Licensing For Flats in the Thanet Area

[ProDave]

That is why you do due diligence and obtain multiple quotes. If people are too lazy to search around for alternative options then clearly they have the money to simply right it off. This is what this guy done and the 'con' men are without work. Job done. 

But many people who know nothing about electrics and don't have the time to get a different electrician in, would just accept this.

After all, it was an NICEIC electrician, instructed by the council, who said this work is necessary, and this is how much it will cost. So I suspect a lot of people would just, begrudgingly, accept that it needs doing and pay up.  And the nicey man would be laughing all the way to the bank.

Charging a price above the market rate, for a job that does not even need doing, is just about the perfect example of a confidence trick, and I thought illegal.

I think it is shocking that a local authority appears to be in cahoots with this scam.

 

[Blue Duck]

Local authorities are run by  :animal:

All it takes is one idiot up top to have a brain wave or have their arm twisted or be convinced by the man from Nicey and they all follow suit.

If they were forced to function like a private company they would be bankrupt within a week due to incompetence.

Did I mention I work for an LA and the NHS?

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[Blue Duck]

@Canoeboy

Most of the people we work with are good at what they do and genuinely care about the people they work for.

Go higher up the chain and things go drastically downhill!