Echo

Wifey stuffed the WRX in to reverse and ploughed in to a bollard and caved in the rear bumper and boot. I put off having it fixed while I saved what I thought I'd need but a local Scoob owner pointed me to a local firm in the next village. I nipped down and they seemed busy and ok so when they quoted £300 + VAT for the whole job I bit their hands off.

Anyway, I picked it up today and the bloke said that the broken scoop with a lump out of it (from rock off a lorry!) looked bad so they fixed that and took out a few stone chips that had gone rusty, for nothing extra! Top job it looks too. Blimey!

The best bit is that Wifey paid

Ah, Scoob ownership isn't so bad after all!

Prasius

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And the lesson you learnt from this little episode is.....?

Echo

Er, Wifey only gets to drive the SKODA vRS from now on?

phil_wrx

iTrader: (2)

wait till you get rob in your bed at knife point for your keys

Phil555

iTrader: (1)

Get the name up. Always nice to put some business peoples way if thier work is top notch.

Phil.

chocolate_o_brian

iTrader: (22)

aye have it put up fella. mines being repaired/sprayed as we speak after an accident, and if im happy il post up details, and if im unhappy... il post up details

rossyboy

iTrader: (8)

Good to hear. A lot of businesses seem to forget the power of word of mouth. A little extra on one job can be multiplied a number of times in returns through your recommendations to others

amazingjames

too true. i always try and get a report from a garage or bodyshop of a previos customer too see how they found them. its the best way, they have no reason to lie and dont benefit from it so are likely to tell the truth as it is. and as some1 stated get the garages details up if there good. it could save some other car owner time and money in the future. word of mouth theres nothing better for getting business.