Do I look really rich

[Alice]

OK Grapes, I'm sure you can answer this one.

I needed to have my satellite dish moved because it was in the wrong place to fit with my new conservatory.
2 men came and did it in 1 hour. Good job.
Total cost £175. Seems exorbitant to me.

Is it that price because I look really rich, my husband looks soft in the head or is that just the going rate.

[SarzWix]

Seems a lot to me too Alice. I know you can get the whole 'FreeSat' set-up for £150, which is the dish fitted. a Sky box, and all the free channels. So I can't understand why it would cost more just to have the dish moved

[scarey55]

It happens

When we moved from a "cheap" area to a more expensive one, we found the prices went up. Didn't make any difference though, we were still as poor as church mice.

Sounds expensive to me though We did it ourselves here.

EDIT: When I say we, I mean of course, my OH - KK

[Snadger]

Did you not ask? or shop around before hand Alice?

[Alice]

That's what I thought too Sarwix. When we had it installed last year it was only £90 and that included the dish and the digi box. But maybe that was a bargain.

[Alice]

Yes Snadger, I did know how much it would be before they did the work. I did try to get another quote but there was only 1 other local company and they didn't return my calls. The company who did it advertised themselves as guaranteed to beat any other quote - but I couldn't get one. And I'm in the middle of building works so I had to have it moved sharpish to let the workers get on with what they need to do. Maybe I'm just soft in the head.

[bubblewrap]

That does sound a tad pricey Alice
I suppose we are lucky we have cable (Virgin/NTL) telephone/broadband/television costs us about £40 a month.

[Hazel at the Hill]

*tsk

Irritating though it is to feel that you've 'had one over you', Alice, 'tis done now and you have the work done, and all is well and working (I should hope!)

You will have your beautiful conservatory very shortly completed, and be able to watch the tele too!

One of those things, I think

[Snadger]

Yes Snadger, I did know how much it would be before they did the work. I did try to get another quote but there was only 1 other local company and they didn't return my calls. The company who did it advertised themselves as guaranteed to beat any other quote - but I couldn't get one. And I'm in the middle of building works so I had to have it moved sharpish to let the workers get on with what they need to do. Maybe I'm just soft in the head.

You MUST just look rich then Alice! Whereas I look exceedingly poor...........in fact if I carried a tin around I'm sure people would stick money in it!!!!!!!Lol

[bubblewrap]

You MUST just look rich then Alice! Whereas I look exceedingly poor...........in fact if I carried a tin around I'm sure people would stick money in it!!!!!!!Lol

Umph I'm that poor I sell pegs to the gypsies.

[bazzaboy]

Alice, take solace in the fact that now the government is spending money as if it’s going out of fashion that it will in fact go out of fashion (i.e. result in rampant inflation) at which point £175 will seem cheap. Whether we’ll be able to watch the end of the world on telly I’m not sure, have Sky signed that contract yet? b.

[zazen999]

Alice, take solace in the fact that now the government is spending money as if it’s going out of fashion that it will in fact go out of fashion (i.e. result in rampant inflation) at which point £175 will seem cheap. Whether we’ll be able to watch the end of the world on telly I’m not sure, have Sky signed that contract yet? b.

That's chipper Bazza!!! Of course Sky will have first dibs on the tele-visual rights of the End of the World...the BBC will have sold those off yonks ago for tuppence, with the government preparing to issue wheelbarrows for us all to carry our cash around in by the end of the decade.

[Oleander]

it'll probably be pay per view!

[Snadger]

That's chipper Bazza!!! Of course Sky will have first dibs on the tele-visual rights of the End of the World...the BBC will have sold those off yonks ago for tuppence, with the government preparing to issue wheelbarrows for us all to carry our cash around in by the end of the decade.

And this is mine!

[zazen999]

I hope you made that wheelbarrow yourself Snadger...out of matchsticks and an old funnel...