I thought I might have hit lucky for once but NO.
They came on time, they gave a quote, he started the work, but then I noticed he seemed slow and then he said he was almost out of gas for the blow torch so it was taking a long time, but he kept on for another 10 mins then he called another plumber to see if he was close by to bring him some gas. The guy wasn't so he continued trying to make it work. By this stage I was worried that I was not going to get a decent job if he was unable to seal it with the torch, so I called the office. I guess the guy I spoke to thought I was another stupid woman, so he starts to treat me like " so ma'am when did you call?" I answered this morning and then he said "then you should be glad we turned out today!" Really! I called four plumbers and they all offered today.
Then I get, "so he'll come back to the office(Waste another 30 mins of my time) then he'll bring the gas back, finish the job and you'll be all happy"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No I would be happy if I was treated with respect, without so much of my time wasted.
But one thing we know is there are plenty of other plumbers out there to do the job and most of them are offering some sort of discount.