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Tomnova16

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Registered: 21st Jan 06
Location: Gerrards Cross Drives: Porsche 911
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20th May 13 at 08:48

my employee took his car for a "free" MOT on saturday, i said they would fail it and give him a list of problems.
Yes it failed and they wanted £700 to put it right,bushes, ball joints, shocks etc.
its a W reg fiesta.
I told him to get the guys next door to re mot it and it failed on a broken headlight bracket.
Thats it

cheeky bastids

[Edited on 20-05-2013 by Tomnova16]

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Whittie

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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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20th May 13 at 08:52

It's scary how different, different garages can be. Really is.

Generation

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Registered: 7th Jul 09
Location: Essex
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20th May 13 at 09:02

We all know the guys next to you aren't exactly lenient either.

Get him to take it further

willay

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Organiser: South East, National Events
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Registered: 10th Nov 02
Location: Roydon, Essex
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20th May 13 at 09:05

Being shocked at a obvious sales tatic

baza31

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Registered: 19th Apr 03
Location: yorkshire
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20th May 13 at 09:17

He should of called vosa straight away before he took it to 2nd test station .He would of had it retested by them within a day or so. Was the bushes etc advised on the 2nd test?

Steve

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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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20th May 13 at 10:15

Kwik fit are absolute bell cunts

Chris1.8SRi

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Registered: 7th Nov 11
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20th May 13 at 10:23

I bet loads of people end up coughing up because your average noob, especially women, will have it in there heads that someone "reputable" like kwik fit, will sort the problem and not charge much, whereas they think backstreet garages will rip them off, which is why they go rushing to the larger company when anythings wrong with their car.
In reality kwik fit have almost certainly got an agenda to stick to when fixing cars, and that is to sell sell sell, even if the part is only slightly worn

[Edited on 20-05-2013 by Chris1.8SRi]

Tomnova16

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Registered: 21st Jan 06
Location: Gerrards Cross Drives: Porsche 911
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20th May 13 at 10:29

funny thing is they failed it on bushes which he had replaced for last years mot, they are still fine, only advisory was rear tyre was low on tread but not illegal

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Nic Barnes

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Registered: 5th Apr 04
Location: nowhere near ginger people
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20th May 13 at 12:26

Kwik fit are no different to anywhere else tbh. Probably no more expensive than a back street garage for labour rates.

Steve

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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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20th May 13 at 12:35

We arent talking about their hourly rate though, more the invention of issues that dont exist to make money from unsuspecting customers.

I had this happen to my girlfriend at the time, who took her car to kwik fit and told her she needed new brakes (lie). She had them replaced anyway as she knew no better.

It gets better though, as 12 months down the line her brakes started making a noise, turns out they didnt even change the brakes but charged her for the work

[Edited on 20-05-2013 by Steve]

LeeM

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Registered: 26th Sep 05
Location: Liverpool
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20th May 13 at 15:24

i hope hes going to report them. the more bother they get for this the more likely they are to stop

IvIarkgraham

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Registered: 27th Mar 04
Location: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
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20th May 13 at 15:47

report the second garage for allowing non road worthy cars in the road imo

sc0ott

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Registered: 16th Feb 09
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20th May 13 at 17:04

Its a free mot on an old car, of course theyre going to try rip the person off

Ben G

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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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20th May 13 at 17:13

i work with a guy who used to work at kwik fit. he tells some great stories of just how much they ripped people off for work that never needed doing.

Nath

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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: MK
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20th May 13 at 17:27

quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
i work with a guy who used to work at kwik fit. he tells some great stories of just how much they ripped people off for work that never needed doing.

quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
Kwik fit are no different to anywhere else tbh. Probably no more expensive than a back street garage for labour rates.

Ok nic

Nic Barnes

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Registered: 5th Apr 04
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20th May 13 at 17:27

Because no other garage has ever tried to rip anyone off etc etc. its very common, pretty niave to think it doesn't.

Ben G

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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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20th May 13 at 18:57

i think it depends on how you look/act, whether you're male or female and whether you're a complete mug or not.

i can see how women easily get conned by all this. it's easy money to them.

as said, my workmate has told me they used to make holes in exhausts to get customers to buy new ones

alan-g-w

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Registered: 9th Nov 07
Location: Glasgow
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20th May 13 at 19:31

Should definitely take it further

Ricky352

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Registered: 6th Apr 07
Location: Lisburn, N.I.
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20th May 13 at 19:58

Bastards!

Rich H

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Registered: 26th Oct 05
Location: West Sussex Drives: E46 M3
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20th May 13 at 23:05

Cheeky fcukers!

Jimbothebarbarian

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Registered: 19th Apr 07
Location: Cumbria..........drunk..
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20th May 13 at 23:37

I went once for some new Contisport contact tires. The cunts sold me four for less than I could get from anywhere else! Including black circles and camskill, fuckers..

Mertin

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Registered: 12th Oct 05
Location: Scotland
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21st May 13 at 09:17

Used them before for the first MOT on the ibiza as needed it in a hurry and thought surely it wont need anything.
When guy was handing me the cert he said "no advisories, thats a shock" felt like saying shock? Its a bloody 3 gear old car thats been well maintained, what was you expecting to find wrong?

FlaFFy_91

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Registered: 30th Sep 08
Location: Formby, Merseyside
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21st May 13 at 09:29

quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
Because no other garage has ever tried to rip anyone off etc etc. its very common, pretty niave to think it doesn't.

I havnt.....

_Allan_

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Registered: 24th Mar 04
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21st May 13 at 09:45

quote:
Originally posted by Jimbothebarbarian
I went once for some new Contisport contact tires. The cunts sold me four for less than I could get from anywhere else! Including black circles and camskill, fuckers..

Don't worry m8. The more than make up for it with the wheel refurb costs.

CORSAb GSi rep

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Registered: 4th Jan 13
Location: llangollen
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21st May 13 at 09:50

Kwik fit = SHIT

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