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Trade Price For Skf Front Wheel Bearings 1990 Mini


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#16 liam1288

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Posted 21 August 2013 - 08:43 PM

Yeah I understand that but back to my point am I right in being suspicious of the prices? If all seems fine I'm happy to pay the guy as if I bough the SKF bearing it would cost me £40ish so £25 more and have the guy fit it isn't too bad but if he's just saying that and is actually fitting a rubbish bearing (reflected in the £27 price) then that's just wrong!

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Posted 21 August 2013 - 08:46 PM

Because people get insulted when asked to prove things so it's easier and safer for them to just blanket refuse


Yeah I don't want to insult the guy asking for proof...
Ill be a bit cheeky and ask how does he get them that cheap! They're £40-50 to buy online! Snd see what he says but I do t want to question him you know?

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Posted 21 August 2013 - 09:36 PM

I meant it the other way round, if you bought the parts and the garage asked you for proof that they were genuine. Last thing a garage will want to do is insult the customer so they jsut say they dont fit parts they don't supply to avoid the whole can of worms.

 

As for you asking him for proof or the where he's getting them from, you're the customer ask what you want! Don't be shy about it



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Posted 21 August 2013 - 10:05 PM

A Timken hub set for one side is just over £50 inc VAT from Mini Spares. It's likely your repairer will be quoting a pre-VAT price, then adding VAT to the final total on the bill. Say the supplier gets 15% discount, that would be about £40 less 15%, so just over £30. But he needs to make some profit from the bearings, so, yes, £27 is a bit cheap. However, you'll have a guarantee, so if hey fail just take it back and he'll have to do the job all over again .



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Posted 21 August 2013 - 10:11 PM

Would a garage usually guarantee parts like bearings?

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Posted 21 August 2013 - 10:33 PM

Any trader fitting new parts and carrying out the fitting is required under consumer protection legislation to warrant his work and the parts supplied for 12 months. If new bearings supplied and fitted should fail, the fitting company is required to do the repair again and the fitting company then go back to their supplier for a re-fund on the defective parts supplied to the fitting company. The owner has a claim only against the company who supplied and fitted the parts.



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Posted 21 August 2013 - 10:38 PM

Good stuff! Learn something new everyday!

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Posted 22 August 2013 - 12:48 AM

Just phone up the local trade parts supplier...
Andrew page... central auto supplies... etc.

Ask them how much the bearing is..

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Posted 22 August 2013 - 09:13 AM

Just ask the garage to quote you a price using a Timken Bearing Kit.



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Posted 22 August 2013 - 10:36 AM

What happens is people buy the cheapest **** possible then turn up and want it fitted only to come back and moan when it fails. Yeah you might just want to fit decent parts but most just want cheap


I understand that, which was why I made that point in my post but if the OP has made it clear they want genuine parts and want to make sure of that by buying genuine parts then I don't see a problem. If there is a problem you have to ask yourself why.
 
As if the people who buy cheap tripe walk in and say it's the cheapest dirt they could find. 
The garage invariably get blamed when something goes wrong so why would they take a risk on where you got the parts from
If the garage can't spot the difference between quality parts and cheap copies then I wouldn't let them near my car. It comes down to trust. I do 99% of stuff myself but on my wife's modern car I don't as I don't have the fault code reader etc. I have bought bits for it on several occasions for the garage to fit and there has never been a problem. I have also done this when having work done on my old VW camper as they knew I knew what bits to get better than they did. If a garage is not prepared to fit quality parts you supply I would walk away. There is a reason for it. That reason might be they are a chain and don't do it, or they make a fat profit on the parts. Either way I wouldn't use them. The receipts for parts from a lot of trade suppliers come in two parts, one with the actual price on and one with a retail price. Guess which one some garages would show to the customer?

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Posted 22 August 2013 - 04:57 PM

The problem with quality bearings such as timken, SFK, powertune etc is the fakes around

There was a post about this from tiger99 just a few days ago






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