snowbender 3 Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 If there's one company I always get frustrated with, it's the car company. Whether it's the shaken or some small repair, I always come away somehow feeling ripped off. Even though I'm sure I'm not being as they are friends of my lady friend and often say that they have done things like cleaning the inside of the car for me for nothing. The bill comes out with all these individual costs that all add up to more than you think it should be. Car stuff is just expensive I suppose. Any other companies/profesions who you always think that about? Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 Ah the car shop. Take a number that you think the cost should be. Then double it before going in to pay. It always helps. Link to post Share on other sites
Schneebored 0 Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 anyone who has an hourly rate and needs to go to my house to do something simple which I cant do because I am in a different country. Makes me very angry. Link to post Share on other sites
Schneebored 0 Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Originally Posted By: thursday like? Plumber for leaky taps, currently top of the list. Nothing against the profession....just knowing I could sort it for free, when it cost 60 pounds. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 I'm always suspicious of car companies too. It's just not really understanding what is involved for me and not being able to do it myself. Seems anything you need doing quickly gets into the 'mans'. Link to post Share on other sites
stemik 14 Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 wallpapering.... Tried to do it myself....hopeless, some guy came in and did it in a few hours and then charged way too much imho. Link to post Share on other sites
panhead_pete 27 Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Paying for lift tickets in Australia. The feeling AFTER you have eaten McDonalds As Scheeboard said work on a rental at $100/hr you could have done yourself. Diesel Jeans from the Silk Market who's zip lasts a week lol Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Anything that you can do yourself, but you pay someone else to do. Link to post Share on other sites
bobby12 0 Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Life Insurance. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 Originally Posted By: stemik wallpapering.... I tried that once. Gave up. This place could do with some but the thought of the hassle just has me buying more posters. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Originally Posted By: muikabochi Originally Posted By: stemik wallpapering.... I tried that once. Gave up. This place could do with some but the thought of the hassle just has me buying more posters. I was never any good at placing football stickers in the album, always sticking them down a bit skew-whiff, so there is no way I'm trying wallpapering!! Link to post Share on other sites
mitchpee 10 Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 We use ripped in two different ways. One to describe massive bulk of someone's muscles or to describe being the under influence of marijuana. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 yeah we know those meanings too....but don't you also use it in the term "ripped off"? Link to post Share on other sites
mitchpee 10 Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Originally Posted By: Tubby Beaver yeah we know those meanings too....but don't you also use it in the term "ripped off"? Yup but that's not what I thought of haha. Link to post Share on other sites
panhead_pete 27 Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Japanese Building costs Link to post Share on other sites
r45 4 Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Had my shaken done today. Well, the test bit. I need a few new parts of my motor. Can't pass without them, so I'm told, so have no choice. This one made me laugh though. The gear stick. It's getting a bit hard to see the numbers R, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 on the top of my gear stick. They wanted me to buy a new gear stick as apparently the car will not pass shaken without the driver being able to see the gear numbers on top of the gear stick. After laughing in their faces, they are going to "make me a sticker to put on top of the gear stick". And of course, I will rip the stupid thing off once I roll out of their garage. Nuts. Link to post Share on other sites
Schneebored 0 Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Thats pretty funny. Do they put stickers on the pedals too? "Go" "Stop" Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 I did a self shaken once and I can't remember them looking inside the car. It was an automatic though. Only thing it failed on was the headlights were out of alignment, but the dealer fixed it on the same day for nothing. Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Same Wiggs. I used to my own shaken and they never once look inside the car! Link to post Share on other sites
r45 4 Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 Well, I would rather do my own dental work than do my own shaken. They promised to do the sticker for free. Service. Bargain! Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted December 16, 2010 Share Posted December 16, 2010 I think I'd prefer to be ripped off a bit than do my own shaken. Not that I want to be ripped off. I remember a thread on that a year or so ago. Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 I've done a self shaken as well. I built a camper van and had the number changed from a commercial vehicle to a camping status. The entire time going through the inspection all I could think was...."if the Japanese public knew what a scham the inspection is there would be a revolt"... Again my least favorite Japanese word..SHOGANAI... Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Hey I know it's really cool to proclaim that shaken is a rip off and scoff at peasants who are so weak they pay someone to do it. But, what actually is the scam? Is it the taxes? But do they not have to be paid to drive legally? Is it the car companies trying to fix up things that don't actually need fixing? In that case, find a reputable company that will do the minimum? It's like with the tyres discussion a while ago. If you know how to do it and are interested, perhaps it is fairly easy to get it done. I'm sure most things are if you know how to do them. Link to post Share on other sites
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