Any plumber to recommend?

[framerunner]

The tap in my basin is dripping faster than i do dripping on my tank.

i already bought the replacement tap so i need a plumber to help me fix, any recommendations on a plumber (good and honest so he will not charge exorbitant price)?

[reeflobang]

Call NTUC Home Services 67888788 and let them refer you. Supposedly they are chosen by NTUC to be on their list and you can use NTUC as a middleman should any issues come up.

I had previously called twice on my own with numbers from the newspapers and they were nightmares! Still fuming when I think of it. One of them ripped me of $160 just to replace a bathroom tap and the second was worst....

My toilet bowl got choked and when the guy came, said its $200 to clear the choke. I bargained until S$80! But they insisted on cash and not cash cheque. They close the bathroom and made some knocking noise inside for a while. They came panting and said hard work etc (but very poor acting...) and said ok now. But they asked me not to flush for one hour as they had poured acid inside the bowl to "melt" whatever is left behind.

I grew very suspcious when they left and went to flush the bowl. It was as stuck as ever!!! I ran to the balcony and shouted at them to come back or else. They came back very unwillingly and started to "check" what's wrong.

They then said that they now need to remove the bowl completely but its will cost another S$70 more! Wau lah... I nearly burst my blood vessels..... For S$80 they just poured some acid and quickly want to split! I just wanted them to finished the damn job and paid them what they wanted in the end. But I watched them closely this time round to ensure that they did really clear the choke.

Glad I did as the next time the bowl got choked (kid's toys, what else), I was able to remove the whole bowl myself and cleared it for free...

Whoever got choked bowl near Sembawang, my services at $50 cheap cheap.... but one condition... make sure no shit inside... ha ha...

[BFG]

Er, wat if there's those soiled san***** pad?

[framerunner]

Bro Reeflobang, Thanks for the lobang.

Yes i am hesitant to call those newspapers as i have many bad experiences before on my aircon. The most classic one is that my aircon broke down many years ago and i flipped the business listing in yellow pages to look for a aircon servicing "specialist". That guy came to my house told me that it is a very "serious" problem. He needed to take a part of the unit (apparantly the cpu) back to his office to try to repair it for $200. When i tried to bargain, he said that is the worst estimate and he will give "big" discount when he complete the job. He left after dismantling the "cpu" and $50 for the transport cost. After some thoughts i kinda regret letting him take my aircon parts.

I called him 30 minutes later and he gave me 2 options, either to replace with a new "cpu" that cost $400 bucks or $200 for repair as it is really "severely damaged". When i told him i do not want to repair, that fellow have the cheek to ask for $200 as his guys is already halfway repairing it and almost done(WTH, from 4 days of repair work to under 1 hour). After some argument, he change his story about finishing the repair to demand $200 for his effort so he will return my aircon part!!

Anyway, in the end after some long arguments, he relented and i have to go all the way to his bloody shop to collect my aircon part and of cos this sob try to make things difficult for me during collection.

In the end, i call up the distributor and the fault lies in one of the wire get shortcircuited. Replacement cost is $8 plus $70 for transport. After that incident, i only rely on recommendations. Funny thing is till this day, that shop still survive. Wonder how many people that shop con over the years.....