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Posted by Tony Sefton
on January 24, 2012, 8:27 pm, in reply to "Re: rip off RAC"
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Tony Sefton
The Recovery Firms Charged the Full Or Maximum Retail price on the parts they supply and fit as they cannot charge any labour as the customer has already paid for that in his subscription.
We did a Job today where they ( Not sure whether it was AA or RAC ) Quoted a Customer £300 to fit a Starter motor and Alternator on a rough old 2000 V Reg peugeot 206, After Explaining that we would do our own checks first before replacing any parts, The Customer said OK as I didn't trust their Diagnosis or Quote, I told him that we would check the Starter motor, Battery, Charging system and Leakage and then inform him of the results. ( He said he knew he hadn't got any leakage as there was no oil on the floor )
Anyway it had a Faulty Starter motor due to a Faulty ignition switch not returning from the crank position, a Faulty battery that was Fully charged and wouldn't read 6V on a High Rate discharge tester and read out as 90 CCA on the Electronic crap tester. ( OK It was right this time )
So We Fitted a Starter motor and a Battery and a Starter button so that he couldn't leave it stuck in mesh again and the Bill was £160 + vat. And The Alternator was Working perfectly.
Tony.
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