by DONFRAMAC »
Sat Oct 27, 2007 6:12 am
In Scotland, The Scottish Executive is installing FREE TO PENSIONERS, and others, Potterton Promax 28 HE Plus condensing combi boilers, under their Central Heating Programme, delegated to the admin by Scottish Gas, working from a Manchester telephone number.
It seems like a lot of people are getting a "retirement gift" of a lot of grief.
This boiler can be found at £711 inc Vat, (discounted), but high quality boilers with stainless-steel condenser heat-exchangers retail at £1500.
Obviously, bulk discounting will make the Potterton very attractive to the accountants, and poor pensioners can't shout very loud, after all, it IS a gift!!
A direct enquiry revealed that the "poor" pensioners are not permitted to contribute to an upgrade in boiler specification. No prizes are offered to those readers who have guessed why such intractibility exists!!
Of course, younger people would be very happy to replace boiler parts every couple of years, but older folk would prefer "fit and forget" levels of quality. ----- After all, that is the reason the British car and motor-cycle industry was destroyed by reliable foreign products.
On the other hand, pensioners qualify for free prescriptions of Valium!!