dingobruce
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Took my van for it's MOT yesterday, which was fully serviced only in June, and was told that pretty much the entire chassis needs welding, there was a DANGEROUS oil leak and a whole bunch of other things.
When I asked for a quote on the work to be carried out I was told "I daan't do prices on weldin'". So again I politely asked for just a rough estimate just to have a vague idea. £60 an hour I was told, again I asked roughly how many hours he thought it would be. "Araaand ten ta twelve hars mate." Then he told me he'd do all the work for £1000! Seeing as I only paid around £1500 for the van I said no way, at which point I was advised to "torch it innit". Then obviously realising this wouldn't get him any dough he offered to do the work for £500. I was obviously not too sure about these guys and decided to get a second opinion and get pre MOT test and works estimate for £25 from another garage.
"Small plate needs welding under the pedals and there's a small leak from the steering box, £195 for the repairs and the MOT."
I'm really incensed about how the first garage tried to rip me off and although I was suspicious I did consider the offer of £500 and even borrowed some money off a friend to take it there.
Is there any government body that I can report these clowns to?
When I asked for a quote on the work to be carried out I was told "I daan't do prices on weldin'". So again I politely asked for just a rough estimate just to have a vague idea. £60 an hour I was told, again I asked roughly how many hours he thought it would be. "Araaand ten ta twelve hars mate." Then he told me he'd do all the work for £1000! Seeing as I only paid around £1500 for the van I said no way, at which point I was advised to "torch it innit". Then obviously realising this wouldn't get him any dough he offered to do the work for £500. I was obviously not too sure about these guys and decided to get a second opinion and get pre MOT test and works estimate for £25 from another garage.
"Small plate needs welding under the pedals and there's a small leak from the steering box, £195 for the repairs and the MOT."
I'm really incensed about how the first garage tried to rip me off and although I was suspicious I did consider the offer of £500 and even borrowed some money off a friend to take it there.
Is there any government body that I can report these clowns to?
