Gareth S

Overcharging

Good day.I had a leaking pipe in my yard on Friday the 8th of June and had to get a plumber out to get it fixed.I contacted plumb1st plumbers to assist me.when the plumber arrived at my house at 14:50 the pipe was already open to see what is wrong with it.the guy had a look at the pipe turned around and said that he will be back now.I asked him how much it is going to cost to get the pipe fixed and he said that he will let me know when he comes back.he went to the shop to go and buy a clamp to put over the pipe to stop the leak.he got back put the clamp on the pipe.when he was done with it,which took him about 10 minutes he went to his bakkie and wrote out an Invoice to us for R2,280.00 Which he gave us discount of R280 on cash payment.I only paid him R1,500 as we did not have the full amount.the plumber then wrote on the Invoice that the balance of R500 needs to be paid by the 25th. I am refusing to pay the balance,as Saturday I went to a plumber shop to find out that the clamp only cost R150.00 this was a total rip off and I want some of my money back.can somebody please help me regarding this issue.