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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: aaronjb on 30 November 2010, 13:30:40
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So .. go on, have a guess - how long did it take me, from walking in to walking out, to buy a 65Ah battery and the gaskets for a cam cover gasket replacement & breather clean?
Go on.. have a guess.
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20 minutes :y
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About a week ;D ;D
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If it is anything like my last dealings with Vx, about 90 minutes...
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about an hour and a half.... what have I won?
edit : damn, too slow...
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mines usually quite quick, anything up to 6mm of beard growth ;D ;D
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mines usually quite quick, anything up to 6mm of beard growth ;D ;D
I like this answer best .. ;D
But 90 minutes is closer - just over an hour from walking in, waiting 20 minutes for a parts person to appear and serve me, and the rest of the time for him to put the order through, crash the system, swear, walk around for a bit, call tech support, put the order in again, and charge me an arm and a leg (I should have just gone to andyc, because I'm sure the gaskets & seals were cheaper from him!) because "Only the battery is on the TC".. but by that point I was so pissed off with waiting (and starving as I hadn't had lunch yet) that I gave in and paid ::)
I was expecting it to be like Toyota - don't think I ever waited more than 15 minutes there :-X
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"Sir I am pleased to inform you that we now have your VX battery in stock"
" I sold the Vauxhall about 2 years ago" :D ;D ;D
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mines usually quite quick, anything up to 6mm of beard growth ;D ;D
I like this answer best .. ;D
But 90 minutes is closer - just over an hour from walking in, waiting 20 minutes for a parts person to appear and serve me, and the rest of the time for him to put the order through, crash the system, swear, walk around for a bit, call tech support, put the order in again, and charge me an arm and a leg (I should have just gone to andyc, because I'm sure the gaskets & seals were cheaper from him!) because "Only the battery is on the TC".. but by that point I was so pissed off with waiting (and starving as I hadn't had lunch yet) that I gave in and paid ::)
I was expecting it to be like Toyota - don't think I ever waited more than 15 minutes there :-X
Bless AA clarkes the do try their best tho ;) ;D ;D
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mines usually quite quick, anything up to 6mm of beard growth ;D ;D
I like this answer best .. ;D
But 90 minutes is closer - just over an hour from walking in, waiting 20 minutes for a parts person to appear and serve me, and the rest of the time for him to put the order through, crash the system, swear, walk around for a bit, call tech support, put the order in again, and charge me an arm and a leg (I should have just gone to andyc, because I'm sure the gaskets & seals were cheaper from him!) because "Only the battery is on the TC".. but by that point I was so pissed off with waiting (and starving as I hadn't had lunch yet) that I gave in and paid ::)
I was expecting it to be like Toyota - don't think I ever waited more than 15 minutes there :-X
Bless AA clarkes the do try their best tho ;) ;D ;D
Oh god are they just as bad? ;D This wasn't in Bracknell - I went to 'NOW Vauxhall' in West Byfleet (by work) ..
The name is clearly a bit of a misnomer.. 'Some time later Vauxhall' would be better ;)
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mines usually quite quick, anything up to 6mm of beard growth ;D ;D
I like this answer best .. ;D
But 90 minutes is closer - just over an hour from walking in, waiting 20 minutes for a parts person to appear and serve me, and the rest of the time for him to put the order through, crash the system, swear, walk around for a bit, call tech support, put the order in again, and charge me an arm and a leg (I should have just gone to andyc, because I'm sure the gaskets & seals were cheaper from him!) because "Only the battery is on the TC".. but by that point I was so pissed off with waiting (and starving as I hadn't had lunch yet) that I gave in and paid ::)
I was expecting it to be like Toyota - don't think I ever waited more than 15 minutes there :-X
Bless AA clarkes the do try their best tho ;) ;D ;D
Oh god are they just as bad? ;D This wasn't in Bracknell - I went to 'NOW Vauxhall' in West Byfleet (by work) ..
The name is clearly a bit of a misnomer.. 'Some time later Vauxhall' would be better ;)
I wont be going there then for naything as I cant be kept waiting that long ;) :)
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halfords are just as bad, if not worse. you trying asking a member of staff where an item is." over there" is the answer i usually get. then they go back to trying to write there name in joint up letters on there notepad. ;D ;D
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Oh, quite good then. :y
You didn't get the:
"Yes, it's an AutoBahnStormers card"
"Yes, it entitles me to trade club prices. Here, read this letter"
"Yes, you did accept it last time"
"Yes, you had to ask your boss last time"
"Yes, your boss said "yes" last time"
"Yes, your boss was on his lunch break last time as well"
"No, you haven't got their number on your system"
"No, you couldn't be @rsed to set it up last time either"
"No, you just bunged it on a random account last time"
"break it, I've forgotten what I wanted now." ::)
Kevin
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;D ;D I was expecting something like that, to be fair..
