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Well I’ve come across a few opportunists in my time but this one took it to the next level.
My car went in for a recall, once in they took the opportunity to find anything they could possibly think of to drum up some cash!
The car had an MOT in October and the wipers are a year old. It a two seater convertible, so only two Bosch wipers!!
That’s £111 please
Oh and you’re can of tyre weld is out of date, that’s £100
Edited to add - blow an airline into the drains (rubber pipes)
My car went in for a recall, once in they took the opportunity to find anything they could possibly think of to drum up some cash!
The car had an MOT in October and the wipers are a year old. It a two seater convertible, so only two Bosch wipers!!
That’s £111 please
Oh and you’re can of tyre weld is out of date, that’s £100
Edited to add - blow an airline into the drains (rubber pipes)
Edited by Four Litre on Friday 8th April 11:07
Four Litre said:
Well I’ve come across a few opportunists in my time but this one took it to the next level.
My car went in for a recall, once in they took the opportunity to find anything they could possibly think of to drum up some cash!
The car had an MOT in October and the wipers are a year old. It a two seater convertible, so only two Bosch wipers!!
That’s £111 please
Oh and you can of tyre weld is out of date, that’s £100
It’s not a Porsche by any chance, is it?My car went in for a recall, once in they took the opportunity to find anything they could possibly think of to drum up some cash!
The car had an MOT in October and the wipers are a year old. It a two seater convertible, so only two Bosch wipers!!
That’s £111 please
Oh and you can of tyre weld is out of date, that’s £100
Four Litre said:
Well I’ve come across a few opportunists in my time but this one took it to the next level.
My car went in for a recall, once in they took the opportunity to find anything they could possibly think of to drum up some cash!
The car had an MOT in October and the wipers are a year old. It a two seater convertible, so only two Bosch wipers!!
That’s £111 please
Oh and you’re can of tyre weld is out of date, that’s £100
That’s about as bad as we had on here the other day. Someone quoted £600 for a new battery fitted. My car went in for a recall, once in they took the opportunity to find anything they could possibly think of to drum up some cash!
The car had an MOT in October and the wipers are a year old. It a two seater convertible, so only two Bosch wipers!!
That’s £111 please
Oh and you’re can of tyre weld is out of date, that’s £100
Edited by Four Litre on Friday 8th April 00:22
My Rangie autobiography has active roll bars, it sprang a leak.
The local dealership wanted £4,200 to fix it "cos lots of hours". I told them that was a joke and they came back with ‘ok, £3,200’
I told them to give it back unfixed…it came back with a dent in the bonnet so they had to replace the bonnet.
It cost me £110 for pirtek to fix the hydraulic leak And that included them coming to me and fixing it on my driveway.
The local dealership wanted £4,200 to fix it "cos lots of hours". I told them that was a joke and they came back with ‘ok, £3,200’
I told them to give it back unfixed…it came back with a dent in the bonnet so they had to replace the bonnet.
It cost me £110 for pirtek to fix the hydraulic leak And that included them coming to me and fixing it on my driveway.
Also, mini went in to mini for a service. I told them the fuse on the usb charger had blown so could they bung another in.
The bill had "£110 for diagnosis of usb not working, found to be fuse…fuse replaced"
I told them that they had just handed in their notice on servicing that car and we went to specialists thereafter.
The bill had "£110 for diagnosis of usb not working, found to be fuse…fuse replaced"
I told them that they had just handed in their notice on servicing that car and we went to specialists thereafter.
BMW quotes something stupid (maybe £120) to replace a cabin air filter. It probably takes longer to bring up the booking and type in the menu code than to unclip the glovebox, remove the cabin filter and replace it. If you booked this on it's own, they'd add the compulsory £20-£30 computer hookup charge.
ladsdad said:
My main dealer very graciously informed me that they hadn't charged for labour when replacing a parcel shelf cord.
My Mum gave me back the Zafira (52 plate so not worth a lot despite being pristine) that I gave her to use to transport old biddies around for the charity she helps.About a month later it started misfiring and had 101 issues. I said to the mechanic to spend no more than £100 on looking into it as I would scrap it. He spent 3-4 hours trying everything and was stumped. It had similar issues about 3 years previously and my trusted garage couldn't figure it out either, but it fixed itself. On collecting he said because he hadn't fixed it so he wasn't going to charge me. I said that's not how it works. Cue a stand off between two stubborn guys. In the end I gave up, went to Tesco nearby and bought his wife a £100 voucher for their new baby.
vikingaero said:
. If you booked this on it's own, they'd add the compulsory £20-£30 computer hookup charge.
