Ridiculous saw hiring cost!!! Any takers?

[Hedge hunter]

wow no wonder we pay through the nose for our infrastructure in this country because at the end of the day it hits us all in the pocket somewhere

[Python]

Unfortunately we're in a damn contract with this hire company and we get fined if we buy our own plant and we've got 3 more years of contract left to run :-/ and no we won't get new saws yearly these are all were getting if one needs replacing we gotta pay for it via them

[Hedge hunter]

Unfortunately we're in a damn contract with this hire company and we get fined if we buy our own plant and we've got 3 more years of contract left to run :-/ and no we won't get new saws yearly these are all were getting if one needs replacing we gotta pay for it via them

 

hmmmm sounds like a daft contract decision.......

 

thats ridiculious.i far prefer to use my own kit as its far cheaper that way

[shendy]

I may star a hire company and hire saws out. That is mad money.

 

 

Sent from the future.

[Python]

If someone higher up the food chain isn't getting a big cut out of it ill be amazed! We've got 14 strimmers polesaws blowers hedge cutters etc and there normally priced....... It's just the saws??

[ecodao]

for that kind of money i would want new ones every year , and no quibble replacements on broken saws.

 

i think i need to set up a hire company !! as there are obviously lots of idiotic companies with more money than sense,

 

steve

Edited September 17, 2013 by ecodao

[mendiplogs]

I do indeed work for a council in a fashion

 

We currently pay £60.28 per saw per week regardless of size! £3,134.56 a year each, with a grand total of £56,422.08!!!!!! A year

 

HI MATE then council needs new people to run it £56,422.08 that take the P.SS i no bath council spend lots of money but takes the P.SS THATS MAD £5K WORTH OF SAW THERE AND THERE PAYING MUST BE A BACK HANDLER GOING SOME WERE :001_rolleyes:THANKS JON

[ballibeg]

Name and shame.

[mendiplogs]

Name and shame.

 

HI MATE yes shame and the post gets close then it mad to pay that :lol:jon

[Mike Dempsey]

The person who approved that contract should be prosecuted. For that kind of money for the cost of one saw for a year you could buy 4 new ones. That is a scandalous waste of public money. If the council broke the contract and the hiring company took them to court it would be very interesting to see them justifying those rates in front of a judge. It would also be interesting watching the council trying to justify signing such a stupid contract. I wonder if someone from the council thought the weekly rate was actually an annual rate and got a bit of a shock after they had signed it to find out the rates were in fact 52 times higher than they thought it was going to be!