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1981.1 | | KERNEL::FISCHERI | Tonight I fancy myself | Mon Jan 11 1993 15:20 | 3 |
| Did you try Halfords? Maybe they do "universal" wiper arms!
Ian
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1981.2 | | CURRNT::CARSON | | Mon Jan 11 1993 15:30 | 8 |
| I used to have a Ford Escort (I know, sad, but I'm better now) and I
broke the front offside indicator lens parking. Turns out I had to buy
an entire new indicator unit, ie lens, moulded back peice everything.
I think *some* dealers sometimes try an pull a fast one.
PC
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1981.3 | Have you opened the packet yet? | PEKING::SMITHRW | Err..... | Mon Jan 11 1993 15:53 | 12 |
| When you buy a replacement blade (Bosch, Champion etc), it usually
comes with a fitting kit with all sorts of wee plastic thingies in it.
These go on the pivot between the end of the wiper arm and the blade
frame. If this is the bit you broke, you could have got it and a nice
new blade (a lot more use than a new arm) for about a third of the
price...
I suspect you've been reamed....
Richard
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1981.4 | | SQGUK::GRUBB | | Mon Jan 11 1993 15:58 | 9 |
| re .3
Yes I thought of that, that's why I initially asked for a new blade and when
I looked at it saw that it didn't have the piece I needed.
Storeman said this was a common breakage and Renault only supplied the whole
arm as a replacement. I am writing to Renault.
John.
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1981.5 | Kwacker alternator = 300 quid !! | EBYGUM::WARNESG | This space deliberately left blank | Mon Jan 11 1993 16:52 | 10 |
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The most outrageous spare part price I encountered was the approx 300
quid I was quoted for a genuine Kawasaki alternator for my Z1000J
m/cycle - this was about 5 years ago I might add.
Fortunately, there was a breakers in Reading that did alternator
rewinds and it only ended up costing about 45 quid !
Graham Warnes
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1981.6 | Cheaper Getting a Sign-Writer | AYOV17::GMONTGOMERIE | | Wed Jan 13 1993 15:15 | 10 |
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Best I've come across is for replacing the car badges for my Vauxhall
last year when it was all the rage for local kids to collect them.
I was charged 5.55 inc VAT for the front emblem, 5.76 for the
'Vauxhall' sign and they wanted 7.95 for the letter 'L'....
Beat that...
gm.
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1981.7 | :-) | TIMMII::RDAVIES | An expert Amateur | Wed Jan 13 1993 15:17 | 4 |
| Should have forked out the little extra and got GLSiX/GT/4WD/OHC while
you were at it!
Richard
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1981.8 | | CURRNT::CARSON | | Wed Jan 13 1993 15:19 | 7 |
| Can't beat that. It pretty extortionate isn't it.
There's a plastic splash guard that sits under the engine of my car,
cost 90 quid !
I just can't see how they can justify the prices of some of these spare
parts.
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1981.9 | Ripped off by dealer ? | BAHTAT::BARTLE | | Wed Jan 13 1993 16:11 | 7 |
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Re .6
Looks like the dealer was screwing you, I paid 1.04p for the 'CD' and
.35p for the small 'i' back in March '92 at my local Vauxhall dealer.
Doug.
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1981.10 | Always sit down for Porsche prices .. | CHEFS::COLEMANM | | Wed Jan 13 1993 16:25 | 9 |
| One of the parts men at AFN in Reading told me that a guy came in
before Christmas, having slid his Porsche 944 off the road, clipping
the rear wheel heavily on a kerb and breaking a rear suspension arm ...
680 quid not inc fitting .....
Mark
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1981.11 | Rover Badge | BRUMMY::MATT | A tiny, but exciting....... | Wed Jan 13 1993 16:34 | 8 |
| The Rover badge for my 216 (The boat part)
21 quid + Vat.
Matt.
If you really want to talk silly money, lets talk about motorcycle parts !
(Indicator bracket for Yam FZ750, l shaped piece of ally with hole at either end,
approx 2 inches long 13 quid + vat.)
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1981.12 | | UPROAR::DARRALLD | Dave Darrall, DECtrade , 769-8228 | Wed Jan 13 1993 17:22 | 5 |
| Washer pumps for metro, rover 25quid, Halfords 7quid
Transfer badges for metro, and body stripe, 45 quid
wheel trims for metro, 25 each.
Dave D
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1981.13 | | PAKORA::SWRIGHT | | Wed Jan 13 1993 19:25 | 6 |
| 3 years ago I got quoted 150 quid +VAT for Lancia Martini lines for my
Delta, I hate to think what they cost now.
Steve.
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1981.14 | | SUBURB::TAFF::Wob | Robert Screene, UK Finance EUC | Wed Jan 13 1993 21:07 | 9 |
1981.15 | another rip-off | WELCLU::YOUNG | | Thu Jan 14 1993 14:05 | 9 |
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How about this,
Idle solenoid for a volvo 340 45 quid from volvo
carburettor is a Weber so I went to them still 15 quid which is a lot
of money for a little solenoid(they supply Volvo)
But Volvo what a rip-off!!!!!
Richard
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1981.16 | | CURRNT::CARSON | | Thu Jan 14 1993 14:50 | 11 |
| As a matter of interest, a company I used to work for (name withheld,
although its common practise i'm sure) supplied spare parts for its
products (small ships etc..) to its customers. The markup on its spares
was incredible. I was involved in the software that did it and what
would happend is that the software would scan for the cheapest
supplier, buy from them, scan for the most expensive supplier, mark
that up 52% and charge its customer that price. Infact the customer
in this case marked them up another 50-60% and then supplied them to
*its* customer !
