Double glazing salespeople are using misleading claims and hard-sell tactics to get homeowners to sign on the dotted line, according to an investigation by Which?. The consumer organisation used undercover researchers to test the £1.2bn-a-year double glazing industry, inviting four major companies – Anglian Windows, Everest, Weatherseal Home Improvements/Zenith Staybrite and Safestyle (UK) – to [...]
Archive for June, 2010
National Double Glazing Installers Attacked For Misleading Homeowners
by Double Glazing Admin
Jun
25
2010
Glasstalk Website – A Window Of Opportunity For Installers
by Double Glazing Admin
Jun
15
2010
In any line of business making contacts with others within your industry can always play a useful part in helping you generate ideas, debates and leads. The glass industry is no different and due to time and geographical constraints it can be difficult to interact with them on a regular basis. Well if you run [...]
DGCOS | Homeowner Protection for Double Glazing & Conservatories
by Double Glazing Admin
Jun
9
2010
Nick Ross, the former Crimewatch and Watchdog presenter, has been signed up as the face of an ombudmsan scheme for the conservatory and double glazing industry being launched from Manchester. The Double Glazing & Conservatory Ombudsman Scheme (DGCOS) has been set up by Tony Pickup, who in 1996 set up the Quality Assurance Association, a [...]
DGCOS – The Double Glazing Ombudsman Scheme
by Double Glazing Admin
Jun
4
2010
Due to the inaccuracies of quite a lot of the early articles about DGCOS, I’d like to give you information which might help you understand what DGCOS is actually all about. While I wholeheartedly agree with free speech and debate, sometimes forums of this nature can cross the line into a more defamatory nature as [...]
DGCOS Double Glazing & Conservatory Ombudsman Scheme Launched
by Double Glazing Admin
Jun
1
2010
The Double Glazing and Conservatory Ombudsman Scheme (DGCOS) has been established to help tradesmen such as double glazing installers and conservatory companies in the UK. Installers who become members of the DGCOS will be able to offer their customers a range of policies, including deposit protection, work in progress insurance and an insurance-backed guarantee. Homeowners, [...]