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<blockquote data-quote="Dry Rot" data-source="post: 6563105" data-attributes="member: 4505"><p>If someone charges an unrealistic price, I've heard the thing to do is deposit a reasonable sum in court (which indicates you are willing to pay) and invite them to sue for the balance. I've never done it but it does sound an attractive idea! The supplier then has to justify his price and if the judgement is in your favour, you can tell the world what a cheating b***** he is without risking a defamation suit!</p><p></p><p>Thirty years or so ago, I went to my local agricultural supplier for a couple of gate hooks to hang a field gate on. They said they didn't have any but could make some for me, so I said go ahead. I got the hooks, then the bill -- for 2.5 hours of welding time, three feet of plain rod and three feet of threaded rod, total cost about ten times what it ought to have cost me! As one of the directors was a JP I thought it unwise to try the above, but it was very very tempting!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dry Rot, post: 6563105, member: 4505"] If someone charges an unrealistic price, I've heard the thing to do is deposit a reasonable sum in court (which indicates you are willing to pay) and invite them to sue for the balance. I've never done it but it does sound an attractive idea! The supplier then has to justify his price and if the judgement is in your favour, you can tell the world what a cheating b***** he is without risking a defamation suit! Thirty years or so ago, I went to my local agricultural supplier for a couple of gate hooks to hang a field gate on. They said they didn't have any but could make some for me, so I said go ahead. I got the hooks, then the bill -- for 2.5 hours of welding time, three feet of plain rod and three feet of threaded rod, total cost about ten times what it ought to have cost me! As one of the directors was a JP I thought it unwise to try the above, but it was very very tempting! [/QUOTE]
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