So These idiots think that the only way to treat Customers with Respect is to pay someone to Approve us. ? I hope they realise that not all garages are out there just to Rip customers off, Some of us are Conscientious and are proud of what we do and Try to give the customers good value for money and a Try to do a better job, a quicker job and a cheaper job than they would normally get done at a Main agent, ( sometimes charging 2 or 3 times our labour rate ) I haven't advertised in any way shape or form since Just after I started working for Myself in 1983. ( apart from Any Listings in Directories or whatever which I do not pay for or ask for ). All my Customers Come to me purely through Recommendations and most of them that have been before don't even ask how much the job will be as they trust me to do a proper job at the right price.

If they have received 100 Applications, Why are they only sending out 3 Licences. ? Are the other 97 Below Standard or have they just not got around to checking them out, Or Like most schemes, have they had a Bright Idea but not got enough manpower to follow it up. ?

And Also Every Extra Cost that is incurred to the Garage owners will get passed onto the Customer, So do they think that the Customer will be happy with Paying for the Job, Extra for Tax. Extra for VAT, Extra for The BSI Kite Mark,
etc etc.

Oh and another thing. I bet most Garages have never even heard of the Scheme, I Only know of it because I have read about it on here and on a Course that I went on in Manchester where a Guy from the College popped in and Told us about it.
If they want to get it up and running, They should publicise it properly and Not Charge Ridiculous amounts of Money to set it up.

And Also. I hope that I have not got a Shoddy and Second Rate Past, All My Work is done to the Highest standard Possible, as long as the customer can afford Quality Parts, And If They Want My opinion, That is where there attentions should be focussed as there is too much Poor quality equipment being allowed to enter the country from places like China and India and Sometimes being Reboxed under Brand Names making Customers think that they are getting a quality product. ( which they are not )
Some of these products look good but fail within minutes of being fitted and some unscrupulous Companies are even selling this stuff in bulk to Distributors with a No return policy and using the excuse that the warranty is built into the price. ? Not a bad Idea when you are selling crap that has a near 100 % failure rate. ?