Healthcheck

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Traditionally we repairers have been glad to see a work provider knocking on the door with an offer of work, the number of times it happens just when your need it most, is amazing. So much so, we perhaps have let slide the need to ensure that these companies are sound and creditworthy.
In recent times we have had several companies disappear on us all, owing thousands of pounds to those who can afford it least. The first company to go under on me was WAM(Wilkins Appliance Marketing) taking me for several hundreds of pounds, over 10 years ago, from the ashes came Servevast, who tried to contra what was owed to WAM from the new work done by their new agents. When Power Network went it took a friend of mine for £20,000 plus, me I was lucky, the lying b****rds only took me for £2,400. If any of you tried to get monies out of them 3 months before they went you’ll know why I use the expression “lying b****rds”.
We have had percentage payments from a work provider, who I have caught out not paying me for work, it has been paid for (when I kicked up about it my reward was to get kicked of the network), beware the toad who did that is now working for a manufacturer. Now we read where the repairers have to fund an extra 5{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} increase in the management fee from their {e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} of the repair cost. So it is us, the repairer who stump up, to support in life and death these companies, whats worse is that we have let them do this to us.

I reckon we should start to do the sort of credit checks and take references that are applied to us. Try opening a trade account with a supplier, try opening a bank account, without references and history, it is difficult if not impossible. So why do we let companies take us for a ride, why do we sanction them taking 23{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} of the available monies as a management fee? Is there an alternative? I wonder what your thoughts are….
Mine are quite simple, when the writing is on the wall, beware!

Kevin

[Martin]

Re: Healthcheck

kheath wrote:why do we sanction them taking 23{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} of the available monies as a management fee?

Nice work if you can get it eh? No wonder someone else (very recently as it happens) is nuzzling in to try and get a slice of the cake 😯

Martin

[kwatt]

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Yeah, the problm is Martin, it’s OUR cake! 😕

Hence I’ve always preffered to work as a direct as opposed to an indirect agent, plus the support is far, far superior as a general rule.

But anyway, back to the point…

You’re absolutely correct Kevin and it’s something that we’ve discussed briefly in the past doing but we’d have to pay for it. 🙁

But that doesn’t mean to say it can’t be done at all, it could easily be done under the subscribers remit. All we need do is get prices for running credit checks as UKW and then share the information as it is required, I can see no real issue or obstacle in doing that if people want it done. Also with the costs being shared between us it should be cheap as well as a very useful addition that could save us all a lot of grief.

K.

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