Hi Steph,

Very well put post regarding female customers, it is quite clear from your comments that you have as much doubt about this Chris Mason scheme as most decent independants have, I wish I had a magical answer. I will provide one answer though and that is the one of personal reccomendation from other customers, I have never advertised anywhere,ever ! all my work comes from reccomendations from my current customer base, that suits me as I have a link with everybody that calls upon my service, I collect from up to 30 miles away and drop back by teatime,I am competitive on labour rate and pride myself on doing the best job for the best price. These codes do nothing for my business, if at the end of the day I was giving rubbish service or ripping people off no-one would come to me, and this year despite the recession I cannot keep up with demand.

All on this forum are trustworthy independants, don't use the codes list of garages, look up a member close to you from the database held in this forum, you have to be a member to access that but at least you will have peace of mind in that the person/garage is trusted/honest and will do a good job at a reasonable price.

Regards

Tony