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1981.17 | Cheapest bit, but most expesive job | SUBURB::FRENCHS | Semper in excernere | Thu Jan 14 1993 14:55 | 9 |
1981.18 | | CURRNT::CARSON | | Thu Jan 14 1993 15:11 | 2 |
| Cylinder head gasket on a Supra 3.0i engine. Part cost 6 pounds. Labour
to fit it cost 500 pounds.
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1981.19 | Small car - big costs! | BRUMMY::MARTIN::BELL | Martin Bell, TCC, Birmingham UK | Thu Jan 14 1993 15:23 | 6 |
1981.20 | Some prices are ridiculous, BUT : | ESBS01::RUTTER | Rut The Nut | Thu Jan 14 1993 17:41 | 11 |
1981.21 | | CURRNT::CARSON | | Thu Jan 14 1993 18:40 | 16 |
| <<< Note 1981.16 by CURRNT::CARSON >>>
> As a matter of interest, a company I used to work for (name withheld,
> although its common practise i'm sure) supplied spare parts for its
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I do.
Your're right of course, but some times it hard to swallow when the
price has been jacked up 400%, but then this happens all the time in
the services. The cost of spares and the amount of money that gets
wasted on them would make you cringe.
For example, those little triangle blocks that get put in front of an
aircrafts wheels to stop it rolling forward cost in excess of 500
pounds i'm told.
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1981.22 | | ESBS01::RUTTER | Rut The Nut | Thu Jan 14 1993 18:58 | 22 |
1981.23 | They know what the market will stand for. | UFHIS::GVIPOND | | Thu Jan 14 1993 19:14 | 12 |
|
Re -10,
I had some work done on my 944, they (Local Porsche garage) gave me a
detailed bill which included costs for parts and labour. One item said
remove rear wheel, cost for this was DM 60, they then prepared and
sprayed the car, further on down, the bill said ..... Replace rear
wheel... cost Dm 60.
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1981.24 | Chocks! 8*) | PEKING::SMITHRW | Err..... | Thu Jan 14 1993 19:45 | 11 |
1981.25 | | CURRNT::CARSON | | Thu Jan 14 1993 20:04 | 4 |
| re .-1
Not me... The plane in I was refering to was the Sea King Helicopters
use by the Fleet Air Arm.
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1981.26 | Talking about the price of badges.... | ETGWK7::RAESIDE | | Fri Jan 15 1993 14:55 | 9 |
1981.27 | 600 pounds for a bulb? | ROCKS::CAMP | | Mon Jan 18 1993 17:02 | 10 |
| The best attempted RIP OFF that I ever had, was when a well known BMW
garage wanted to charge 600 pounds for an On Board Computer when all
that was required was a 2 pound bulb! Their excuse was that they tried
a new bulb but that did not fix the problem and they could not believe
the bulb could be DOA, so it had to be the computer.....
The irony is that you could see the LCD display was working OK if you
looked close enough and the fault could only be the back light bulb.
It worked with another bulb!!!!!
Mike.
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1981.28 | How Much !!!! | VIVIAN::G_COOMBER | Insured by Smith and Wesson | Mon Jan 18 1993 17:45 | 11 |
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During the christmas period I tried to purchase a new set of plug leads
for my BMW motorcycle. Simple problem , a couple of the caps had seen
better days. called up local dealer, "got a set of leads", Dealer "yep,
22 pounds, plus vat" , "Thats for the set?" , "Oh no, thats each!".
That works out about #103 for the set. As the lead are very simular to
car leads I went to a car electrics dealer. He supplied Lucas High
performance silicon leads, at the right lenght , #2 each or there
abouts. Not a bad markup.
Garry
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1981.29 | Sting | CHEFS::slagra.reo.dec.com::Slade_G | | Mon Mar 11 1996 20:01 | 4 |
| VW Corrado spark plugs 25 pounds each from your friendly VW stockist
BMW 325i steering rack (non-power assisted) 1400 pounds.
ouch !!
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1981.30 | Painful Parts | KERNEL::BELLAL | Alastair Bell | Mon Mar 11 1996 21:13 | 17 |
| I have a Mazda 323 GT 1990 H . The price for a SINGLE C.V joint from
Mazda is 350 Pounds + vat! My father lives in New Zealand and priced
one there for me... 120 Pounds... Inc tax! This is the SAME part from
a genuine MAZDA dealer! It would not cost me 240 pounds to airfreight
it from there to here, pay for import duty, and pay VAT on it!
Where do they get their prices from?
More ridiculous Mazda prices...
Set of 5 HT leads - 95 pounds + VAT
Steering Wheel (mine got damaged...) 240 pounds + VAT (and its not
leather!)
Alloy Wheel - 161 pounds + VAT
Rear Disc pads - 50 pounds + VAT
Washer pump seems almost reasonable at 20 pounds + VAT!
Any one want to buy a Mazda...?!
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1981.31 | | KERNEL::IMBIERSKIT | Good frames, Bad frames... | Tue Mar 12 1996 12:37 | 4 |
| It also amazes me that for the cost of some engine management computers
you could buy a pentium multimedia PC!!
Tony I
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1981.32 | | CBHVAX::CBH | Mr. Creosote | Tue Mar 12 1996 12:43 | 9 |
| > It also amazes me that for the cost of some engine management computers
> you could buy a pentium multimedia PC!!
I think a lot of these use the Motorola M88K chip. Just to put this into
perspective, one of the systems I manage also uses this sort of CPU, and even
the cheapest MVME188 card costs, well, a lot, several Pentium Multimedia PC's
worth, anyway!
Chris.
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1981.33 | | KERNEL::IMBIERSKIT | Good frames, Bad frames... | Tue Mar 12 1996 12:48 | 4 |
| I was thinking about the job the computer is doing, compared to the
price you have to pay for it.
Tony I
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