13 hours labour for 3 gauges
12 October 2010, 10:05 PM
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So let's understand.... Assuming everything you have said is completely factual 100%, you got somebody to do some work without asking what the estimated time or charge would be?
12 October 2010, 10:10 PM
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Btw... Make sure you don't tell your solicitor you have been going on a public forum stating a company are cowboys. It maybe you getting solicitor letters! 
12 October 2010, 10:13 PM
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12 October 2010, 10:23 PM
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POWER STATION ARE RIP OFFS BEWARE!!! THEY CHARGED 13 HALF HOURS TO FIT 3 GAUGES(OIL TEMP,OIL PRESSURE,WATER TEMP),10 HOURS TO FIX A NUMBER PLATE BULB,PETROL CAP SPRING,CHANGE BRAKE DISCS AROUND,FIX SPEEDO AND MACHINE A FLANGE.5 HOURS WORK TOPS,£60 QUID AN HOUR.THEY BILLED ME 23 HALF HOUR LABOUR PLUS £200 QUID IN PARTS PLUS VAT
what was that for?Not having a go here just trying to make sense.
I've never had a problem with them apart from their Dyno slightly under reading
(my excuse)
12 October 2010, 10:28 PM
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12 October 2010, 10:31 PM
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im upset and pissed off,i am not making anything up i can get my mate to put the work sheet up.they ripped me off,i aint doing nothing wrong by expressing my opinion,i got ripped off
12 October 2010, 10:35 PM
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it was the 2nd time i used them the 1st time i waited whilst i had drop links,anti lift kit,front and rear anti roll bars fitted and poly bushes,all was well and i thaught they were professional and did a good job untill i left my car there and got it back 2weeks later with a huge bill for what should have taken no longer than 5 hours
12 October 2010, 10:36 PM
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i came on here to find out how long it would take to fit the 3 gauges which i have done so also wanted to find out if the dash needed to come out which i did too and lastly to find out if it mattered if they were cheap gauges which i did so,all these were excuses said to me by power station for the reason of the amount of labour
12 October 2010, 10:52 PM
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its not a case of how much, its a case of how long they billed you for. one garage charges £30 an hour, another £50, another £100, a main dealer even more. so its not a matter of price that should be at question, but the amount of hours they billed you to do the job. which seems a lot more than the norm for the work you mentioned.
there are lots of garages near me that wont touch unusal jobs, ie fitting gauges, braided hoses etc, because they dont know how much to charge. i rung my local honda dealership who do everything by the book, and there price to change my brake hoses to goodridge ones were £600 ! ! ! ! which we know is a joke, but they didnt know the work involved, and just went by the manual.
i still think you should have got a written quote of some kind, or a rough price, as you basicly asked to have your pants pulled down here, going into somewhere thats not trustworthy, and then not asking a price/qoute in writing leaves it up to them to try and get as much as they can from you.
good luck getting your money back, lesson learnt for future car work i guess.
there are lots of garages near me that wont touch unusal jobs, ie fitting gauges, braided hoses etc, because they dont know how much to charge. i rung my local honda dealership who do everything by the book, and there price to change my brake hoses to goodridge ones were £600 ! ! ! ! which we know is a joke, but they didnt know the work involved, and just went by the manual.
i still think you should have got a written quote of some kind, or a rough price, as you basicly asked to have your pants pulled down here, going into somewhere thats not trustworthy, and then not asking a price/qoute in writing leaves it up to them to try and get as much as they can from you.
good luck getting your money back, lesson learnt for future car work i guess.
12 October 2010, 10:54 PM
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We are just trying to work out how you were charged so much mate. Like what the flange was for and why they changed your brakes around
12 October 2010, 10:55 PM
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i paid 80 quid to get my prosport gauges fitted,inc all wiring,drilling my pod to fit my alarm light, took around 6 hrs ,i cant believe that regardless of company that they didnt give u a rough price for the job,
hope u get it sorted out but u shouldnt slag them off mate as it wont help ure case,
wait until uve won then do it
hope u get it sorted out but u shouldnt slag them off mate as it wont help ure case,
wait until uve won then do it
