Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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umm expensive
was quoted £50 to fit my braided hoses and bleed my brakes.
dropped car off at half 8 phone them at 12 seeif its done, nope, shud be done soon, i phone them again at 2 not only is it not done but the rear cylinder nipples are shot and he has ordered new ones, ?
nice to be informed of that little fact, so i say no cos i know he will charge me loads for the new cyliders i hang up and within 10 mins ive found a set for £14 and delivered them myself job done
or not
come's half 4 get a phone call its done yey
£110 quid ! 
£10 for fluid and shitloads of labour + vat of course
fucker.
will not be goin there again.
just venting my frustration i suppose,
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AK
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Registered: 5th Jul 00
Location: Aberdeen City
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whet? you can take engines out etc... but not fit brake hoses
sort it out.
Why didnt you do it yourself?
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CorsaSi
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Registered: 2nd Aug 05
Location: warri Drives : 300bhp ep82
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go back and stab him.... il come and help
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Dave A
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Registered: 10th Dec 03
Location: County Durham
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seems a reasonable price to me.
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Ludacris Turbo
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Registered: 28th May 04
Location: High Green, Sheffield
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quote:
Originally posted by CorsaSi
go back and stab him.... il come and help
Harsh
But Fair
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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yes adam i didnt want this particular job myself
stange and daft i know, i did start very gently on the drivers side mount but it seemed really tight, i figured it was original and i didnt want to fuck up the solid pipe or the mounting bracket hence why i got him to do it
lmao at stab him, i send him loads of work throu my work.
that wont be happning anymore
more pissed at the fact he ordered new stuff without telling me, and was gonna charge me more for it, how daft does he think i am, i think thats why the labour went up, i pissed him off cos he couldnt make money of selling me parts.
meh live and learn, ive got the shell to fit lines to before i use it, so theyll be going on by me playing with it, even if it means me buying brake pipe tools and learning to do it all myself
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Joe
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Registered: 20th Jun 04
Location: Hesketh Bank, Lancashire
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If the bleed nipple is seized and snaps in the cylinder what else can he do? Can't have it sat on the ramp taking up space? Thats business.
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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thing is they orderd the parts without telling me i had to contact them to find out.
it was me doing the running round, he would have just bolted bits on and them charged me for it and i would have no comeback etc cos there attached to my car
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Joe
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Registered: 20th Jun 04
Location: Hesketh Bank, Lancashire
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To be honest I think thats what most garages would do, not many people would be bothered to go and collect parts. Not much choice.
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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most garage's phone you first as soon as they know somthing else is wrong to ok to possible increase of cost and to order said parts.
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Schlumpfy
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Registered: 2nd Apr 07
Location: Stourbridge, West Midlands
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We phone first to get the go ahead before we continue a job..
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Dom
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Registered: 13th Sep 03
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sounds like a typical badger of a garage, same happened to me last friday....85 quid mot and new brake pads turns out i need new cv boots and wheel alignment and an extra £133 quid.....i had to get him to repeat the price on the phone a few times, robbing bastards
But atleat they gave me a call before going ahead with it....i would have complained about that one. Still live and learn 'n' all 
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BeArDy
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Registered: 7th Aug 00
Location: Manchester
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reason why i tell people who ask me to fit them, before they have them done to put WD40 on every night for 2 weeks on all parts.
Save alot of hassle......
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