C W Boatmover

[enigmatic]

4 minutes ago, IanD said:

 

Professional websites with apparently good customer ratings/reviews/comments are also often deceptive -- I know of one large furniture retailer which simply removes strongly negative ones... 😞

I know of a few professional-looking websites with "reviews" and "testimonials" from people who are just the stock image from the template they bought too  

[ditchcrawler]

26 minutes ago, enigmatic said:

I know of a few professional-looking websites with "reviews" and "testimonials" from people who are just the stock image from the template they bought too  

Don't people do that for a living

 

 

 

[rusty69]

It would appear fitting to finish this thread off with this:

 

https://www.cwboatmover.co.uk/

Edited February 21 by rusty69

[Goliath]

I met and had a chat with him at Great Haywood last week.

Seemed a decent bloke. 👍

 

 

[nicknorman]

Nice website!

[IanD]

1 minute ago, nicknorman said:

Nice website!

Indeed -- and not a single reference to "company" that I can see, to keep everybody on here happy... 😉

Edited February 21 by IanD

[Jon57]

9 minutes ago, rusty69 said:

It would appear fitting to finish this thread of with this:

 

https://www.cwboatmover.co.uk/

Will put some of the scar mongers at ease. 

[Rob-M]

20 minutes ago, IanD said:

Indeed -- and not a single reference to "company" that I can see, to keep everybody on here happy... 😉

Apart from on the home page

[Athy]

28 minutes ago, IanD said:

Indeed -- and not a single reference to "company" that I can see, to keep everybody on here happy... 😉

He does mention a "team", suggesting that it's not just him.  A company can consist of just one person, but a team can't.

[IanD]

3 minutes ago, Rob-M said:

Apart from on the home page

Aaargh -- he'd corrected it to "business" or similar everywhere else I looked. Never mind, it'll give the nitpickers something to do... 😉

[ditchcrawler]

1 hour ago, Athy said:

He does mention a "team", suggesting that it's not just him.  A company can consist of just one person, but a team can't.

There is more than just him

[Smiles]

6 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

There is more than just him

I have just spoken to him, He's a very nice person, very helpful, C W Boatmovers gets my vote 👍🏻

[Hudds Lad]

If you look at the “meet the team” page, you’ll see it’s two of them now.

Probably doesn’t help that they’re both called Connor  

[MidlandBoater]

I've passed Connor a few times on my travels around the network and found him to be a decent fella who is also helping raise his young family. I can't believe the hoo ha of this thread. 10 pages deep 😳. The guy is a sole trader and has many years experience of moving boats without incident and plenty of glowing reviews. 

The whole thing about the Co-Op... really? It's a post office and you are allowed to have a post office address. Surely narrowboaters and liveaboards know the challenges of getting post when you live afloat? Unless those throwing shade don't live aboard and are just your classic forum, keyboard warriors, with nothing better to do. I'm lucky to be able to use a family address but that's not an option for everyone and it will be a challenge for me once my parents pass on. 

I recently helped Connor on a delivery, with the consent of the owner. As a qualified skipper myself and with a few yacht deliveries under my belt myself, it was interesting to see him in action and the care he afforded the clients boat. He has fixed engines and even washed a boat on a delivery to the Peak Forest canal. 

I really don't understand the negativity and vitriol aimed at a guy who is hardworking and going the extra mile. 

[TheBiscuits]

11 minutes ago, Maritime Fox said:

He has fixed engines and even washed a boat on a delivery to the Peak Forest canal. 

 

Hmm.  I wonder what he'd charge to move my boat a mile ...

 

[M_JG]

I note he's had the good sense not to return to this thread.

 

Probably doesn't need such negativity in his life, nor some old farts trying to damage his business and reputation.

 

Some of the members on here do sometimes have a over inflated opinion of how important CWDF is to the waterways. In reality it isnt.

 

Edited February 21 by M_JG

[nicknorman]

16 minutes ago, Maritime Fox said:

I've passed Connor a few times on my travels around the network and found him to be a decent fella who is also helping raise his young family. I can't believe the hoo ha of this thread. 10 pages deep 😳. The guy is a sole trader and has many years experience of moving boats without incident and plenty of glowing reviews. 

The whole thing about the Co-Op... really? It's a post office and you are allowed to have a post office address. Surely narrowboaters and liveaboards know the challenges of getting post when you live afloat? Unless those throwing shade don't live aboard and are just your classic forum, keyboard warriors, with nothing better to do. I'm lucky to be able to use a family address but that's not an option for everyone and it will be a challenge for me once my parents pass on. 

