New british gas tv advert

[chris watkins]

I agree with hammers! Never heard a good word said about BG.

Which just goes to prove the power of advertising.

 

[stegas]

I bet the bbc dont start Rogue Bankers, or Rogue MPs..or even Rogue bbc celebrities..now then

 

[Orry Clayton]

Do BG really have flying vans?

 

[Doodlebug]

I play the A-Team music as I pull up on a job and skip down the drive with my magical screwdriver in my hand smiling like a Cheshire cat. :-D

 

[Doodlebug]

couple engineers i know got pulled in as not failing enough boilers they say they get pressure from above to 'meet targets'

One word "bull****"

 

[Doodlebug]

One word "bull****"

Sorry, just realised that's two words lol

 

[petercj]

Have you seen the new BG vans?

 

[hammers4spanner]

One word "bull****"

hardly surprises me that you chose such an apt wording considering thats your companies main policy

 

[Avatar]

I had a confrontation with a BG 'technican' who started quoting load of bull to me - like you can only run one hot outlet from a combi boiler no matter how big it is, and running a washing machine will stop you getting hot water out of your boiler due to the drop in pressure . . . .

The guy I spoke to did not have a clue - although he said he had been fitting boilers for 10 years. . . .

The problem is someone like that does not have any ideas plumbing systems and how they work which is probably why he was quoting 'text book info' at me!

 

[petercj]

I had a confrontation with a BG 'technican' who started quoting load of bull to me - like you can only run one hot outlet from a combi boiler no matter how big it is, and running a washing machine will stop you getting hot water out of your boiler due to the drop in pressure . . . .

The guy I spoke to did not have a clue - although he said he had been fitting boilers for 10 years. . . .

The problem is someone like that does not have any ideas plumbing systems and how they work which is probably why he was quoting 'text book info' at me!

BG staff take authority from the name of BRITISH GAS, which is one of the reasons the company should trade in their true name of Centrica, being just another large commercial company that uses tricky advertising to gain people's confidence and charge over the odds for what they do.

The latest bit of BG tricky advertising is their guaranteed fixed price from £79, to include parts and labour.

The key word being from: all it really means is that they will quote for a repair and the cost of the parts, and their minimum charge is £79 - big deal!

"Looking after your world" ... "safe and secure knowing you are covered" ... etc, ... all these phrases are subject to small print get-out clauses.

The privatised version of British Gas is a major player in today's rip-off Britain.