Caution, fraudsters! – How to avoid cochlear clogs?

If we are talking about clearing the blockage, then in most cases we need immediate help. Let's see inside: no one can wait days for that, so that you can use your sink or even your toilet again. And as a panicked customer, this is exactly when we make the first mistake with it, to call the first phone number we can get our hands on in the hope of getting help as soon as possible.

There are many Eskimos and few seals

Which counts as a mistake, because, like many other professions, not only honest entrepreneurs work in this industry. Of course, most of us are honest professionals, however, there are also fraudsters like us, who unabashedly try to take advantage of customers' desperation and ignorance. In the end, they discredit the entire profession, since they usually perform poor quality work, or they are overbilling. That is why we are trying to find an answer in our current article, how to avoid such scammers, and how to choose a specialist, who are quality, and they will perform work with lasting results in our home.

From ridiculous prices to overbilling

As in many other businesses, here, too, we are faced with the problem of "too many Eskimos and not enough seals".. Undoubtedly, that many people try to make a living from this kind of work. When we open our mailbox, how many times do we find a "note" with a name and mobile number?, which is a blockage offers a "complete" elimination, only 5000 for HUF?! However, you should not jump at such offers! In many cases, the disembarkation itself can cost thousands of forints, and then we didn't even talk about doing the professional work. Consequently: the initially favorable price will be "brought closer" to the realistic fee schedule - and in some cases even beyond - while the work is being carried out. Recently, for example 160 they asked for one thousand forints sink to prevent clogging, and do this work for roughly a tenth of the price charged (!) could also have been done fairly.

Of course, in the light of the variety of professional work, it is difficult to provide information on the correct prices. In spite of that, before calling the contractor or company in question, let's at least take a look at your website - if you have one. Can we find the reference prices in detail?? It is definitely beneficial, if we see a detailed price list, because so with other additional costs (pl. delivery, up- and decommissioning etc. fee) we can also be aware. In a word: there is less chance that we can do so, so that eventually we even have to pay our half-month's salary to the blockage elimination! We should not choose such a service provider, who applies a unit price to all jobs, because this kind of thing is usually only used to "feed" customers!

Particularly important, that the given service provider has a reference. If we do not find them on the website, then feel free to contact us. Of course it can happen, that the - otherwise honest to the core - professional will not like it at first, that we want to "cadre". Of, if you have nothing to hide, then you will probably give us some phone numbers, with whom we can inquire about the quality of the work he performs, and about it, whether he works with a fair tariff. Otherwise, feel free to look for another contractor, since in the absence of a reference we are taking a serious risk. Avoid them too, who want to charge an unrealistically high advance before starting work, they want to sign a contract in advance. The content of such documents is often "modified" several times during work.

Punctuality is not only a virtue of kings

Everyone is familiar with the situation, when you have to wait hours for the mechanic. Undoubtedly, that in our profession, especially good professionals, there is a lot of work, therefore, minor slippages may occur compared to the agreed time. However, it is expedient, if we can at least roughly limit a anti-clogging date of arrival. If the mechanic is unable to arrive at the agreed time several times, then again we only advise that, to call someone else to do the work. After all, we are not time millionaires either, and don't forget, that they provide us with a paid service!

Let's be prepared!

If the contractor has successfully arrived at the site, then the substantive part of the work can follow. But this is where the trickery really begins!

It happens often - like the ones mentioned earlier 160 also in the case of a sink - that the price of the tools needed for the work is calculated at higher prices. However, with proper preparation, we can be on the lookout, this way we can avoid pitfalls that don't spare our time and wallet. The individual fittings can be found exactly on the internet, and asset prices. It is therefore advisable to find out about the guide prices before the mechanic arrives, then - as if we didn't know anything - to ask about it, how much you could buy the necessary things for. Tells a lot, if the quotation is very different from the average assembly prices!

Once we know the prices, then let's get ready for it: who cheat, they also used to play tricks with the length of meters needed for the job. It's not uncommon, that the dishonest contractor to the sink 20-25 establishes a meter connection pipe. Which doesn't matter at all, considering, that 4-5000 There are prices per meter of HUF 1,000! Good, if we know, that such a "calculation" is inherently unrealistic, since a pipe of this size would reach the ground floor even in the case of a sink located on the third floor! Standard length of pipe 1-2 meter, with which they can usually reach the connection point: the backbone of the toilet.

Let's not be fooled!

One of the most common professional jobs is the elimination of clogging with a spiral. But it doesn't matter here either, how deep that spiral is lowered, since the prices are determined depending on this. In most cases, the customer's good faith is used in this way, that much longer than necessary - even 20 meters - the spiral. The more depraved fraudsters even ask continuously, that "can they go deeper", to which, as an uninformed customer, we cannot, by definition, say no. However, let's be aware of it, that one at most 10 with a spiral allowed to metre, a perfect job should be done, that is, if they want to go further than that, then feel free to protest. In such cases, we do not need to question the alleged "expert", since due to the emerging conflict, we will usually be in trouble - e.g. overbills, he does half the work, stb. Let's face it though, that next time we will choose more carefully.

Let's not make compromises!

Of course, when the work is done, don't forget to check the quality of the service. Let's not forget, as long as the water is not running down the toilet or the sink, as in its heyday, until then we can only talk about half-work. A more difficult question, how long the results of the work performed should last. Fact, that it is not possible to give general advice in this regard. If however 1-2 within a day the problems appear again, then we can suspect poor quality work. (In such cases, it is advisable, if the contractor offers it himself, that camera channel inspection finds out with the help of, what were the reasons for the re-clogging.)

finally: although it is not the duty of the mechanic, to do any cleaning after the job is done, but beneficial, if at least the basic hygiene of the given room is created. This can greatly reduce the risk of infection, and they also facilitate the essential cleaning.

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