i am dying of a heart attack after the kitchen quotes, they're like fucking telephone numbers
i don't think that the outstanding ones from smallbones and poggenpohl are going to be any cheaper, somehow. and my sister-in-law is nagging me to get rid of the pink smeg and have a built-in American one. gah.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:13, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

I paid about 13K for my last kitchen and that was small

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:15, Reply)

this is exactly what frog says
granted mine is a fairly big room, with high ceilings that mean an extra row of cupboards, but half of it is the dining area, so they're not fitting out the entire thing. which makes it an average sized kitchen. robbing fuckers.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:18, Reply)

Is this from that twit that came round when I was there?

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:21, Reply)

poor man! i think he's sweet
deluded but sweet
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:24, Reply)

He WILL have given you a ludicrous price because you are a fucking idiot.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:25, Reply)

I'd certainly charge extra for that.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:32, Reply)

She's a salesman's dream, what those of us who have worked in sales call a 'mug'.

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:34, Reply)

that's because i smile sweetly and hand him over to my dad
who has been known to make grown men cry when he "negotiates".
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:35, Reply)

Mrs Cow has these negotiation SKILLZ

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:35, Reply)

when my parents had the garden redesigned, my mother had to leave the room
I inherited her softasshite, not my dad's hardass, sadly.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:36, Reply)

My first raised bed in the garden is now complete
Off into town to buy seeds to plant now. Kids want those purple carrots
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:39, Reply)

YEW TREE!

( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:40, Reply)

Nakers and Bartleby just pricked up their ears

( Kroney, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:40, Reply)

Is that how she negotiated you into marriage and two calves?

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:37, Reply)

Probably

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:38, Reply)

It's because you say stupid things and indicate that they have to do next to nothing to make a sale.
It prolongs the process and getting 'daddy' to 'negotiate' more than likely will not result in the lowest price you could have achieved by being open in the first place.
( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:39, Reply)

IT'S CALLED BEING POLITE
I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WOULD KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:41, Reply)

YEAH WHAT WOULD I KNOW I ONLY SOLD KITCHENS FOR 3 YEARS

( MEATSNAKE Richard Hammond, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:42, Reply)

Polite does not equal cheaper

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:44, Reply)

he lets the door slam in my face and then farts in it :(

( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:48, Reply)

I used to be one of them.
Now it's very rare anyone gets an upsell out of me.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:35, Reply)

Solid wood unit/granite is expensive

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:26, Reply)

i definitely want solid wood and granite
and I definitely want decent appliances.

but they should still give them to me for free. or something.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:34, Reply)

problem sovled... Value Price
www.tescokitchens.com/latest-kitchen-offers.html?gclid=CKHexajE5LwCFcuWtAodokoAEg
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:17, Reply)

dear god no!
someone recommended howdens, but it seems that those buggers only sell to the trade.

i am not rough trade, whatever you might have heard.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:24, Reply)

Howdens do cheap, OK and expensive ranges
My current kitchen is from there (cheap one until extension is done)
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:25, Reply)

I'd be tempted to try and fit it myself.
I've never done one before, but given that I successfully plugged in a washing machine the other weekend, I'm pretty sure these hands are capable of anything.
( Kroney, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:28, Reply)

Kitchen fitting is basically big Lego
Its the electrics/plumbing that are the fuck on
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:31, Reply)

Nah, that's Duplo you're thinking of.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:33, Reply)

Everything is awesome

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:38, Reply)

mr b3th is accomplished at electrics and plumbing, to his credit.
Over the past 15 years I've helped him do so many repairs, I'd feel relatively confident having a go at some jobs myself.

Also, morning.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:34, Reply)

I am an artist.
Mere plumbing holds no fear for me. Electrics, though, those I'm terrified of.
( Kroney, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:35, Reply)

and rightly so
Get Windy to help
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:37, Reply)

I find the problems arise when you start mixing the two.

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:38, Reply)

this must be why the moron who had my flat before me, and who specialised in bodged DIY,
decided that the perfect place to put the dishwasher was IN FRONT OF the electric meter. when I had the rewiring done when I bought it, it took the electrician bloody ages to find it. he couldn't get over the stupidity.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:40, Reply)

I'm fine with the theory behind it.
I understand it. I know how it flows and what current and ampage and wattage all mean. I understand why American appliances in British sockets just pop and why British appliances in American sockets burn the house down.

When it actually comes to sticking my hand in there, though. No.
( Kroney, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:43, Reply)

so do magnet
"purely" "essential" and "totally" or something.

or "top", "middle" and "bottom" as I like to call them. rip Barrymore.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:35, Reply)

awightattheback

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:38, Reply)

i used to think he was quite hot
back when he was young and straight, and I was about 12
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:40, Reply)

Christ, and I thought I had shit taste in men...

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:41, Reply)

If you see a painted sign at the side of the road....

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 10:41, Reply)

No. Never.

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Mon 24 Feb 2014, 11:04, Reply)