28-06-2016, 12:48 PM
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Re: Fed up with being ripped off for 'disabled' devices.
Originally Posted by Tpin
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I e done the shower/wet room. Thankfully.Drive in shower, lift up/lower basin etc.
Fitted new French Windows, new ramp to garden.
The rest can be done to shut her needs but we won't know what until she's home.
I've not given her the bill yet.......it'll be x3 +30%...of course
but you don't fool us you are just a very nice man.
28-06-2016, 01:36 PM
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Re: Fed up with being ripped off for 'disabled' devices.
I was tempted to say "you was robbed" but given you did the comparison with a standard car engine hoist and yet still bought the marked-up one, you really only have yourself to blame.In all honesty I think the £185 engine hoist is a rip off too. I mean it's nothing more than a few lengths of steel tubing weldied together and a hydrolic. You could probably get a local welder / tradesman to knock one up for £100.
Being ripped off is my primary pet hate, it's what drives me to be a realist, to look for scams, to look for corruption wherever money is involved. If I have to buy anything, I will always research thoroughly, see if I can make my own or see if I can get it from a local provider.
It's clearly wrong that they exploit disabled products that way though.
28-06-2016, 01:45 PM
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Re: Fed up with being ripped off for 'disabled' devices.
Originally Posted by Realist
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I was tempted to say "you was robbed" but given you did the comparison with a standard car engine hoist and yet still bought the marked-up one, you really only have yourself to blame.In all honesty I think the £185 engine hoist is a rip off too. I mean it's nothing more than a few lengths of steel tubing weldied together and a hydrolic. You could probably get a local welder / tradesman to knock one up for £100.
Being ripped off is my primary pet hate, it's what drives me to be a realist, to look for scams, to look for corruption wherever money is involved. If I have to buy anything, I will always research thoroughly, see if I can make my own or see if I can get it from a local provider.
It's clearly wrong that they exploit disabled products that way though.
As far as 'I only have myself to blame'....wrong.
I didn't have an option.
Apart from the fact my mum would remove my balls for even suggesting she use an engine hoist there's H&S to contend with.
The care company cannot allow their employee's to use anything other than apparatus fit for purpose nor anything 'used' unless accompanied by an 'apparatus checked and passed' certificate.
Sometimes your need to find fault distorts rational thinking.
28-06-2016, 01:52 PM
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Re: Fed up with being ripped off for 'disabled' devices.
Originally Posted by malcolm
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Look for your disabled devices on ebay, TP.I have just seen a hoist just like your require for £297
I'm probably a bit too wary when it comes to eBay.
When parting with money for something like this, tools, ladders. Scaffold etc I need to see them, in the flesh, so to speak.
My own fault, I suppose.
I will have a look in future, thanks.
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