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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Rods2 on 06 August 2013, 15:23:38
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With Drive Vauxhall no longer supporting trade cards this is the second Vauxhall dealer near me that has stopped after Charters in Camberley. There seem to be a lot of Vauxhall dealer stopping taking trade cards at the moment citing GM changing their terms and conditions.
Is GM having the attitude that "they will buy the parts anyway" or if the car is no longer economical to repair, "we can sell them a newer one"?
Does the no trade discount also apply to independent Vauxhall garages, so squeezing them?
I suspect the nearest to me is now going to be Reading which is a 30 mile round trip, so £10 on fuel, wear and tear before I've even bought anything. :(
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Oddly enough I was behind a Drive parts van the other day (Drive Reading, IIRC) which had an enormous 'Trade Club' graphic taking up one entire rear door of the van..
I suspect GM care little for low volume parts sales to consumers, though, you're right.
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after Charters in Camberley.
Bugger! This is the Vx dealer near my potential new place, was planning to see if I can blag trade.
Grrrr >:(
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With Drive Vauxhall no longer supporting trade cards this is the second Vauxhall dealer near me that has stopped after Charters in Camberley. There seem to be a lot of Vauxhall dealer stopping taking trade cards at the moment citing GM changing their terms and conditions.
Is GM having the attitude that "they will buy the parts anyway" or if the car is no longer economical to repair, "we can sell them a newer one"?
Does the no trade discount also apply to independent Vauxhall garages, so squeezing them?
I suspect the nearest to me is now going to be Reading which is a 30 mile round trip, so £10 on fuel, wear and tear before I've even bought anything. :(
Charters in Camberley is now Eden Vauxhall - will that make a difference?
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Just spoke to Keith in Service at Eden Camberley and they take TC cards. A lot of the team from Drive Aldershot moved to Eden so on reasonably good and familiar terms. I bought the Insignia Tourer from there as well in Feb this year.
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Just spoke to Keith in Service at Eden Camberley and they take TC cards. A lot of the team from Drive Aldershot moved to Eden so on reasonably good and familiar terms. I bought the Insignia Tourer from there as well in Feb this year.
That's excellent, would that include an ABS membership?
I don't have my own TC account as I use a fatty little admins ::)
But be good to also have access to my own, especially as that dealer could be very close to me soon :)
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I don't know as my TC expired but Drive Vauxhall (where I still have an account) had the number on file and kept giving me discounts. I haven't had much work done on Omega in last year or so.
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Bury Lancs (Perry's) have also just stopped accepting Trade Club :(
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Bury Lancs (Perry's) have also just stopped accepting Trade Club :(
If it`s this one it still shows on TC website :-\
Perrys of Burnley
Accrington Road
Burnley
Lancashire BB11 5EX
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MY local, Skurrays, are still doing some stuff on TC, but I bought the cam cover seals today which were not on TC, £61.37 the pair!!! Oooouch, that hurt! >:( >:( >:(
Emergency HBV for the boot, alongside the crank sensor, £32.90!!!
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Have Drive actually stopped taking TC cards?
They're still listed on the TC retailer website.
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Why do people think Drive have stopped taking TC cards?
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Bury Lancs (Perry's) have also just stopped accepting Trade Club :(
If it`s this one it still shows on TC website :-\
Perrys of Burnley
Accrington Road
Burnley
Lancashire BB11 5EX
Yes, it's the same group, but when I asked about service parts for my sister-in-law's Astra the other day, he told me that Bury is no longer accepting the TC. If I wanted to use it, I'd have to traipse over to Burnley! ??? ???
Fortunately Wigan will still accept it, and they're 2 mins from work :y :y, but I don't finish before 5:30 very often. :(
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Why do people think Drive have stopped taking TC cards?
I can only assume that people have taken what AndyC has said as meaning that Drive are no longer taking TC accounts. I think they may have misread his post perhaps.
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I can confirm that Drive Vauxhall, Avon St. Bristol still accept TC.
As does Dan Harford, Hill Street, Bristol. (NOT part of a Drive franchise) :y
Both the above are either excellent or terrible depending who is manning the counter. :'(
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Hi Guys
Just to clear things up a little Drive Bury are no longer dealing with any car clubs as we have stopped doing mail order and i'll not be available on the phones or interweb during the day and not have the time to post anything out, at the moment we at bury are still TC dealers.
If there are any Autobahn members on here i'd suggest they read the post made by the chairman which will clear things up, all i'll say on the TC front is there are going to be alot of changes
Cheers
Andy
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at the moment we at bury St Edmounds are still TC dealers.
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;) ;) ;) ;)
But Bury Lancs aren't :(
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Apparently the number of participating dealers will be down to around 85 soon.I hope the whole thing doesn't go down the toilet as its so useful to us diy VX home mechanics. :(
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Just buy ebay pattern parts!! :o :P ;D
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Just spoke to Keith in Service at Eden Camberley and they take TC cards. A lot of the team from Drive Aldershot moved to Eden so on reasonably good and familiar terms. I bought the Insignia Tourer from there as well in Feb this year.
Thanks for this information as I took it that where they were not on the Vx trade website they no longer took them.
Good news that they do. :y :y :y
Maybe Drive in Aldershot still take TC cards?
Still it has been worth asking the question to get these positive responses. :) :y :y :y
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If it is a case of the slowly phasing them out from some Vx dealers then it looks like a good time to get my ABS card and stock up before it's too late
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Hi Guys
Just to clear things up a little Drive Bury are no longer dealing with any car clubs as we have stopped doing mail order and i'll not be available on the phones or interweb during the day and not have the time to post anything out, at the moment we at bury are still TC dealers.
If there are any Autobahn members on here i'd suggest they read the post made by the chairman which will clear things up, all i'll say on the TC front is there are going to be alot of changes
Cheers
Andy
Hi Andy,
I could not find your chairman's post on the TC situation, please can you provide a link?
Many thanks for all that you have done for OOF members.
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Hi Andy,
I could not find your chairman's post on the TC situation, please can you provide a link?
Many thanks for all that you have done for OOF members.
Have a look in "Club Announcements & Events" :y
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Hi Andy,
I could not find your chairman's post on the TC situation, please can you provide a link?
Many thanks for all that you have done for OOF members.
Have a look in "Club Announcements & Events" :y
http://www.autobahnstormers.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=24554 (http://www.autobahnstormers.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=24554)
You will need to login first to read it.
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Now where are my piggin login details now
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Looks like at least some of the Drive chain have stopped taking TC accounts, according to the retailer search function on the trade club website, only lists 3 now for Drive. My local Frosts have gone from the search as well. Doesn't look good.