14-10-2010, 01:56 PM
I always think that paying for the actual kitchen, when it's delivered and in your house, is fair enough ... as Andy says ... but that the fitting cost shouldn't be paid until after the kitchen is fitted.
If the fitting cost isn't spelled out separately, then 10% would be about the minimum I'd go for, as a final payment.
I know a few kitchen companies who will simply take the kitchen away again, if they don't get payment for the actual goods being delivered. We all know there are some Rogue Traders out there ... but unfortunately there are some Rogue Customers too ... who want to be tricky and get extra money off their kitchen. It's much more difficult for them to do that to the guy who's actually there, working in their house, than it is to knock a bit off the large outstanding balance owed to the slightly distant kitchen company.
I'm sure the Guest OP isn't one of these people - but they do exist.
Majjie
If the fitting cost isn't spelled out separately, then 10% would be about the minimum I'd go for, as a final payment.
I know a few kitchen companies who will simply take the kitchen away again, if they don't get payment for the actual goods being delivered. We all know there are some Rogue Traders out there ... but unfortunately there are some Rogue Customers too ... who want to be tricky and get extra money off their kitchen. It's much more difficult for them to do that to the guy who's actually there, working in their house, than it is to knock a bit off the large outstanding balance owed to the slightly distant kitchen company.
I'm sure the Guest OP isn't one of these people - but they do exist.
Majjie
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