i took my lawn mower in for a service because it was playing up , the guy phone's and says " it has had it mate " i ask why and he tells me it is not worth repairing , the motor has gone and so has the switch and i would be better off buying a new one for £399 i brought it home , replaced the brushes for £2,99 and fixed a loose wire by the handle for no money i hate going to so called experts, they seem more interested in selling you something new than fixing it - experts " my ares " :
I took my chainsaw for repair to my local lawnmower/general repair shop and they also said it was uneconomical to repair. FYI it just slowed down and wouldn't fire up again no matter what I tried. When I asked why his reply was 'chocolate pistons mate'.
thats because they are only fitters today not mechanics same with garages. He didn't know how to fix it, easier to sell you a new one rather than looking like a tit!!!
They're all at it, Most Garages are the same unless your clued up a bit, who dare ring a plumber, a roofer, a sparkey or even when your washing machines up the spout, you know your gonna get ripped
Our washing machine packed up the other week Call out fee for a washing machine repair bloke was £60 A new set of brushes at £17 and 30 mins work its as good as new
i would trust you to inspect my flue and give me a honest assessment without taking advantage mate , can't say that for those of em who owns a brown van on here though !
This is why my favourite mechanic in the world was an old engineer whose motto was always why replace what you can fix? I watched him strip down a renault 5 carb, laying it all out on his bench as he went, find the fault, fix it, and rebuild it, all in the space of about 15 minutes, and while chatting away to me about how he was going to replace the rear leaf-spring suspension on the Jensen FF outside with a Jaguar XJ rear end.
i don't mind fixing things myself in fact i quite enjoy it but when you take something in because you think they would know best and they try to stitch you up it's just annoying and a pointless waste of everyone's time !
A guy buys new merc after a few weeks he decides to have a look at the engine. But he can't open the bonnet so he phones Mercedes up , to ask them how to open the bonnet they him he can't because its locked , he says its my car I can do wot I want with it they tell him if he doesn't like it bring the car back and we will give you your money back,
