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Traders that quote one number for cash and another if cheque/bank transfer.


Is this practice justifiable?


I have a tradesman asking me for cash, he said he agreed this with my missus at the outset of the job....


Apparently his daily rate is ?20 cheaper if cash and that's what he quoted on.

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> Traders that quote one number for cash and another

> if cheque/bank transfer.

>

> Is this practice justifiable?

>

> I have a tradesman asking me for cash, he said he

> agreed this with my missus at the outset of the

> job....

>

> Apparently his daily rate is ?20 cheaper if cash

> and that's what he quoted on.


What did your wife say about it?

Jeremy Wrote:

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> Of course most tradesmen prefer cash. But I've not

> had someone offer me two different prices

> before... it's a pretty cunning way of pushing the

> blame of their morally dubious practises back onto

> the customer.


Another trick is to not add VAT onto their quote in order to look more competitive.

There's always a risk paying CIH as there's usually no paper work/receipt/guarantee, so you have little recourse if things go wrong...

Jeremy Wrote:

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> Oh, and I've also had the same trick ("it was a

> cash price all along, otherwise we wouldn't have

> given you this deal") for a 40K building job. When

> of course they'd made no such mention of this when

> quoting us.



Jeremy with all due respect you must have been very naive not to clarify things like VAT on a 40K job!


I'm happy paying cash if someone fixes my fence but any job over say ?2K it's proper quote all legit for any come backs etc (as RD says); same witha car but by a factor of a tenth.

Mustard Wrote:

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> Mick Mac Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Traders that quote one number for cash and

> another

> > if cheque/bank transfer.

> >

> > Is this practice justifiable?

> >

> > I have a tradesman asking me for cash, he said

> he

> > agreed this with my missus at the outset of the

> > job....

> >

> > Apparently his daily rate is ?20 cheaper if

> cash

> > and that's what he quoted on.

>

> What did your wife say about it?



She said - oh yeah that's right.


I'm with Jeremy on this.

*Bob* Wrote:

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> Anyway, why would paying cash deprive you of

> either a receipt for the money or a guarantee for

> the work, regardless of the amount?

>

> You only don't get these things if the trader

> refuses to give them to you.



Usually it's because the tradesman doesn't want a paper trail for the taxman to follow...

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