They do this for all routine servicing as well.A mandatory part of the service, itemised and billed separately to the service cost itself. You can't not have it. So why not put it in the overall cost?
I once dropped my 350z in with a local Nissan HP centre. It was booked for oil+filter only.
I got a call later that morning to advise that all four brake discs were badly corroded and should be replaced. Likewise they also recommended that the pads be replaced.
I asked them if they were certain? Had there been another 350z in that day?
No - no other 350z booked in at all that week. They were certain it needed doing.
I asked them to check in the glove box . . . for the receipt from my Indy who had replaced the discs and pads with new Brembos only one month earlier.
I got a call later that morning to advise that all four brake discs were badly corroded and should be replaced. Likewise they also recommended that the pads be replaced.
I asked them if they were certain? Had there been another 350z in that day?
No - no other 350z booked in at all that week. They were certain it needed doing.
I asked them to check in the glove box . . . for the receipt from my Indy who had replaced the discs and pads with new Brembos only one month earlier.
Mr Tidy said:
Holts Tyre-Weld costs about £10 a can in my local Tesco!
Yeah but it's the labour element.Find keys on tracker board
Find car in compound
Blocked in by a valeters
Find valeter, wait whilst he finishes his rollup
Put car on ramp
Open boot remove old can for safe disposal
Go to parts counter
Kept waiting whilst parts bloke finishes game of candy crush
Sealant on back order
Put car back in car park
Repeat the following day(s) until sealant has arrived.
I mustn't generalise, but in my recent experience, the dealers don't care.
Our Merc A250 is due a service soon (basically, oil service and brake fluid change plus basic checks and top-ups). Quote was nearly £400. They rang a few days later and I said I didn't want to book as it was way too expensive - "OK sir, thank you, goodbye" was the reply.
Our Merc A250 is due a service soon (basically, oil service and brake fluid change plus basic checks and top-ups). Quote was nearly £400. They rang a few days later and I said I didn't want to book as it was way too expensive - "OK sir, thank you, goodbye" was the reply.
We bought a new Golf years ago as we were starting a family, had a good realtionship with the main dealers having had a few cars off them, stone broke the fog light lens. I rang up and ordered one and the chaps said to collect it the following day.
Wife went in, heavily pregnant, part was like £30 and the young chap who served her said "I will pop that on for you" all smiling and being nice due to her condition she thought, two screws were undone, old one removed and new one fitted.
He comes back to sort the bill and its £70, £40 pounds labour ffs, she queried this and he said "Sorry, can only bill labour as a minimum of an hour on the invoice", it took him maybe 2 minutes with a screwdriver. She tried protesting but he was adamant and she was not up for arguing.
So we sent a letter to the dealer manager and got a nice one back saying we shouldnt have been charged, we were refunded and got a free service.
Wife went in, heavily pregnant, part was like £30 and the young chap who served her said "I will pop that on for you" all smiling and being nice due to her condition she thought, two screws were undone, old one removed and new one fitted.
He comes back to sort the bill and its £70, £40 pounds labour ffs, she queried this and he said "Sorry, can only bill labour as a minimum of an hour on the invoice", it took him maybe 2 minutes with a screwdriver. She tried protesting but he was adamant and she was not up for arguing.
So we sent a letter to the dealer manager and got a nice one back saying we shouldnt have been charged, we were refunded and got a free service.
One of these threads pops up every so often, but I do enjoy reading people’s stories in them. Absolutely outrageous!
The badge once fell off the front of my Audi (yes that legendary German build quality), I called the nearest main dealer (Inchcape), the girl on the phone said they could “diagnose the problem” for £100. £100 to look at the front of the car and say, “yep, the badge has fallen off”.
The badge once fell off the front of my Audi (yes that legendary German build quality), I called the nearest main dealer (Inchcape), the girl on the phone said they could “diagnose the problem” for £100. £100 to look at the front of the car and say, “yep, the badge has fallen off”.
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