ridiculous damage quotes

[Chris_O]

through "good recommendation" from one of my mums friends, as she had some damage fixed at a very low price, i went to this place called scuffbusters (www.scuffbusters.com) to get a quote to fix the damage on my car as seen in pics.



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not much damage really, just the bumper needs re securing to sit flush and a small dent taken out in the wing so the wheel arch can sit flush, and i thought a professional would do a much better job than me. So the bloke came out to have a look and just blurts out "£300 - 350 mate" . i thought that was a fuck of a lot of money and said i was expecting it to be £100 max! i told him i could probs fix most of it myself its just the dent i would had trouble with so he told me to go to this place called dent rewind.

I got there and again this bloke came out to have a look. he then tells me he would do the whole lot to get the car looking as new again for £75 plus vat! :A: so i think i no where i will be going! how the fuck can there be that much of a difference in quotes?!

[kxhaz]

remember you get what you pay for

[Chris_O]

i no yeh, but does that really look like £350 worth of damage to you?! lol dent rewind is a reputable company as well

[Day_hughes]

surely the first guy was gonna charge ya for new parts for it or somethin for a quote like that. the damage doesnt look bad, my uncle had a lot worse and wasnt quoted half that much of the original.

hope it gets sorted without problems anyway mate :y:

[VTEC-Saxo]

were i was at on work experience, if they thought it wasn't worth doing / thought you were getting quotes for an insurance repair they would feed them bullshit so they went elsewhere

They would quote new genuine parts

Front bumper £80
Wing £80
Paint £100
then + labour

[tuft]

garages will try and take advantage of younger people.
also, like them headlights, which ones are they?

[Chris_O]

surely the first guy was gonna charge ya for new parts for it or somethin for a quote like that. the damage doesnt look bad, my uncle had a lot worse and wasnt quoted half that much of the original.

hope it gets sorted without problems anyway mate :y:

Nope no new parts, just fix the damage!

were i was at on work experience, if they thought it wasn't worth doing / thought you were getting quotes for an insurance repair they would feed them bullshit so they went elsewhere

yeh well that certainly worked!

garages will try and take advantage of younger people.
also, like them headlights, which ones are they?

well im not going to fall for shit like that! there just smoked standard mk2's mate, theres a guide in the styling section on how to do it urself its easy!

[Chris_O]

They would quote new genuine parts

Front bumper £80
Wing £80
Paint £100
then + labour

yeah but the bloke didnt quote for new parts! it was literally just to pull the dent and repair the rest!

[VTEC-Saxo]

yeah but the bloke didnt quote for new parts! it was literally just to pull the dent and repair the rest!

what a farse its a dodgy business tbh there making nothing, i was just sat down doing jack allot of the time think they were paying me more than they were making