local dealer trying to rip me off.... anything i can do ?

[tricky69]

I recently sent my 98 M3 to my local dealership to have the alarm system re set... it is a standard alarm one grey button one red. ( Thats if you are familiar with bmw alarms..)
The job should take no longer than 20minutes... they are claiming 45min and therefore £96, is there anything i can do to fight this ?

Thks

[Yugguy]

Go somewhere else.

HTH.

[Vesuvius 996]

tricky69 said:

I recently sent my 98 M3 to my local dealership to have the alarm system re set... it is a standard alarm one grey button one red. ( Thats if you are familiar with bmw alarms..)
The job should take no longer than 20minutes... they are claiming 45min and therefore £96, is there anything i can do to fight this ?

Thks

When you say the job takes 20 minutes, what do you base that on??

[tricky69]

Vesuvius 996 said:

tricky69 said:

I recently sent my 98 M3 to my local dealership to have the alarm system re set... it is a standard alarm one grey button one red. ( Thats if you are familiar with bmw alarms..)
The job should take no longer than 20minutes... they are claiming 45min and therefore £96, is there anything i can do to fight this ?

Thks

When you say the job takes 20 minutes, what do you base that on??

From what other deals have said

[ZR1cliff]

Some companies will charge a minimum of one hours work,did you check the hourly rate and conditions before you gave them the go ahead.

[KingRichard]

tricky69 said:

I recently sent my 98 M3 to my local dealership to have the alarm system re set... it is a standard alarm one grey button one red. ( Thats if you are familiar with bmw alarms..)
The job should take no longer than 20minutes... they are claiming 45min and therefore £96, is there anything i can do to fight this ?

Thks

BMW main dealer? Best bend over and apply lots of vaseline my friend. You'll need it.

I took my MINI in for some front pads. 3 hours later I get a call... Mr KR?

Yes.

It's **** MINI here, we've checked out your brakes and your going to need front and rear discs as well. They are dangerously low.

Well, as it happens I thought you may say something like that, so I had a trusted mechanic friend have a quick look yesterday. It only needs front pads. The rear discs were actually done by yourselves less than 6,000 miles ago.

• line goes quiet*

Well, would you like us to do the front pads for you then?

Err... Not really, I'll pick it up after work and take it to another dealer if it's all the same to you... tts!

[markmullen]

tricky69 said:

I recently sent my 98 M3 to my local dealership to have the alarm system re set... it is a standard alarm one grey button one red. ( Thats if you are familiar with bmw alarms..)
The job should take no longer than 20minutes... they are claiming 45min and therefore £96, is there anything i can do to fight this ?

Thks

Vesuvius 996 said:

When you say the job takes 20 minutes, what do you base that on??

tricky69 said:

From what other deals have said

So they're not really ripping you off then are they? Did the other dealers do the work? It might have been that once they got in there was more work that needed doing, or that it took longer than expected. Not all workshop jobs take as little time as they should.

Also, if you had quotes from other dealers why did you leave the car with a dealer without agreeing a price?

[Vesuvius 996]

I think you should just pay it, mate, to be honest.

If i had a pound for every time I've drafted a contract which has taken two days, only for a clinet to say "oh my mate down the pub who once had a pint with a solicitor says it should take one day so I'm only paying you for that" then I'd have about sixty quid.

[Vesuvius 996]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

tonker, lad, you must go to the same dealer as me!

[XJSJohn]

Vesuvius 996 said:

anonymous said:

[redacted]

tonker, lad, you must go to the same dealer as me!

...

think i may have been to that main stealer too

[ZR1cliff]

I would want to be kissed before,during and after if i was paying £150 an hour.

[stuttgartmetal]

tricky69 said:

I recently sent my 98 M3 to my local dealership to have the alarm system re set... it is a standard alarm one grey button one red. ( Thats if you are familiar with bmw alarms..)
The job should take no longer than 20minutes... they are claiming 45min and therefore £96, is there anything i can do to fight this ?

Thks

No.

Count yourself lucky to get the lube.

[tricky69]

markmullen said:

tricky69 said:

I recently sent my 98 M3 to my local dealership to have the alarm system re set... it is a standard alarm one grey button one red. ( Thats if you are familiar with bmw alarms..)
The job should take no longer than 20minutes... they are claiming 45min and therefore £96, is there anything i can do to fight this ?

Thks

Vesuvius 996 said:

When you say the job takes 20 minutes, what do you base that on??

tricky69 said:

From what other deals have said

So they're not really ripping you off then are they? Did the other dealers do the work? It might have been that once they got in there was more work that needed doing, or that it took longer than expected. Not all workshop jobs take as little time as they should.

Also, if you had quotes from other dealers why did you leave the car with a dealer without agreeing a price?

tHIS WAS AFTER THEY TOLD ME THE COST... never thought it would be that high !

[markmullen]

tricky69 said:

tHIS WAS AFTER THEY TOLD ME THE COST... never thought it would be that high !

CAPS LOCK - CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL

You're shit out of luck then.

[High Octane]

I'd start by reporting them to Trading Standards, then if you haven't paid send them a letter by recorded delivery disputing the invoice.

[markmullen]

High Octane said:

I'd start by reporting them to Trading Standards, then if you haven't paid send them a letter by recorded delivery disputing the invoice.

But the OP didn't agree a price with the dealer in the first place and the bill doesn't seem out of the way, as a previous post stated a lot of places have a minimum billable time.

Trading Standards won't get involved in a job like this as it is a simple dispute on the value for money.

[Gorvid]

markmullen said:

CAPS LOCK - CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL

You're shit out of luck then.

[MitchT]

stuttgartmetal said:

tricky69 said:

I recently sent my 98 M3 to my local dealership to have the alarm system re set... it is a standard alarm one grey button one red. ( Thats if you are familiar with bmw alarms..)
The job should take no longer than 20minutes... they are claiming 45min and therefore £96, is there anything i can do to fight this ?

Thks

No.

Count yourself lucky to get the lube.

You get lube at my local BMW $tealer... but they add it to the bill.

Actually, I remember when I had my car MOTed a couple of years ago... The service manager rang up to tell me it was done and asked how I would be paying... "through the nose I expect" I replied.

Edited by MitchT on Monday 1st October 17:22

[Vesuvius 996]

MitchT said:

stuttgartmetal said:

tricky69 said:

I recently sent my 98 M3 to my local dealership to have the alarm system re set... it is a standard alarm one grey button one red. ( Thats if you are familiar with bmw alarms..)
The job should take no longer than 20minutes... they are claiming 45min and therefore £96, is there anything i can do to fight this ?

Thks

No.

Count yourself lucky to get the lube.

You get lube at my local BMW $tealer... but they add it to the bill.

Actually, I remember when I had my car MOTed a couple of years ago... The service manager rang up to tell me it was done and asked how I would be paying... "through the nose I expect" I replied.

Edited by MitchT on Monday 1st October 17:22

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