thinking of La Cicciolina.

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Adam

You and me both. I wonder how long it will be before they invent a replacement for their lost allowances? I think we need to make sure that= an independent body is also bought in to oversee/approve their expenses = as well. Yes the two are separate.

I gave up trying to understand the contradictory and abusive english of =

the OP but I agree =A3100 to supply and replace 25 lamps is about right.=

Wouldn't climb over her to get at you geoff ;-)

independent body is also bought in to oversee/approve their expenses as

When we were doing the Part P consultative response, I recall thinking to myself "but surely MP's are going to end up paying extra to get Part P stuff done too?" Well, I was clearly wide of the mark -- _we_ pay to get MP's Part P stuff done, so they couldn't give a, um, stuff about that either!

Whoooosh

I believe three were over the moat and two under the tennis court and the majority were in a chandelier!!!

John

I like the comment one Italian made on the youtube reference I gave. In rough translation:

"No style, no rythm, can't sing, can't dance, can't even act a little."

Don't diss me Wotfud man, I aint no chav, I is part of the Rochester massive innit.

Oh dear. Its Tanner OP again, hiding behind a new name. Not very good at it are you?

I have listed all the sensible & valid points you have made below and have given them the response & respect they deserve.

How many light bulbs does it take to troll an MP? Or have I got that one wrong?

Regards, Nick Maclaren.

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