Hey all,
Just moved into our new house 2 weeks ago in sydney. Just wanted to vent out and give fellow home one members a heads up.
A removalist advertised his services for $50/hr for two men. I confirmed this over the phone when i spoke to him and he said that its $50 per hour minimum 3 hours. But when he came round he said he will do the move for $350, take it or leave it. Since it was too late we had to pay the $350 for the move. Make sure guys that you specifically say to these guys over the phone you will be paying them the hourly rate and don't bother comming around if they are going to change the price. I've found out that this was their tactic and they always do this.
It gets better with the anntenna guys. These guys "teamante**a.com.au" gave me a quote of $298 for full installation over the phone. That was fine, i told her also that if the antenna needed a booster i would not have it installed. She said yeah thats okay we will tell the antenna installers when they come and test it. So they came arount this morning, did some tests and they told me that i needed a booster so i said that i did not want it installed. What she didn't tell me was that i will be hit with a $88 service fee for comming out and giving me the final quote/test. The installer was on the phone to the lady and she said she told me over the phone. I told him that she did not tell me and that i wont be paying. Little did she know that i called (our original conversation) from work and all my telephone conversations are tapped. So be aware guys some of these smaller companies try to rip you off anytime they can. The installer said this was a new thing charging customers when they come over for a quote and was not up on the website yet. What a joke.
Sorry for the long vent buy i'm so annoyed that these things happen. Just be careful with these tradies (not all tradies are bad mind you).