LBMEFM
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| posted on 1/3/15 at 05:22 AM |
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Overcharging
I recently had some work carried out on my own house by my regular plumber. I over saw the work being very busy on other building sites on completion
I left the payment of the invoice to my wife. At the end of the month I noticed that he had a £1,000.00 unexplained item on the invoice. When I asked
him what it was for he replied "additional materials" but was unable to give me a breakdown, when I said I was not happy with this he
replied "tough your wife agreed the cost and paid" so that's it as far as I am concerned. My question is, is it worth pursuing the
matter legally or indeed is it really just tough on me?
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 1/3/15 at 07:28 AM |
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Have a word with trading standards? If he is a tradesman that you use on a regular basis on other jobs I would not use him
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BenB
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| posted on 1/3/15 at 08:06 AM |
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What he's suggesting that your wife agreeing to pay previously unspecified amounts for unspecified extra equipment is somehow a contract 
looks like he doesn't want any more work! Unfortunately less recourse after payment has been made. A grand is a lot of money. It's not
unreasonable to enquire again what these "extras" were. Any good contractor would do that so their customer was comfortable with the
bill. If in doubt trading standards or just name and shame for anyone googling them....
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40inches
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| posted on 1/3/15 at 10:18 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by LBMEFM
I recently had some work carried out on my own house by my regular plumber.
Should that read "EXregular plumber? If you put a lot of work his way, it looks like he doesn't want any more!
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Ben_Copeland
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| posted on 1/3/15 at 10:42 AM |
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Moral of this story is. Don't leave it to the wife!
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mk85
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| posted on 1/3/15 at 11:08 AM |
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I am a stone mason by trade and I split my invoices down to each single item.
I would politely refuse to pay until your invoice is clearly broken down and each item is identified and allocated for.
Legally I wouldn't worry as long as you state you will pay the bill once you know what's it for.
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chrism
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| posted on 1/3/15 at 12:54 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mk85
I am a stone mason by trade and I split my invoices down to each single item.
I would politely refuse to pay until your invoice is clearly broken down and each item is identified and allocated for.
Legally I wouldn't worry as long as you state you will pay the bill once you know what's it for.
Sounds like its already been payed, so I guess it would be a case of speaking to trading standards or citizens advice burea and trying to get a
breakdown of the cost, as I would definately say that £1000 is way to high for a misc items invoice, maybes £20/£30 would be acceptable. Possiby the
only course of action could be a small claims approach.
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perksy
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| posted on 1/3/15 at 01:54 PM |
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Could it be He priced it too low in the first place to get the work and has then thought he'd put it on at the end of the job ?
Any decent tradesman shouldn't have an issue with giving you a breakdown of the work, unless he has something to hide of course....
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LBMEFM
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| posted on 1/3/15 at 07:34 PM |
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Thanks guys for your suggestions, why are some people so despicable
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