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Old 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?
Old 12 October 2010 | 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by F11 SYS
THEY BILLED ME 23 HALF HOUR LABOUR PLUS £200 QUID IN PARTS PLUS VAT
Thats £1900............

Did you pay it
Old 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!
Old 12 October 2010 | 10:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Chris 9-5
Thats £1900............

Did you pay it
i would have questioned it myself.
Old 12 October 2010 | 10:13 PM
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Originally Posted by F11 SYS
IM AN IDIOT I PAID BUT THAUGHT ABOUT IT AFTER,I TRUSTED THEM

You have got the hard bit right and spelt gauges correctly, but nevertheless: I think, you think, I THOUGHT, you THOUGHT.
Old 12 October 2010 | 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by simon57
Sorry mate should you not be on the ideal home web site...

Been perma banned.
Old 12 October 2010 | 10:15 PM
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Ive used powerstation since ive had my impreza... no complaints from me
Old 12 October 2010 | 10:17 PM
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Caps lock.... turn it off
Old 12 October 2010 | 10:20 PM
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Have you got a copy of the bill you can scan and put up on here?

Fitted my gauges in 4 hours,and im useless with electronics.
Old 12 October 2010 | 10:20 PM
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I personally would have told them to poke it and taken it somewhere else, in the current finacial climate its easy to find someone to do a job cheaper
Old 12 October 2010 | 10:23 PM
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You got you trousers pulled down as soon as they saw it was a subaru, you then proceeded to be raped everytime they touched your car
Old 12 October 2010 | 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by F11 SYS
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
Also,when you say change brake discs around what do you mean? Also the flange 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)
Old 12 October 2010 | 10:26 PM
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How much did they quote to do the work?
Old 12 October 2010 | 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Moley_WRX
3 threads complaining about them by you this evening

You're either very upset, or just joined up here to slag them off.... or both.
Does that make it 9 gauges and 39 hours spent fitting
Old 12 October 2010 | 10:30 PM
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Bad Luck F11 SYS, hope you get the situation sorted out......
Old 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
Old 12 October 2010 | 10:32 PM
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Did you really pay out £1900
Old 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
Old 12 October 2010 | 10:36 PM
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Originally Posted by F11 SYS
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
No one said we don't believe u, it's just that 3 separate threads is a bit much
Old 12 October 2010 | 10:39 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
Old 12 October 2010 | 10:42 PM
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thankyou to everyone who answered my thread in a nice manner,you were very helpful,to all you **** takers kiss my hairy ***!!
Old 12 October 2010 | 10:46 PM
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i asked a number of times how much it would be but was told they didnt know till work was done and to be honest i didnt think i would ne paying more than £350
Old 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.
Old 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
Old 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
Old 12 October 2010 | 10:58 PM
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. We get it. No need to post the same thread 4 times.
Old 12 October 2010 | 10:59 PM
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. We get it. No need to post the same thread 4 times.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. We get it. No need to post the same thread 4 times.
Old 12 October 2010 | 11:03 PM
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Cant the mods clean this up and put it all in 1 thread? Starting to look untidy in here now.
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Did you pay £1900 ????????

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