Posted by AndyS on July 29, 2007, 8:49 pm, in reply to "Re: Response to Charles"

Well to cover off on a few points.... 1. "pay Planet Plumbing per check" so that they would chase up - not practical as (a) we would not have received a bulk discount (b) people would have ignored a letter from a plumbing firm asking to enter their property (c) this would not be seen as BW pushing through a solution. 2. early morning/evening/weekend appointments - from my experience of plumbers I would suggest that could have tripled the cost. 3. EO to supervise Planet Plumbing - I am not entirely sure what this would have achieved. Would people have felt more confident? What if there were 2 jobs on simultaneously? 4. "we did our best, could you do better, see you at the AGM threat". As I have said before, these are not excuses or threats! If you have a workable solution that you can convince me works then I am happy to advocate it. Much as I appreciate many of the more intelligent comments on here, I am still unconvinced by anything else. The criteria for a solution are : (a) it leads to BW being insured next year (b) it is affordable (c) it keeps more people happy than plumbing checks I genuinely have not seen anything that fulfills all three of these. I am not being obstructive, I am trying to be practical. Please do not criticise the leadership merely because you dislike the decision! Propose a better decision and we will see what we can do.

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