Emergencyelectricianuk.co.uk heard of them?

[Gavin John Hyde]

Just had a text come out of the blue asking if i cover BA1 which is essentially half of the north part of Bath and outside my building.
Clearly they didnt read my website when searching and getting my number! As they would have seen a headline saying bath and surrounding areas!
Offering €69 per hour plus parts to go out. Paid by customer. Havent responded but have anybody heard of them?
Sounds like one of them fly by night outfits fleecing folk and creaming off the top for passing the job along.

 

[123]

Well, why would they do it all for free?

Haven't heard of them, and don't plan on working for them, but it's not all that different to working for a building or the likes. They all stick a bit on your bill. The main thing in any of it is to ensure you get paid. Which with builders, plumbers etc I work for is fine, but all I read about this type of outfit is chasing your money.

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

The DIRECT from customer bit is bold which makes me think twice about them, being paid by customer is one thing but i like to know who I am contracted to / with. Also if you cant be bothered to pick up the phone and call me then I cant be bothered to reply to your texts, you can gauge a lot from a simple phonecall.

 

[Deleted member 105166]

Their website offers a variety of emergency services (also plumbers, locksmiths, glaziers, etc.) and their terminology states the customer has to pay a "deposit" on their website first, with the "balance" paid to the tradesman attending. After paying the deposit, the customer has to call a mobile phone number.
I imagine HMRC may find this arrangement interesting, as the above suggests they are not simply charging an introduction fee and acting as an agent, instead they are buying and reselling the whole service, so should be accounting for VAT on the whole value of the sale.
Of course they may be doing this and everything may be totally legitimate, however the absence of an office address and a land telephone number are often typical signs to the contrary, of "here today, gone tomorrow" businesses run by people with a couple of mobile phones who have recently discovered Google Adwords, with no knowledge of the industry.

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

the bloke just rang me asking how much i charge per hour and could i go out! assume he has had nobody reply or accept the job then.
Told him I can't help, and this time of night I wouldnt be getting the tools on the van for less than £90 per hour. In anycase i cant drive as i have been drinking lovely cider.
told me job is burlington street in Bath which could either be the s**t hole side full of junkies, and grow houses or the posh apartments at the top side. eitherway its best avoided this time of night.
Says the person has no power to property at all and tried resetting usual bits in consumer unit with no luck, so i told him call western power or his energy supplier.

 

[Deleted member 105166]

told me job is burlington street in Bath which could either be the s**t hole side full of junkies, and grow houses

...where for some reason they run high powered lamps/heaters 24/7 in the height of a hot summer, generally on botched wiring & overloaded circuits...

 

[123]

I doubt your ever going to get a legit call out to a grow house / a property growing weed. They generally aren't that stupid.

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

I doubt your ever going to get a legit call out to a grow house / a property growing weed. They generally aren't that stupid.

True, but at the same time its not the street you want to park om at night as you will likely come out to find your van has been looted. The junkies up there will smash a cars windows to get loose change and coppers from the dash. A loaded van would be like a lotto win to them!