John Lewis Tradespeople

[Toneyz]

Just been looking through the local paper there's a full page advert from John Lewis their now got electricians, plumbers, painters, gardeners, carpenters and plasterers what do members know about it?

 

[Toneyz]

Just a bit of info for anyone working for B & poo as a kitchen installer or working for a installer they will stop doing installations in July, so there will be a lot of installers looking for work.

What was the reason for this?

 

[Octopus]

What was the reason for this?

I suspect they aren't selling many kitchens with installation work

And / or they pay their installers so little, they cut corners, and very unhappy customers complaining, so the profit evaporates

 

[Midwest]

Just a bit of info for anyone working for B & poo as a kitchen installer or working for a installer they will stop doing installations in July, so there will be a lot of installers looking for work.

Curious more info please. Never done any work for B&Q kitchen & bathroom designs. But I was contacted a few years back, by a company doing such, and wanted a sparks to do some subbing for them.

You had to be in the NIC to do B&Q work, apparently (this was back then) it had changed from being in any scheme, to just the NIC.

Seems like the NIC are putting their elbows out.

 

[Dillb]

Anyone know what "services" John Lewis are actually selling?

Heres a link to the list of them for you.

Home Solutions from John Lewis - https://homesolutions.johnlewis.com/

 

[Midwest]

I did pop into a JL branch a while back, and was pursuing the lighting department. They offered a service to have their luminaires installed by a 'professional electrician', ensuring everything was hunky dory before installing the light; £69 for 1st hour, £49 thereafter.

Can we blame NIC, its a limited company, there to make a profit.

 

[Octopus]

I did pop into a JL branch a while back, and was pursuing the lighting department. They offered a service to have their luminaires installed by a 'professional electrician', ensuring everything was hunky dory before installing the light; £69 for 1st hour, £49 thereafter.

Can we blame NIC, its a limited company, there to make a profit.

Hum ... Wonder how much of the £69, then £49 the spark would actually get?

Once you take off the vat, then the JL margin, .......

 

[elsparko]

Anyone know what "services" John Lewis are actually selling?

overpriced tat that you can find online for 50% of john lewis prices?

 

[Midwest]

Hum ... Wonder how much of the £69, then £49 the spark would actually get?

Once you take off the vat, then the JL margin, .......

Perhaps they didn't get many takers, thats why they've gone for the 'partnership' with NIC?

 

[Pete999]

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What was the reason for this?

probably to expensive, and can't cope with the Cowboy fitters, that under cut them, and of course the bad reputation they have for very poor after sales service. Going there on Monday I'll ask someone.

 

[Toneyz]

Hum ... Wonder how much of the £69, then £49 the spark would actually get?

Once you take off the vat, then the JL margin, .......

By that, it seems to do on an hourly rate. On their website, it say's about giving a quote wonder how that's going to work?

 

[stuarth]

What was the reason for this?

Apparently due to them losing 20 million a year through installations, from my experience of two kitchens for them was they are bloody awful, bad money, bad setup.

 

[Pete999]

By that, it seems to do on an hourly rate. On their website, it say's about giving a quote wonder how that's going to work?

I reckon, it's simply because, Mr and Mrs Ordinary, visit B&Q to look for a new Kitchen Bathroom etc, and without the wherewith all to shop around, end up at the Orange Shed on a weekend, rip a customer off slips into motion, promise this and that, sign the agreement, gotcha.

 

[Midwest]

In fairness BQ's kitchens aren't that bad compared to some. If you sign up to their installers, its no different to using installers recommended by Wren or Howdens etc.

 

[Pete999]

Thinking of booking an Electrician to change my CU just for a laugh, let you know how I get on.

 

[stuarth]

Wren are absolutely the worst once you have handed your money over, avoid at all costs.