{"id":1917,"date":"2009-08-12T20:06:57","date_gmt":"2009-08-12T19:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=1917"},"modified":"2015-02-25T20:37:41","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T20:37:41","slug":"are-vauxhall-main-dealers-ripping-off-their-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=1917","title":{"rendered":"Are Vauxhall main dealers ripping off their customers?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a debating question and I’m asking because of a like-for-like e’ent
\n<\/em>
\nNot long ago I took my ‘ectra to a local ‘auxhall main dealer, Hartwell of Oxford to have a bulb replaced.<\/p>\n

That I needed to go to a ‘auxhall main dealer to have a bulb replaced in the first place is a shining example of stunningly bad design, but that’s not the point of this post<\/em><\/p>\n

While my car was up on the ramps (really!) the mechanic performed what the receptionist later called ‘a ‘visual check’.<\/p>\n

Which I didn’t ask for, but we’ll let that slide too<\/em><\/p>\n

The result of performing this visual check was twofold:<\/p>\n

1. It took 45 minutes to have the bulb changed, and
\n2. The receptionist presented me with a printed list of vehicle defects<\/p>\n

And the cost of putting right these defects?<\/p>\n

\u00a3700.78<\/p>\n

This magic number is made up of:
\n\u00a3296.20, labour
\n\u00a3313.17, parts
\n\u00a3 91.41, vat
\n\u00a3700.78, total<\/span><\/p>\n

Gulp!<\/p>\n

So I took the shopping list of jobs and went to Autocare Express of Witney<\/a> and had the work done there.<\/p>\n

And how much did it cost?<\/p>\n

\u00a3130.24, labour
\n\u00a3177.93, parts
\n\u00a3 46.24, vat
\n\u00a3354.41, total<\/span><\/p>\n

So that’s half-price or, to put it another way, a cash sa’ing of \u00a3346.37<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

As we started this piece with a question, let’s end it with another.<\/p>\n

What is it that a Vauxhall main dealer does that’s worth an extra <\/em>\u00a3346.37 over and above the cost of doing the job?<\/p>\n

Thoughts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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