I recently helped Connor on a delivery, with the consent of the owner. As a qualified skipper myself and with a few yacht deliveries under my belt myself, it was interesting to see him in action and the care he afforded the clients boat. He has fixed engines and even washed a boat on a delivery to the Peak Forest canal. 

I really don't understand the negativity and vitriol aimed at a guy who is hardworking and going the extra mile. 

 

I think we have come to the conclusion that he is OK, or better. But one has to bear in mind that there are a lot of scammers out there and his initial posts were a bit vague, no website, seemingly dodgy address, several potential red flags. So folk were just being cautious. IMO prising the information out of him and perhaps prompting him to set up a website, is to his long term benefit. And he also showed reasonable patience and didn't behave like a sulky teenager as so many do these days. So all of that is to his credit and helps his reputation. And he got 10 pages of free advertising!

Edited February 21 by nicknorman

[MtB]

11 minutes ago, nicknorman said:

 

I think we have come to the conclusion that he is OK, or better. But one has to bear in mind that there are a lot of scammers out there and his initial posts were a bit vague, no website, seemingly dodgy address, several potential red flags. So folk were just being cautious. IMO prising the information out of him and perhaps prompting him to set up a website, is to his long term benefit. And he also showed reasonable patience and didn't behave like a sulky teenager as so many do these days. So all of that is to his credit and helps his reputation.

 

The one thing the thread hasn't delved into is insurance. Connor's site says fully insured with Mercia Marine but the details could do with expanding upon, as previous threads which have delved into boat mover insurance show what a hornet's nest this can be.

 

And this would be my first concern were I to be looking for a boat mover.

 

Just a suggestion. 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 21 by MtB
Remove a stray word.

[nicknorman]

17 minutes ago, MtB said:

 

The one thing the thread hasn't delved into is insurance. Connor's site says fully insured with Mercia Marine but the details could do with expanding upon, as previous threads which have delved into boat mover insurance show what a hornet's nest this can be.

 

And this would be my first concern were I to be looking for a boat mover.

 

Just a suggestion. 

 

 

If I wanted my boat moved, that is something I would check before committing. Do you put your professional liability insurance details on your webpage?

[MtB]

Just now, nicknorman said:

 

If I wanted my boat moved, that is something I would check before committing. Do you put your professional liability insurance details on your webpage?

 

Good point, no I don't. But then Gas Safe Register check that before admitting technicians to the Register. Is there a professional body checking boat mover insurances? Prolly not! 

 

 

[nicknorman]

1 minute ago, MtB said:

 

Good point, no I don't. But then Gas Safe Register check that before admitting technicians to the Register. Is there a professional body checking boat mover insurances? Prolly not! 

 

 

 

I think it can never be categoric because someone might eg have an insurance policy become due for renewal half way through the process, and forget/fail to do so. Or cancel a policy that is paid for monthly etc etc. There has to be some degree of trust.

[MtB]

3 minutes ago, nicknorman said:

 

I think it can never be categoric because someone might eg have an insurance policy become due for renewal half way through the process, and forget/fail to do so. Or cancel a policy that is paid for monthly etc etc. There has to be some degree of trust.

 

Were I to do any of that I'd be thrown off the Register. If they found out! 

 

But I've no eye deer how much monitoring they do. Probably loads, knowing the way UK bureaucrats operate.

 

Back in the days of Covid for example, they emailed all of us demanding to be notified if we were temporarily stopping working as a result of Covid. In which they would delete us from the Register and re-admit us on re-application once we planned to recommence gas work. FFS! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ditchcrawler]

50 minutes ago, MtB said:

 

Good point, no I don't. But then Gas Safe Register check that before admitting technicians to the Register. Is there a professional body checking boat mover insurances? Prolly not! 

 

 

When I worked Offshore we had a copy of the public liability  insurance certificate every company that had personnel came onto the platform. A filing cabinet full.

[MtB]

35 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

When I worked Offshore we had a copy of the public liability  insurance certificate every company that had personnel came onto the platform. A filing cabinet full.

 

Same when I was a listed contractor at Thames and Kennet Marina. No PLI certificate, no admittance to site.

 

Officially that is. But mooring there too, I had free run of the place! 

[Tacet]

1 hour ago, nicknorman said:

 

I think it can never be categoric because someone might eg have an insurance policy become due for renewal half way through the process, and forget/fail to do so. Or cancel a policy that is paid for monthly etc etc. There has to be some degree of trust.

The super-cautious may wish to take a policy to cover the possibility of a third party failing to insure.  And yes, such policies are available for some risks.