Con artists - "Approved Garages"

hucker

RichardD1970 wrote: »

Ok, the car you are being driven in has to make an emergency stop. You, being the idiot (troll) you are, aren't wearing your seat belt in the back.

You fly forward hitting the driver with force, causing the driver to swerve into the path of the oncoming HGV which then has to break hard and jackknives, smashing into a bus full of nuns escorting a children's choir all carrying baskets of kittens.

Well done. :rotfl:

Yeah, all those coincidences might happen in a film, but not in reality. You sound like the idiot pig who told me my loose reg number might fall off and spin across the road decapitating a pedestrian. He actually quoted the film he'd seen it on.

hucker

paddyandstumpy wrote: »

The EU isn't another country...

Part of the UK is it?

hucker

Joe_Horner wrote: »

Well, just picked mine up from its MOT.

Failed last Thursday on rear subframe bushes. I could have got them for £10.99 each off ebay branded as Meyle (but no guarantee that's what they are) and fitted them myself.

Or, I could let them supply and fit them for £25+ VAT each in a guaranteed brand and not have the hassle.

I let them supply and fit. Total bill was £275 for something that, if I'd done it myself would have been a solid 7 hours lying on my back, with hardly any access, after I'd spent a couple of hours making up a suitable puller to extract them.

I'd have ended up with bushes that would have passed the MOT but could well have failed again inside a year when it turned out they were made from bean curds.

The thing is, the total bill was worth it to me to save aggro and discomfort and, if I'd supplied the cheap parts (which, as it happens, it happens they would have let me), then overall they would have had to make up the lost "mark-up" somewhere because - as pointed out above - the cost of running a garage isn't just the cost of the time.

They have very expensive equipment to buy, maintain, and replace. They have utility bills that would make your eyes water thanks to lots of high power 440v 3 phase kit. They have admin and accountancy costs. They have training costs for the MOT scheme.

None of those are reflected in the hours worked, but they're all part of running a business and still have to be paid for. Paying a bit of mark-up on a known quality part helps towards that.

If you have a problem with that then you might be better joining a commune where everyone donates their labour according to ability with no reward beyond the good of the community.

I've never ever had a part fail that I've fitted or had fitted, from Ebay or anywhere else. And I use garages where I can see what they charge. I pay £x per hour of labour. I do not expect extras to appear just because they made a phonecall to a parts supplier.

hucker

Joe_Horner wrote: »

No, it's absolutely not one job - they'd lose their testing licence if they treated it as that. Apart from certain PRS items the MOT scheme is very clear indeed that repairs are NOT to be done as part of the test.

Therefore, separate jobs - (1) an MOT test and (2) separate repairs to be negotiated as needed.

What planet do you live on? Have you never been to a garage and asked them to simply pass the car? You go back at the end of the day and pick up the car with the certificate and some work done. If it's going to be quite expensive, they phone first. I'll often say "If the total is under £200, just get on with it".

hucker

F1F93 wrote: »

I sincerely hope you never reproduce.

Why do you worry about things that will probably never happen?

hucker

Noree wrote: »

:rotfl:

Great stat. Will not read this thread any further due to your idiotic opinion based on pure bull$***.

Hide from the truth if you wish.

RichardD1970

hucker wrote: »

Yeah, all those coincidences might happen in a film, but not in reality. You sound like the idiot pig who told me my loose reg number might fall off and spin across the road decapitating a pedestrian. He actually quoted the film he'd seen it on.

OK, so the second paragraph is mainly hyperbole for effect, but it still doesn't alter the fact that if the car you are a rear seat passenger in has to make an emergency stop, through no fault of their own (say a child runs out in front of them), then you are going to seriously injure or even kill them (and yourself) if you aren't wearing a seat belt.

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hucker wrote: »

Yeah, all those coincidences might happen in a film, but not in reality. You sound like the idiot pig who told me my loose reg number might fall off and spin across the road decapitating a pedestrian. He actually quoted the film he'd seen it on.

Talking pigs :rotfl: what are you smoking?

We'll be having typing trolls next.

Why do you not return to one of the 4/5 garages who fit your own parts, was there another problem at the garages?

George_Michael

treboeth wrote: »

Why do you not return to one of the 4/5 garages who fit your own parts, was there another problem at the garages?

4/5 garages?
It sounds as if the OP is only able to use a garage once then needs to find another one when they want any further work doing.

I wonder why?

Joe_Horner

hucker wrote: »

What planet do you live on? Have you never been to a garage and asked them to simply pass the car? You go back at the end of the day and pick up the car with the certificate and some work done. If it's going to be quite expensive, they phone first. I'll often say "If the total is under £200, just get on with it".

It doesn't matter how you view it, the MOT and the rectification are two separate jobs/ If you chose to give the OK to both of them at the same time that's your choice.

But the very fact that you say "if it's less than...." for the second part indicates that it's a separate transaction, and a separate job, to the test. If it was a single job then by asking them to "get an MOT" you'd be giving the OK to the lot, regardless of cost.

If you choose to give the OK to both then change the goal posts on the second one by asking the garage to do something they're not willing to take on (like fitting your parts) for the second then they're perfectly free to refuse that second job.

It's really very simple.