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Author Fnargin fuming
am4nf
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3rd Dec 10 at 17:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Went in to a local cheap place to get my tracking done (£17)

Had my new tyres with me so got them fitted too, my mates car went on the ramps and they said they cant do the tracking

My tyres get finished and I go in to pay, guy says £40

I was like what the fuck

A thought it was £5 a wheel like everywhere else

Cocky bastard replies with you should have asked



Then tracking at national cost £28

so instead of the £37 I planned on spending its cost me £68

[Edited on 03-12-2010 by Ian]
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3rd Dec 10 at 17:22   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
tbh honest most places charge at lest £10 a tyre now with the eco dispoasal and all the othr bollocks and my tracking was £35 so that sounds right
am4nf
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3rd Dec 10 at 17:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Place I got the tracking done was £5
Tomnova16
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3rd Dec 10 at 17:35   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
should of asked first usually around £13

http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
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Joe
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3rd Dec 10 at 17:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yeah I mean not asking was the right thing to do, what a shit garage.
Archie
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3rd Dec 10 at 17:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Should have asked Adam i could have fitted your tyres for fuck all.
Ian
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3rd Dec 10 at 17:44   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
My local place is a tenner per wheel.
shaunmods
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3rd Dec 10 at 17:49   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Assumption is the mother of all fuck ups
Phillips_91
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3rd Dec 10 at 17:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i got 2 tyres fitted, balanced and tracking done on mine for £20 was quite impressed tbh
B3KAN
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3rd Dec 10 at 17:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I dont see why your moaning about it tbh he is right you should have asked. everywhere charge different, learn from your mistakes i guess
andys sxi
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3rd Dec 10 at 18:03   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Archie
Should have asked Adam i could have fitted your tyres for fuck all.


shoot him while hes down haha i bet he feels alot better now you have told him you could have done them for free

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Ian
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3rd Dec 10 at 18:07   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Look on the bright side, ATS want £20 per wheel, we went there looking to fit mail order 888s to the Puma wheels and laughed outselves out of the shop at the £80 quote for 10 minutes work.
am4nf
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3rd Dec 10 at 20:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Thats the thing, it takes what about 20 minutes and about a quids worth of weights, thats fucking two hours labour they got paid for a sixth of the time
Bonney
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3rd Dec 10 at 20:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Went into ATS today and asked and they wanted £15+vat per wheel.

Went into a local tyre place and they did them all for £30 (New valves and balanced up)
corsa-sxi
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3rd Dec 10 at 20:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
£15 each around here :/ - scandalous considering its 5mins per wheel, load of balls for not buying tyres from them i guess, but what do you expect when they charge such a markup on tyres

[Edited on 03-12-2010 by corsa-sxi]
Tomnova16
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3rd Dec 10 at 23:39   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
If business's charged for the actual time taken then they wouldn't make money.
Think about the overheads.
If it was a guy pocketing the cash then fair enough to have a moan

http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
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am4nf
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3rd Dec 10 at 23:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
They would make more money if they charged the same as everyone else though, al never be back anyways
corsa-sxi
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3rd Dec 10 at 23:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
£15 a tyre is extortionate, £5 a tyre is fair..
Joe
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4th Dec 10 at 12:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
£5 a tyre isn't worth it for the garage, assuming its fitted, new valve and balanced. Risk scratching the wheels just to do a cheap job as a favour.
Rich H
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4th Dec 10 at 12:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Nowhere round here will do it for less than £12 a wheel, and that's cash. If it's all invoiced and legit then it's usually over £20 per wheel.
Joe
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4th Dec 10 at 12:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I'd like to see some people on here actually try and run a business. They would go down quicker than Lawrah on Steve.
VegasPhil
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4th Dec 10 at 13:41   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Kwik fit wanted £40 to fit two tyres. Told him he was dreaming. Prices for mounting only have shot up though. They mist lose heaps of business to the Internet now!

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Sean-B
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4th Dec 10 at 16:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
'Mr Tyre' did two of mine for £10, the guy was obsessed with my Rota GTRs though
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4th Dec 10 at 16:41   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
mainstream tyre places are epicly expensive if you dont know someone that works there

Local back street garage to me has a tyre machine. Got my track tyres put on and balanced for £20

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Corsa_Sport21
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4th Dec 10 at 16:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
My local place used to charge 5quid a wheel if i removed them and left the wheels/tyres with them.
Put his price up to 10quid though as he said its not worth the risk or hassle doing it for a 5er.

Always tells me before hand too that it might mark the rim.Never does though.

Or the local Kwik Fit on a sunday charge not much as i think it goes in his pocket.

[Edited on 04-12-2010 by Corsa_Sport21]

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