NAPIT slams BBC Watchdog

[WarrenG]

NAPIT slams BBC Watchdog

10 June 2010

In a recent BBC Watchdog episode the Rogue Traders team investigated an unregistered electrician scamming customers by selling unnecessary work and electrical equipment that wasn

 

[Lee321]

has the bbc acknowledged the complaint?

 

[WarrenG]

Don't know it was dated Friday?

 

[kme]

Was that the same prog. I came on here about, and said I`d complained to `em as well?? I think maybe it was.......

And I`ve still not heard anything back.

Well done Napit - Where were the rest of the em????

 

[Theorysparky]

Should there not be a half hour program on why the public should use

competent/registered electricians* and Gas safe heating and plumbing engineers

*I say competent as these people notifiy where necessary

would it frighten jo public to see what could happen using cowboys ? yes

so why doesnt the beeb do it ?

surely we pay a tax to them so we should have a say ?

Maybe the government should intervene

 

[a1]

Should there not be a half hour program on why the public should usecompetent/registered electricians* and Gas safe heating and plumbing engineers

*I say competent as these people notifiy where necessary

would it frighten jo public to see what could happen using cowboys ? yes

so why doesnt the beeb do it ?

surely we pay a tax to them so we should have a say ?

Maybe the government should intervene

The ONLY freeview channel that I believe, has the 'guts' to do and show such a thing is Channel 4.

 

[kme]

Don`t worry:

Although Apache, the forum`s automated thread finder is currently faulty -

http://www.talk.electricianforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=10039

I went out and located it, at great time & expense to myself...........

 

[Apache]

Don`t worry:Although Apache, the forum`s automated thread finder is currently faulty -

http://www.talk.electricianforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=10039

I went out and located it, at great time & expense to myself...........

Some of us have staff off so are doing 2 people's jobs at once! I was writing a report at 11.30pm last night!

 

[kme]

Whaddya want? A flippin` medal

Bless!

Some of us don`t staff, and have to do everything ourselves anyway.

 

[batty]

What you have got to remember the BBC are like the government they don't listen to what people are say they are too important to listen to what we are saying.

 

[M107]

Was that the same prog. I came on here about, and said I`d complained to `em as well?? I think maybe it was.......And I`ve still not heard anything back.

Well done Napit - Where were the rest of the em????

Same here

 

[fletchflash]

I thought that watchdog was disgraceful. Not only did they fail to mention anything about part p, they also failed to mention anything about any relevant regulations like circuits needing to be rcd protected. Although the two guys where clearly ripping people off there was some truth in what the younger bloke was saying.

Now when i do a quote for work and have to quote board change/upgrade to bring it in line with regs i feel like people think im trying to rip them off.

 

[kme]

This was why we tried to kick up a fuss at the time. It`s just a shame more of the "big guns" didn`t throw their muscle into the fray

KME