Desira - serves me right ?!
"NC" <NC@home.com> wrote in message
news:du41vm$n5u$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
> I've got a small oil leak (the odd spot on the drive - nothing major).
> Thought I'd drop it into the local Desira for them to take a look and
> let me know whats wrong. Spent 1.5hours waiting round today, and after
> that time they managed to come up with the gem of "its very dirty under
> there, so we've cleaned it. Come back in a week so we can have a proper
> look to see where its coming from. We think it might be the cam cover
> gasket". Total cost - £82 !! For what ??!?! I could have got it steam
> cleaned for a tenner somewhere else. I questioned the charge, was told
> it was standard for that job (they dont have hourly rates anymore), and
> I had to pay as I agreed to any charges when I signed the form saying
> they could look at it.
>
> Serves me right I guess... i expected them to charge ££ to fix it, but
> £80 later they've hardly even started !
>
> Incidently, they quoted another £80 to have it fixed if indeed it does
> turn out to the be the cam cover gasket. Does that sound reasonable ?
It sounds to me that the typical £70 hourly rate is in employment
here...plus parts!
Almost everything small I get done at Alfa costs me £80
