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Blew a fuse

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  • 28-02-2010 9:58pm
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    jackbauer
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    Went into a local motor factor to buy two 50amp blade fuses on saturday. Guy makes a big deal out of finding them. I ask how much. €9 he says! For two 12v blade fuses! Walked out , went home , bought a pack of 10 on uk ebay for £6 inc p+p. :mad:


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    gerrycollins
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    now go back and tell him please.


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    Guy:Incognito
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    jackbauer wrote: »
    Went into a local motor factor to buy two 50amp blade fuses on saturday. Guy makes a big deal out of finding them. I ask how much. €9 he says! For two 12v blade fuses! Walked out , went home , bought a pack of 10 on uk ebay for £6 inc p+p. :mad:

    You could hav ebought them in the pound (euro :) ) shop cheaper than you got ripped off on ebay for.:)


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    Bosshogg
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    jackbauer wrote: »
    Went into a local motor factor to buy two 50amp blade fuses on saturday. Guy makes a big deal out of finding them. I ask how much. €9 he says! For two 12v blade fuses! Walked out , went home , bought a pack of 10 on uk ebay for £6 inc p+p. :mad:

    sounds bleedin' terrible. just for me and my curiosity, spec out what a "12v Blade" fuse is coz I'd love to see what the price is in my usual haunts. It seems like a 50c item. I'm thinking crappy little wire squiggle housed in plastic that is nearly always a nuisance to fit into a car fuse box.


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    91011
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    This is probably the first "real" rip-off case I have seen on boards for a while.

    The fecker in the motor factors thought you'd have no idea and so inflated his price way beyond what it should be.

    Happens sometimes in electrical factors too - charged €35 for a voltage changer only to find they were no more than £10 in the UK. Went back and they "claimed" it was pricing error and refunded €20.

    How about naming & shaming the motor factors involved because most of them are quite decent.


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    tscul32
    Registered Users Posts: 2,564 ✭✭✭tscul32


    I was in a kwikfit type place recently and one of the mechanics was explaining to his supervisor that he needed to get x to finish a job. Super said, yeah, grand but go get a generic one in b&q cos the motor factor one will cost 3 times and won't be any better.


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