[Retlaw]

Originally Posted by Studio25

Any company that maintains their own premises, employs staff, pays their public liability insurance, rent, utility bills, employer's NI, taxes and rates, and guarantees their work is bound to be more expensive than a DIY job.

That extra £10 you paid to get the innter tube fitted - is the person who you paid going to declare that to HMRC? Thought not.

So you've had a job priced, and you thinks its a bit much, your struggling with it, along comes a mate, who says I can do that for a fiver, do you say no thanks and finally take it to the over priced firm.
I think not, you like most others will take up your mates offer. Get Real.