- Joined
- Jan 31, 2018
- Messages
- 3,374
- Reaction score
- 3,789
- Location
- The Tropic of Trafford
- Hardiness Zone
- Keir Hardy
- Country
One of the advantages of being a member of a golf club, you get to know fellow members in all sorts of trades, so you can get some good deals.
Twenty years ago a self employed electrician re-wired our house, which saved me £1,000.
Teo years ago a gas heating engineer changed our combi boiler. He wasn't as cheap as a couple of quotes from companies who can get the appliances at discount prices, but it was half the price of a British Gas "gold plated system." (How can their boilers be any good if their penguin is always wearing a coat and scarf?) I know he'll come out at any time if there's a problem, but it's been perfect since day one.
My car is serviced by a member with his own small car repair business.
On Friday I was playing with a new member who works in the office for the cable company that supplies our TV phone and internet. Aftter a conversation as we went round, I got an e-mail from him this morning to say that he'd looked at my account and applied the discounts to which I'm entitled but the call centre had never offered me when I'd queried how much I was paying a few weeks ago. He's saving me £240 a year. That's nearly a third of my golf club yearly subscription.
Twenty years ago a self employed electrician re-wired our house, which saved me £1,000.
Teo years ago a gas heating engineer changed our combi boiler. He wasn't as cheap as a couple of quotes from companies who can get the appliances at discount prices, but it was half the price of a British Gas "gold plated system." (How can their boilers be any good if their penguin is always wearing a coat and scarf?) I know he'll come out at any time if there's a problem, but it's been perfect since day one.
My car is serviced by a member with his own small car repair business.
On Friday I was playing with a new member who works in the office for the cable company that supplies our TV phone and internet. Aftter a conversation as we went round, I got an e-mail from him this morning to say that he'd looked at my account and applied the discounts to which I'm entitled but the call centre had never offered me when I'd queried how much I was paying a few weeks ago. He's saving me £240 a year. That's nearly a third of my golf club yearly subscription.
