Garage service and rip off while you wait
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Took my car for an MOT
I didn't go to the usual garage in Rochdale, but decided to try out a different one due to business commitments. Unfortunately I think the labour charges were a complete rip off.
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Due to new business commitments I was forced to use a different garage to the one I would normally use in Rochdale. At least Dick Turpin work a mask before he robbed you!
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| 10-5-2008 | I live in Calgary,Alberta I took my truck to Vintage Automotive to have some minor work for an oil leak and a proportioning valve.I told the young man at the counter about all this and stressed that I need a proportioning valve.Fred Armstrong calls a few hours later and says she is ready to go.I get...more | Lee Julich |
| 08-5-2008 | I understand, all sides of the story. I also don't like to pay a fortune but I just gave my old vehicle to my daughter and wanted to make sure it was safe for her, yep I think the costs where extremely high as when I was a mechanic years ago I knew how the profit magins work, but costs rise and...more | Kalel |
| 30-3-2008 | My husband owns an independant garage and sympathise with the Rochdale garage. The labour cost does not just cover the mechanics wages-it also covers all the overheads involved- I agree their are some 'cowboys' (do a cheap job using cheap parts and have no qualifications)out there but they ...more | A New Way |
| 10-3-2008 | You say you were charged £294 for six and a half hours work. Work done by mechanics who have the cushy job of getting themselves filthy, lying on cold floors crawling under cars all day long.
Firstly, you seem to have the experience to say this job should have took only three hours. Therefore...more | Jeff |
| 04-3-2008 | I am a Aftersales Manager for a franchised dealer, we spend alot of money on Brand training, Equipment and special tools, Have customer who have spent alot of money with fred in the shed and want us to repair the vehicle for cheap, we can justify our preimum, does Fred have any quality checks, are t...more | Manny |
| 16-2-2008 | A garage called trade tyres in sandhurst ripped me of big time. I had to sell my nearly new car after their bill. They were liar and charged me £1200 labout and were asking for £1800 for part.
The owner was rude and even told me that he would sue me if I dispute.
I would advice everyone ...more | Sam |
| 05-2-2008 | I had my Vans MOT done at a Council run Garage and it only failed on the emissions. I had the work done to repair the problem (blocked injectors), by their recommended garage as council don't do repairs. Anyway as the 2 week retest time was up by now I decided before taking the van back to the c...more | Jon from Durham |
| 05-12-2007 | "To ensure the warrenty I had to bring my 11 month old car to Nissan in Dartford and was told that the service charge would be £280.00"
You have been misled. You DONT have to take a car to any specific garage to retain the warranty - this practice was made illegal a few years ago. ...more | Al. |
| 12-11-2007 | We bought an ex demo Renault Clio from Tates in Brighton. When it was 2 yrs 11 months old we took it back for its "free" MOT for life. We were told one rear spring was cracked and would need replacing but when challenged Tates stated that Renault would not replace the items ("they mus...more | cutiecars |
| 25-10-2007 | check out www.findmeagarage.co.uk.
It has a directory of most UK garages where you can search for your local one. There are ratings and reviews too so you can see how good they are. | Dave12 |
| 03-10-2007 | Do not buy a new car from Nissan. To ensure the warrenty I had to bring my 11 month old car to Nissan in Dartford and was told that the service charge would be £280.00. WHY? It is a new car. They have us by the balls. Nothing can justify the way they treat their customers. I will never buy anot...more | Tony Bailey |
| 26-7-2007 | The worst culprits are the franchised dealers.
My Nissan has developed a fault where the windscreen wipers when used,remain on until the ignition is switched off. The local auto electrical repair shop declined the repair due to the unavailabilty of Nissan technical data.
The Nissan dealer agreed t...more | Browned off |
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