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Please read to the end of the OP before responding! Knee jerk PMs will be discarded...

There are 6 Ideal Vogue 32kw combis complete with flue, which we will supply absolutely free to the right 6 installers.

Here's how it works.

You must be:

1) GSR
2) A member of the plumbers arms
3) Not on my "list of shame" - people who have had earlier freebies and not done a review
4) The decision maker in your business

If you match all those criteria, and want to take this further, then read on.

I will take the first 15 qualifying members who PM me with all their details including:

Real full name
Business name if different
Website address
Email address
Postal address
Contact phone number

and I will forward those 15 to Ideal marketing team. They will then pick the lucky six. Your personal data will probably be abused by both our marketing department and theirs, but we won't sell it on.

This part is a bit of a beauty contest - Ideal plan to film and publicise these 6 installs, so they will want to be featuring installers who look and behave professionally. They have also made it clear that they want people from all over the country - not a cluster from one area.

Once they have settled on their 6 (and their decision is absolutely final with no appeal) then we will ship the boilers. Each stage of the install will need before and after shots, and Ideal may wish to video some parts of it for youtube, so your customer needs to consent to this. Ideal may also want to be present for commissioning or at other points in the installation, and reserve the right to withdraw if they think anyone is abusing their product.

I will be asking the site admin here to create a dedicated sticky thread for this product review only. You do not have to give the product a good review, but please be constructive - Ideal accept that they are taking a risk here, but they have faith in their product. What I would really like to see is the "story" of each install unfolding over the days and weeks, culminating in the 6 final reviews.

The reviews will be in the public section of the forum, and the participating installers can use the material for promoting their own businesses.

Thats it - if you are interested, PM me with all the details listed above. I reserve the right to change the rules without notice. :)

Finally, I think a big round of applause for Mr Shaun Edwards, Managing Director of Ideal Boilers UK and Ireland, who has the balls to put his product on the line, and the generosity to put up the best part of £6k worth of kit.
 
I'm XL please ray.

I will put some duct tape over the ideal badge out of protest due to them not giving me a free boiler.

That will teach them.
 
Steve said you were dark on top and ginger downstairs...........talking of Steve hows his job going?

Haha! I think he's enjoying the job. I haven't managed to catch up with him for a proper chat for a while - I don't think he has his personal mobile with him during the day, and I've been working silly hours past couple of weeks...
 
I can tell you what swung it for Ideal. I did a google search for "Ideal vogue review" and the no 1 google response was a thread that SMT started ages ago. That convinced them that UKPF was where it all happened!

o dear what did i do lol thats crazy. I went to a training day from ideal and that is how i knew about the vogue, ukpf is the place to ask any questions i wanted to hear the reviews of what everyone thought about the boiler or fitted one.
 
Tad disappointed in a few of the later comments that it's been fixed I sincerely hope it doesn't put ray off in the future , I put my name in like everyone else.

i just hope it was due to getting caught up in the hype and a few sour grapes.


again Ray much appreciated fella
 
Tad disappointed in a few of the later comments that it's been fixed I sincerely hope it doesn't put ray off in the future , I put my name in like everyone else.

i just hope it was due to getting caught up in the hype and a few sour grapes.


again Ray much appreciated fella

I just assumed that they were joke comments. :)
 
Not being involved other than an innocent bystander on the sidelines, cracking thread, suspense was killing me and I was just watching. I think the 'fix' calls were all part of the banter in the thread, well that's how I read it all.
 
My comment was meant in jest as I believe the others were. The thread was "alive" and spontaneous and I really believe everyone on here is happy for the winners whowever you wish to take it.
 
another fun night are they all back in then ?

As far as I am concerned, yes. I sent the original list to Ideal, and they came back with the 6 they wanted. No runners up or reserve - just 6 names.

So as far as I can tell, each of yesterday's rejects have an equal chance of being todays "most envied/hated plumber with a freebie". :)
 
Tad disappointed in a few of the later comments that it's been fixed I sincerely hope it doesn't put ray off in the future , I put my name in like everyone else.

i just hope it was due to getting caught up in the hype and a few sour grapes.


again Ray much appreciated fella

im certain nobody meant anything mate. It's all in jest. .... But you should've read some of the pm's that have been doing the rounds!..:95:
 
Ray has any other of the big name manufacturers ever do anything this generous as ive known a few occasions where ideal have done good deads for custs etc but never hear any mention of another manufacturer doing the same.
 
Ray has any other of the big name manufacturers ever do anything this generous as ive known a few occasions where ideal have done good deads for custs etc but never hear any mention of another manufacturer doing the same.

Dunno, social media is still relatively novel in our game.

Lots of them have been very helpful in supporting a kids sports team that I am involved with, but I can be very persuasive. :)
 
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