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Article: THE JUDGE; DUMB AND PLUMBER.(Features)
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- Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
- Article date:
- August 11, 2002
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Byline: SUNDAY MAIL JUDGE - Additional reporting JANE BARRIE
AN emergency plumber charged pounds 129 - after failing to unblock a drain.
Then he told the fed-up customer to get a plumber pal of his to do the job properly.
Campbell Webster, 62, had called in Frontline Maintenance to unblock an outside drain. The plumber spent just over 20 minutes trying to clear the drain using a plunger - at a cost of pounds 5 a minute.
Then he phoned his mate, who came around within half an hour, fixed the fault using a power jet, then handed Campbell ...