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Danny wrote:
>
> No, the Labour rate was £70-odd per hour, with extras included in the
> price of coolant/flushing and VAT. They also fitted a serpentine
> belt, but the cost of the part isn't in the original quote, just free
> fitting since they had to remove the old one anyway.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Danny

 

Dave Milne wrote:
> I don't. That's 116 quid per hour or just over $200 US !!!
> Ryfield Jeep in Birmingham charge 76 quid per hour, and I thought that was
> expensive.
>

No, the Labour rate was £70-odd per hour, with extras included in the
price of coolant/flushing and VAT. They also fitted a serpentine
belt, but the cost of the part isn't in the original quote, just free
fitting since they had to remove the old one anyway.


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Danny

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Dave Milne wrote:
> I don't. That's 116 quid per hour or just over $200 US !!!
> Ryfield Jeep in Birmingham charge 76 quid per hour, and I thought that was
> expensive.
>

No, the Labour rate was £70-odd per hour, with extras included in the
price of coolant/flushing and VAT. They also fitted a serpentine
belt, but the cost of the part isn't in the original quote, just free
fitting since they had to remove the old one anyway.


--
Regards,
Danny

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http://www.dannyscoffee.com (UK advert for my mobile espresso service)
http://www.malabargold.co.uk (UK/European online ordering for Malabar
Gold blend)
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Dave Milne wrote:
> I don't. That's 116 quid per hour or just over $200 US !!!
> Ryfield Jeep in Birmingham charge 76 quid per hour, and I thought that was
> expensive.
>

No, the Labour rate was £70-odd per hour, with extras included in the
price of coolant/flushing and VAT. They also fitted a serpentine
belt, but the cost of the part isn't in the original quote, just free
fitting since they had to remove the old one anyway.


--
Regards,
Danny

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http://www.dannyscoffee.com (UK advert for my mobile espresso service)
http://www.malabargold.co.uk (UK/European online ordering for Malabar
Gold blend)
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Dave Milne wrote:
> I don't. That's 116 quid per hour or just over $200 US !!!
> Ryfield Jeep in Birmingham charge 76 quid per hour, and I thought that was
> expensive.
>

No, the Labour rate was £70-odd per hour, with extras included in the
price of coolant/flushing and VAT. They also fitted a serpentine
belt, but the cost of the part isn't in the original quote, just free
fitting since they had to remove the old one anyway.


--
Regards,
Danny

http://www.gaggia-espresso.com (a purely hobby site)
http://www.dannyscoffee.com (UK advert for my mobile espresso service)
http://www.malabargold.co.uk (UK/European online ordering for Malabar
Gold blend)
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Well, as long as you are happy ...
That's still around £90/hr inc VAT at least assuming they have enough gall
to charge you more than £30 for the antifreeze....


Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

"Danny" <danny@nospam.gaggia-espresso.com> wrote in message
news:45f4drF6fhmtU1@individual.net...
> Dave Milne wrote:
> > I don't. That's 116 quid per hour or just over $200 US !!!
> > Ryfield Jeep in Birmingham charge 76 quid per hour, and I thought that
was
> > expensive.
> >
>
> No, the Labour rate was £70-odd per hour, with extras included in the
> price of coolant/flushing and VAT. They also fitted a serpentine
> belt, but the cost of the part isn't in the original quote, just free
> fitting since they had to remove the old one anyway.
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Danny
>
> http://www.gaggia-espresso.com (a purely hobby site)
> http://www.dannyscoffee.com (UK advert for my mobile espresso service)
> http://www.malabargold.co.uk (UK/European online ordering for Malabar
> Gold blend)
> swap Z for above characters in email address to reply
>

 

Well, as long as you are happy ...
That's still around £90/hr inc VAT at least assuming they have enough gall
to charge you more than £30 for the antifreeze....


Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

"Danny" <danny@nospam.gaggia-espresso.com> wrote in message
news:45f4drF6fhmtU1@individual.net...
> Dave Milne wrote:
> > I don't. That's 116 quid per hour or just over $200 US !!!
> > Ryfield Jeep in Birmingham charge 76 quid per hour, and I thought that
was
> > expensive.
> >
>
> No, the Labour rate was £70-odd per hour, with extras included in the
> price of coolant/flushing and VAT. They also fitted a serpentine
> belt, but the cost of the part isn't in the original quote, just free
> fitting since they had to remove the old one anyway.
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Danny
>
> http://www.gaggia-espresso.com (a purely hobby site)
> http://www.dannyscoffee.com (UK advert for my mobile espresso service)
> http://www.malabargold.co.uk (UK/European online ordering for Malabar
> Gold blend)
> swap Z for above characters in email address to reply
>

 

Well, as long as you are happy ...
That's still around £90/hr inc VAT at least assuming they have enough gall
to charge you more than £30 for the antifreeze....


Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

"Danny" <danny@nospam.gaggia-espresso.com> wrote in message
news:45f4drF6fhmtU1@individual.net...
> Dave Milne wrote:
> > I don't. That's 116 quid per hour or just over $200 US !!!
> > Ryfield Jeep in Birmingham charge 76 quid per hour, and I thought that
was
> > expensive.
> >
>
> No, the Labour rate was £70-odd per hour, with extras included in the
> price of coolant/flushing and VAT. They also fitted a serpentine
> belt, but the cost of the part isn't in the original quote, just free
> fitting since they had to remove the old one anyway.
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Danny
>
> http://www.gaggia-espresso.com (a purely hobby site)
> http://www.dannyscoffee.com (UK advert for my mobile espresso service)
> http://www.malabargold.co.uk (UK/European online ordering for Malabar
> Gold blend)
> swap Z for above characters in email address to reply
>

 

Well, as long as you are happy ...
That's still around £90/hr inc VAT at least assuming they have enough gall
to charge you more than £30 for the antifreeze....


Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

"Danny" <danny@nospam.gaggia-espresso.com> wrote in message
news:45f4drF6fhmtU1@individual.net...
> Dave Milne wrote:
> > I don't. That's 116 quid per hour or just over $200 US !!!
> > Ryfield Jeep in Birmingham charge 76 quid per hour, and I thought that
was
> > expensive.
> >
>
> No, the Labour rate was £70-odd per hour, with extras included in the
> price of coolant/flushing and VAT. They also fitted a serpentine
> belt, but the cost of the part isn't in the original quote, just free
> fitting since they had to remove the old one anyway.
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Danny
>
> http://www.gaggia-espresso.com (a purely hobby site)
> http://www.dannyscoffee.com (UK advert for my mobile espresso service)
> http://www.malabargold.co.uk (UK/European online ordering for Malabar
> Gold blend)
> swap Z for above characters in email address to reply
>

 

Dave Milne wrote:
> Well, as long as you are happy ...
> That's still around £90/hr inc VAT at least assuming they have enough gall
> to charge you more than £30 for the antifreeze....

You're missing the point. I don't know how long it took to do the
job, since it was a fixed price job, but it had to be done. When I
phoned, the person said it was at least a 1 1/2 hour job, when I
dropped the car off they said at least two hours, and they actually
finished and phoned me in 4 hours. I can't compute the hourly rate
myself, but was told it was £70 someing per hour. This is a bit
irrelevent since I only wanted to know if they were quicker/cheaper
than the local independent, for the whole job, which they were. If
the Independent puts 50% markup on parts, charges less per hour labour
but takes longer to do the job it is more expensive. 3 hours labour @
£50 is worse than 2 hours @ £70 and £95 for a pump is worse than £68.
The main agents price for the pump was the same as any online source
that I could check at the time, including Ebay.

I've no doubt that I could have secured a water pump from somewhere
and found a mechanic to fit it, but this would take time, which I
don't have when it's Christmas and the vehicle is my dailer tow car.


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Danny

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