Grouse
Member
Sorry but what trade hose supplier is going to anyone 1m of multi spiral hose! You tend to have to buy that sort of thing on a roll of at least 20m
And the tools to crimp said hose at there cheapest is £1500 but a proper hose fitter will probably have a much higher spec crimper on board at least double that cost. Then they will also have insurance to cover there arse if something went wrong after. Lots of hidden costs and lots of variation of hose spec and quality.
All hose repair vans charge top money and they can because all there core customers are plant hire firms or large building contractors or industrial, rare to see a hose van on a farm/agri.
Sorry but you are in the trade and that is where you are wrong because you are trying to justify your own charges. At the end of the day I don’t mind paying double or a Reasonable call out charge for an on site service - but to be charged around 10x what I can source the hose for elsewhere is bollox
At the end of the day courts have found that any charges have to be of a reasonable and fair market rate / charge - not rip off.