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Was I Ripped Off?

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    #32
    Gurgle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,064 ✭✭✭Gurgle


    Alun wrote:
    Oh, I see, you mean those invisible [sarcasm] tags that you didn't actually put in? Or are we all supposed to be psychic or something?
    I told ya, you have to enable them in your web browser.
    Alun wrote:
    Anyway, judging by the deplorable state of a lot of older cars here in Ireland, I had no reason to suspect you weren't being anything but 100% serious.
    What decade are you in then?
    Have you heard of the good old NCT?
    Now you have to clean the car every 2 years whether it needs it or not.


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    #33
    delly
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 7,683 Mod ✭✭✭✭delly


    Gurgle wrote:
    Have you heard of the good old NCT?
    Now you have to clean the car every 2 years whether it needs it or not.
    So thats why i failed :eek:


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    #34
    Blitzkrieger
    Registered Users Posts: 6,660 ✭✭✭Blitzkrieger


    The last time I replaced my front wiper blades it was 5 euro for the pair and the guy fitted them for free (took less than a minute). Of course you were ripped off. Was it a main dealer? They love to bill for labour in chunks. So if it's x per hour they'll charge x/3 for 20 minutes or any part thereof.

    Never, EVER go to a main dealer for anything. I feel like going on a rant but my break's almost over. BBL :D


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    #35
    Alfasudcrazy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭Alfasudcrazy


    Don't know why you did not chance that job yourself Cormie.
    I just take off the old wiper blades and go to my local motor factor shop - get new ones that match and then fit them myself.

    The glue on the window could have been taken off with a sharp scraper and a cloth doused with white spirits - would have save yourself a tenner if not more.;)


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    #36
    ballooba
    Registered Users Posts: 6,315 ✭✭✭ballooba


    Sounds like a lot of effort to save ten euro.

    Keep worrying about the pennies and you won't have enough time to make the euros.


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    #37
    Gurgle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,064 ✭✭✭Gurgle


    Blitzkrieger wrote:
    The last time I replaced my front wiper blades it was 5 euro for the pair and the guy fitted them for free (took less than a minute). Of course you were ripped off. Was it a main dealer? They love to bill for labour in chunks. So if it's x per hour they'll charge x/3 for 20 minutes or any part thereof.

    Never, EVER go to a main dealer for anything. I feel like going on a rant but my break's almost over. BBL :D
    Wiper blades = Strips of rubber?
    Wiper = Metal assembly including strips of rubber?
    €Wiper > €wiper blade


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    #38
    Blitzkrieger
    Registered Users Posts: 6,660 ✭✭✭Blitzkrieger


    I meant wipers. The whole plastic assembly - he didn't have blades to fit my car.


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    Mercury_Tilt
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    #40
    el tel
    Registered Users Posts: 2,991 ✭✭✭el tel


    Mercury_Tilt wrote:
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    ^^This is very true^^

    I recently bought a full exhaust system, brake disks and pads and a starter from the main Volkswagen dealer in Belfast, each item being at least 20% cheaper than any other source I could find.

    It pays to shop around but not overlook the main dealers either.


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