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Hi Guys,
Anyone heard of these people.
Had the phone call today,
Are you interested in more work?
What brands do you do?
What area etc?
Blah Blah BlahFor a one off payment of £150 + Vat we will add you to our tradesman contact list……. Oh I bet you would….
Anyone else had the phonecall?
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blokes wrote:For a one off payment of £150 + Vat
I’d be answering with two words and the second one would be “off”
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Just had it. Waited till he mentioned the ‘nominal fee’ and then told him how interested I was.
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Further to a recent telephone conversation, I am pleased to inform you that you qualify to be added to our Trusted Tradesmen contact list.
Homefix have been providers of home insurance cover for over 33 years and provide cover to over 400,000 homes across the UK Our rates for homeowners are the most competitive in the marketplace (only £16 p/m for our comprehensive cover compared to £40 with British Gas) and we pride ourselves in offering a cost-effective, efficient and reliable service to our customers.This directory is designed to assign a Trusted Tradesman to any given area throughout the UK, this is to ensure that the work being carried out is being done to our best ability and we are constantly getting excellent results therefore keeping clients happy.
You would be the primarily used Domestic Appliance Tradesman in XXXXXXXXXXX. You would not however be contractually obliged to take the work offered as we understand sometimes our Tradesmen’s workloads do not permit this.
Invoicing at HomeFix24/7 is processed every Wednesday so providing your invoice is with us by the close of business on Tuesday of the same week you will receive payment via BACS transfer or your preferred alternative the following day.
Our Company Registration Number is – 06134099
There is a fee of just £150 plus VAT per trade for your business to be added to our Trusted Traders list which will cover all administration costs for the duration of the year being listed with us.Re: Homefix
They don’t half get stroppy and huffy when you say no.
Told me I wasted his time and claimed I emailed him for information. Well he lies like a cheap watch because the address he claims we sent the email from is never used for emailing out.
Bunch of chancers if you ask me…. but I didn’t refuse point blank. I did say if they want work done they can pay upfront with a credit card but as for the £150 they can forget about that. I don’t think he was impressed.
What did impress me though was he can talk non-stop for several minutes without stopping to inhale.
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If this is their website, it looks like a scam to me:
Broken links on website, no obvious way for customers to access their services, premises not listed on the Royal Mail address file, asking for money up front from traders, etc.
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Parent company history: http://mainframegroup.net/history.html
Not a small company on the face of it and advertises as being FSA Regulated.
K.
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Well they claim to be in this building , And on the parent company which is
Bryan
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Just had a call from them.
Actually quite rude, because when I said ‘wait, you charge me £150 to do your work?’ they just hung up on me..I didn’t even get time to mock them over the phone. 🙁
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Got the same call from them too this morning. Not sure where they got the details from. Looks a bit iffy if you ask me by the looks of their website.
They says they have 3-4000 customers on their books. The law of advertising you get 1{e5d1b7155a01ef1f3b9c9968eaba33524ee81600d00d4be2b4d93ac2e58cec2d} response, so what the chances having a job with them? Slim to none.
It’s good to have ukw to warn us so keep up with good work.
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Being nosey, I looked on the site for an appliance repair in my area.
Got this:- Repairers in Bristol Can’t say I know them, but look well established
If you move onto their website:- Bloke in Blue boiler suit The guy is refitting the outer door seal band to a Zanussi Z919T (Trip down memory lane for me)
Bristol traditionally has a shortage of good appliance repairers, (too many chimney pots, not enough repair companies) so it does surprise me there is a need for them to use Homefix.
You never know it may well work for them?
Alex
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