Looking for cheapest quotes?
The best quoted fee per hour?
Even the majority of Solicitors don't realise the
consequences of this - an approach like this is both unwise
and tantamount to pure negligence.
If you are looking for the cheapest hourly rate then the
investigation industry is definitely not the place. In fact
you may as well ask a friend to play detective for you - the
results will not be all that different!
The cheapest hourly rate will never turn out to be that
way and private investigators quoting low fees do so to win
business but will make up the deficit with hidden costs i.e.
What if you hired an investigator only to find out the
following:
1. They billed extra hours.
2. Despite wild claims, the only equipment they had was a
camera or amateur camcorder and a car.
3. They needed a number of people on the job - multiplying
the fee.
4. They charged a few hundred euros extra for mileage &
expenses.
5. They charged another few hundred extra for a written
report and the evidence gathered.
Adding to this, they took twice as many hours to do the
job because:
1. They didn't have experience.
2. They did not have good contacts.
3. They did not really have the necessary equipment which
meant that it took a number of attempts to gain the required
evidence.
All of this is also assuming that they haven't been so
obvious that they blew the whole reason you hired them in
the first place, cost even more in terms of embarrassment and
potentially lost you your case.