Actually he never asked to see the card and, now that I check, just bunged it on a random account ;D ;D
Sadly the bulk of the cost was the cam cover gaskets themselves, which don't seem to get any discount on the TC :( Everything else did, but then the majority (besides the battery) were pennies to a few quid.
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mines usually quite quick, anything up to 6mm of beard growth ;D ;D
I like this answer best .. ;D
But 90 minutes is closer - just over an hour from walking in, waiting 20 minutes for a parts person to appear and serve me, and the rest of the time for him to put the order through, crash the system, swear, walk around for a bit, call tech support, put the order in again, and charge me an arm and a leg (I should have just gone to andyc, because I'm sure the gaskets & seals were cheaper from him!) because "Only the battery is on the TC".. but by that point I was so pissed off with waiting (and starving as I hadn't had lunch yet) that I gave in and paid ::)
I was expecting it to be like Toyota - don't think I ever waited more than 15 minutes there :-X
That is certainly rubbish, or at least I always get trade discount! ::) ::)
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mines usually quite quick, anything up to 6mm of beard growth ;D ;D
I like this answer best .. ;D
But 90 minutes is closer - just over an hour from walking in, waiting 20 minutes for a parts person to appear and serve me, and the rest of the time for him to put the order through, crash the system, swear, walk around for a bit, call tech support, put the order in again, and charge me an arm and a leg (I should have just gone to andyc, because I'm sure the gaskets & seals were cheaper from him!) because "Only the battery is on the TC".. but by that point I was so pissed off with waiting (and starving as I hadn't had lunch yet) that I gave in and paid ::)
I was expecting it to be like Toyota - don't think I ever waited more than 15 minutes there :-X
Gosh that is fast. Luxury. Ever tried getting something from a Spanish Opel dealer? Oh and I made a special 40 mile round journey to order a part only to find a handwritten note saying closed now on Saturday mornings winter hours. I had only been in the Saturday before............
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mines usually quite quick, anything up to 6mm of beard growth ;D ;D
I like this answer best .. ;D
But 90 minutes is closer - just over an hour from walking in, waiting 20 minutes for a parts person to appear and serve me, and the rest of the time for him to put the order through, crash the system, swear, walk around for a bit, call tech support, put the order in again, and charge me an arm and a leg (I should have just gone to andyc, because I'm sure the gaskets & seals were cheaper from him!) because "Only the battery is on the TC".. but by that point I was so pissed off with waiting (and starving as I hadn't had lunch yet) that I gave in and paid ::)
I was expecting it to be like Toyota - don't think I ever waited more than 15 minutes there :-X
That is certainly rubbish, or at least I always get trade discount! ::) ::)
Indeed and, actually, on checking the invoice now I'm back in the warm office .. most stuff has a discount, just the cam cover gaskets that are at full retail (which stings a tad as they aren't cheap).. obviously the discount is tiny on something that's only £1.17 to begin with, though :)
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My local has been fine. Took 10 minutes in total to get a parts person and then for him to create a relevant ABS account for the system and take my order. Even apologised profusely that he didn't have everything in stock because it was for an Omega. I turned up later that day and collected all my bits very quickly, I even got offered help with taking all the boxes back to the car! Obviously I declined because I'm a man, *insert manly sound* ;D
Must be our friendly and helpful people up north eh? ;)
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my card expired last year but they know me quite well now for some reason so just give me tc prices. monorep have 2 places and i am in between both so not a problem for me. just wish there prices were a bit cheaper than they are.
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Must be our friendly and helpful people up north eh? ;)
Must be ;) I had to carry the battery alllllllll the way to the car by myself.. ;D (It was at least 20 feet!)
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Must be our friendly and helpful people up north eh? ;)
Must be ;) I had to carry the battery alllllllll the way to the car by myself.. ;D (It was at least 20 feet!)
I'm surprised the battery did not need a top up charge by the time you got it :D
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Must be our friendly and helpful people up north eh? ;)
Must be ;) I had to carry the battery alllllllll the way to the car by myself.. ;D (It was at least 20 feet!)
I'm surprised the battery did not need a top up charge by the time you got it :D
It might by now.. it's still sitting in the boot of the car ;D
I'll fit it before I go home tonight I reckon, since there are lights in the underground carpark and at home it's pitch black outside my house - unless I drive the car down my neighbours drive.. then his 11297361827watt security light will come on ;D