Reply to: CUK and Gorilla Accounting

[greenlake]

I guess if it seems to good to be true it probably is

[northernladuk]

That's fair enough, just not what the letter said which is a little misleading taken at face value

It probably does if you weren't prepared. The non inclusion of SA in the first year catches more than enough people out. Another one that catches people out is when they try and exit their accountants mid year and think they can just stop their payments there and then. Often there is some extra charge the didn't expect because it's a year service pro rata'd not just a monthly payment they can stop. Depends on what is in the Terms of Engagement. They aren't all the same.

Here is a fairly typical question comment around it in the middle line. It's old but it is just the first one that came up in the search and I CBA to look for a newer one.

http://forums.contractoruk.com/accou...ment-form.html

[fergusga]

Erm... A majority of accountant run on a yearly engagement and you just pay per month so seems reasonable that the two months will be part of the 12 month engagement.

I think you've got the wrong end of the stick. It's not a pay per month service.

Also they probably charge you for certain things in your first year if you haven't done a full 12 months. The SA I think is an example which catches a lot of people out. They think if they join mid year it's paid for. It's not but will be included next year.

Edit : sorry when I say 'they' I mean most accountants.

That's fair enough, just not what the letter said which is a little misleading taken at face value

[northernladuk]

I would never sign up with an accountant named after a species more intelligent than me. Bugger, I just said that out loud, didn't I?

When your accountancy is set up by Mr Cook, Mrs Books and Mr Hyde you are going to have to think of something different. Beats Accountanty McAccountantface anyway.

[Mordac]

I also received a letter from Gorilla following the SJD price increase clearly stating "with the first two months completely free" which sounded like a great deal. I went to sign up today but as my end of year was end of February they will not give me the "two months completely free" as they require a full 12 month period even though there is no mention of this on the letter. Not a great first impression when I was seriously considering switching to them.

I guess if it seems to good to be true it probably is

I would never sign up with an accountant named after a species more intelligent than me. Bugger, I just said that out loud, didn't I?

[northernladuk]

Erm... A majority of accountant run on a yearly engagement and you just pay per month so seems reasonable that the two months will be part of the 12 month engagement.

I think you've got the wrong end of the stick. It's not a pay per month service.

Also they probably charge you for certain things in your first year if you haven't done a full 12 months. The SA I think is an example which catches a lot of people out. They think if they join mid year it's paid for. It's not but will be included next year.

Edit : sorry when I say 'they' I mean most accountants.

[fergusga]

Misleading Letter from Gorilla

I also received a letter from Gorilla following the SJD price increase clearly stating "with the first two months completely free" which sounded like a great deal. I went to sign up today but as my end of year was end of February they will not give me the "two months completely free" as they require a full 12 month period even though there is no mention of this on the letter. Not a great first impression when I was seriously considering switching to them.

I guess if it seems to good to be true it probably is

[vetran]

You think Dodgy has some compromising photos of Admin using a windows machine?

[NotAllThere]

OT but I always thought Admin pwned CUK

FTFY

You can **** off as well.

Good job I spotted this after I moved the thread to General for going fairly off-topic.

[SimonMac]

Had the same letter - it should've said "And ask for NLUK".

I'd heard the SJD thing too - can't remember where from - SJD (secretaries) were once the CoSec - perhaps that's where it came from?

https://companycheck.co.uk/company/0...rs-secretaries

OT but I always thought Admin owned CUK

[pr1]

The only thing pathetic is the fact you can't post a single thing without having a dig and often failing miserably resulting in you looking like an even bigger pillock.

I had a joke with MS and TF over the referral bonus for IPSE for a bit and it's over. Get over it. If anyone asks what is the best for (X) I'll tell them. You might notice this month is the first time I've ever put forward a referral code for IPSE or QDOS, I've never done when I was SJD and I don't remember telling many people to mention me when calling Gorilla. Can't see how that is blatantly chasing referrals.

How about actually posting something useful rather than sniping and trolling you ******* pillock.

P.s FYI in 7 years and 23k posts I've got 1 referral. Way to go me and my blatant referral chasing.

I wasn't specifically inferring you, you're pretty neutral when it comes to accountant recommendations but yeah the IPSE stuff was annoying but at least you're only a member level punter - the fact two (paid) directors are/were voucher chasing is shameful imo

Either way - hope your day gets better xxx

[BrilloPad]

You can **** off as well.

As BabyBP would say, you have only had grapefruit for breakfast. You should come back after a proper fry up.

[northernladuk]

Pot meet kettle. Kettle meet pot.

You can **** off as well.

[BrilloPad]

The only thing pathetic is the fact you can't post a single thing without having a dig

Pot meet kettle. Kettle meet pot.

[northernladuk]

I'm with Gorilla and very happy, I just don't band it about all the time because I think it's pathetic how much some people (ahem) blatantly chase referral bonuses for things

The only thing pathetic is the fact you can't post a single thing without having a dig and often failing miserably resulting in you looking like an even bigger pillock.

I had a joke with MS and TF over the referral bonus for IPSE for a bit and it's over. Get over it. If anyone asks what is the best for (X) I'll tell them. You might notice this month is the first time I've ever put forward a referral code for IPSE or QDOS, I've never done when I was SJD and I don't remember telling many people to mention me when calling Gorilla. Can't see how that is blatantly chasing referrals.

How about actually posting something useful rather than sniping and trolling you ******* pillock.

P.s FYI in 7 years and 23k posts I've got 1 referral. Way to go me and my blatant referral chasing.