The grant is only for the installation.Cherry wrote: ↑Fri Jan 07, 2022 10:45 amYes, it is getting silly and the moderator needs to intervene.ItshardtobuyId3 wrote: ↑Fri Jan 07, 2022 10:35 am This is all getting a bit silly. The grant is for the installation it doesn’t really make any difference if the installer is demented and decides to claim less. It only matters if they charge more and instead of an installation paid for by the grant the customer has to chip in.
The grant can be used to offset the charger price as in my case I am not paying £350 for install. Part of the £350 goes towards the actual Wallbox charger. The installer will claim £350 as he is supplying the charger. If I supplied it, he cannot claim £350. He would claim less, do it would cost me more.
It seems most people are paying at least £350 for the install. My thread was making the point, you do not always have to and could pay less.
It seems that effectively what you have done is negotiate with the installer to knock some margin off what they would make from selling the charger. Ohme aren’t selling me the charger, they are selling it to the installer who is then selling it on to me for RRP.
It would make sense that Ohme sell it to the installer for a bit more since they provided the lead and processed all my information (sales commission) and that by going directly to the installer first they would have to pay less when they order it.
So instead of going via the manufacturer’s website you can ring some installers yourself and ask for a quote and probably save some money because you might find one charges less for the charger.