1st Service price differences, yikes!!!

(07-11-2012 04:01pm)XFullFatTim Wrote:  There is a company called Guava down near Heathrow I believe who are authorised Land Rover service and over on the D3 and RRSport forums have a good name for fair prices and quality servicing but don't expect a loan car, they are independents and mostly they cannot afford to buy a fleet of loaners

Thanks Tim, I'll check out Guava.

£380.00 Hunters Chester.

OK, done the contacting in my area (Sth Hampshire) and got:-
Harwoods Basingstoke £398.95 (inv vat) - Oil component £not given
Harwoods Chichester £344.59 (inc vat) - Oil component £115.20 (inc vat)
Hunters Southampton £370.60 (inc vat) - Oil component £114.06 (inc vat)
Hunters Guildford £349.81 (inc) - Oil component £109.84 (inc)
Swain & Jones Farnham (Jag garage but LR approved servicing) £354.63 - Oil component £111.84 (inc)

Still to finalise my choice but Hunters Guildford is looking good at the moment.

(16-11-2012 03:08pm)cjfp Wrote:  OK, done the contacting in my area (Sth Hampshire) and got:-
Harwoods Basingstoke £398.95 (inv vat) - Oil component £not given
Harwoods Chichester £344.59 (inc vat) - Oil component £115.20 (inc vat)
Hunters Southampton £370.60 (inc vat) - Oil component £114.06 (inc vat)
Hunters Guildford £349.81 (inc) - Oil component £109.84 (inc)
Swain & Jones Farnham (Jag garage but LR approved servicing) £354.63 - Oil component £111.84 (inc)

Still to finalise my choice but Hunters Guildford is looking good at the moment.

Why on earth are they charging so much for the oil? It's £62 for 6L of Castrol C1 from Yeovil Landrover!!

What a ripoff!
Why not just show them how much the parts and oil cost from Yeovil Landrover (£98.21 inc VAT) and ask them to match or you'll supply your own parts. That way you pay the right price for parts and oil and the local cost of the 90 minutes for labour.

(16-11-2012 03:14pm)WB Wrote:  Why on earth are they charging so much for the oil? It's £62 for 6L of Castrol C1 from Yeovil Landrover!!

What a ripoff!
Why not just show them how much the parts and oil cost from Yeovil Landrover (£98.21 inc VAT) and ask them to match or you'll supply your own parts. That way you pay the right price for parts and oil and the local cost of the 90 minutes for labour.

You're right, it is a rip off for oil. I've really only split the oil out for interest - I nearly always supply my own oil.

Blimey expensive down south these days... (it not all about price, but)

As mentioned on another thread...

£287 Guy Salmon Stratford-upon-Avon, (was £320 until they offered a discount to "save me ringing around"), Incl courtesy car. Oil component £86 inc)

Makes the £1548 for 3 year service plan that I was offered (and refused) seem a charlatan of a plan!

Have just emailed GS S-upon-A to see what they say (haven't yet mentioned BabyRR or PhilSkill)

If you need Just quote my price cjfp, service Manager called me back from my e-mail his name is Vaj (they won't relate to my username), they asked for recommendations, so you can say it's a recommendation... which it is

Thx PS - I didn't do that in case he wanted to charge me more !

Phil that is a good price, X that by 4 and it just about undercuts my 4 yr service plan. However, that is a costing for yr 1, yr 2, 3 & 4 vary.