F##@ing Estate agents - bag of boll@@ks!!!

[buchhawk]

For £450 I would have swam

Not a lot doing at the min

Ken

[Midnight]

Originally Posted by buchhawk

For £450 I would have swam

And I am sure you would have done a better job even with a wet tool!!!

[aqua0]

Originally Posted by Diving Dude

l can't see why you're annoyed, they lost the keys and agreed to replace the locks or pay for the locks to be replaced, which seems fair to me.

You then try to charge them for a days lost work to replace how many locks? two or maybe three, about an hours work.
So you try to overcharge them, they realize this and refuse to pay.

Actually, I am self employed and it was 5 locks in total including a garage door. The cheapest quote I got over the phone was £400 and the earliest availability was in 2 weeks. I only charged them what it had actually cost me. I live 15 miles away from the property and it took a couple of days to get the garage door lock. Consequently, I had to check on the house every day in the meantime to make sure that some toe rag hadn't liberated me from my central heating system and whatever else they could rip out. I lost a days worth of work due to the urgency of the situation.
So, is a £250 bill to the EA really overcharging? I don't think so.

[Tricky]

You could try getting 3 quotes together. Providing they're all at least as much as you're asking for, if not more, then taking the "look how much you might have paid" approach might work.

[MattS]

Originally Posted by aqua0

Actually, I am self employed

Could you perhaps branch into the lock changing market for a month?

[Fiji Dave]

Originally Posted by aqua0

Actually, I am self employed and it was 5 locks in total including a garage door. The cheapest quote I got over the phone was £400 and the earliest availability was in 2 weeks. I only charged them what it had actually cost me. I live 15 miles away from the property and it took a couple of days to get the garage door lock. Consequently, I had to check on the house every day in the meantime to make sure that some toe rag hadn't liberated me from my central heating system and whatever else they could rip out. I lost a days worth of work due to the urgency of the situation.
So, is a £250 bill to the EA really overcharging? I don't think so.

Ah, now that probably changes it a bit then. You probably can charge for lost earnings. And yes, they'd be stupid not to pay the cheaper option!

If they still agree to pay for a locks though, you could always get a locksmith out, change the locks and send them the bill. Then when they see how much they have to pay you can smugly point out how much it would have cost if they'd paid the first bill, but as they refused and would only pay for a professional it's cost them more. It won't save you money but it might feel good to make them pay a higher bill?