Mitch
13-07-2004, 02:16 PM
What's the biggest 'boswellox' you've heard from a dealer to make you pay an outlandishly high price for something?...
... The latest one to me this morning, tried a certain Honda parts dealer for a starter motor cable for sprog's CM125.
"it's an exclusive one sir, with its own specific Honda Part Number, therefore, that'll be twenty-five of your best english pounds sir!"
"OK" says I, if it's so specific it'll have to do"
"and it'll take six months (slight exageration!!) to get here from Japan sir, as we have none in stock!"
"bollox" thought I, and went round the shops to see if I could do better
Sure enough, Same cable, same length and girth (easy Mrs R!), only packaged as a Negative battery cable, all for a grand total of £3.99 at Halfords!
So I told said Honda dealer to cancel it off the order (me thinking it wouldn't have got here for weeks). He phoned back a day later to say it had arrived (must have bought its own plane ticket then mustn't it?) and would I still want it?
"you've got to be joking!" says I! - still ended up with the bleedin' handling charge, which alone cost more than the cable!!!!
the moral of this tale is children, it's sometimes best go to Halfords first!!
... The latest one to me this morning, tried a certain Honda parts dealer for a starter motor cable for sprog's CM125.
"it's an exclusive one sir, with its own specific Honda Part Number, therefore, that'll be twenty-five of your best english pounds sir!"
"OK" says I, if it's so specific it'll have to do"
"and it'll take six months (slight exageration!!) to get here from Japan sir, as we have none in stock!"
"bollox" thought I, and went round the shops to see if I could do better
Sure enough, Same cable, same length and girth (easy Mrs R!), only packaged as a Negative battery cable, all for a grand total of £3.99 at Halfords!
So I told said Honda dealer to cancel it off the order (me thinking it wouldn't have got here for weeks). He phoned back a day later to say it had arrived (must have bought its own plane ticket then mustn't it?) and would I still want it?
"you've got to be joking!" says I! - still ended up with the bleedin' handling charge, which alone cost more than the cable!!!!
the moral of this tale is children, it's sometimes best go to Halfords first!!