Hi John and Paul

I must admit i am a little baffled by both your comments, you seem to be making hard work of a simple situation (or am i reading it wrong )

We tell our customers:
We do not carryout MOT's at our workshop....BUT

You can take the vehicle for test yourself and risk a failure or we can arrange a test for you, and take it for test

This is an example of one of our invoices:

MOT1: Carryout a pre MOT inspection 0.5 hours £21:00

MOT2: Take vehicle for MOT test, wait with vehicle while the test is carried out 0.75 hours £31.50

MOT3: MOT Certificate £46:00 (Trade Price)

Labour Total £52.50
VAT @ 17.5% £9.18
Sub Total £61.68
MOT Cert £46.00

TOTAL £107.68

During the pre check we will replace tyres, wiper blades bulbs ect FOC (they just pay for parts, tyres etc)

If it needs additional work (ie: suspension arm) after our inspection, that will be carried out at extra cost

We have been working this way for over 10 years with only the odd query on the charges for checking and taking

The confusion seems to be with some members trying to get the full price MOT fee out of the customer.........what the hell, just let them have it at the trade price, why make life difficult......my customers alway come back year after year, saves them a shed load of grief and stress

Peter

Merry Christmas Lads