People always want mods done cheap!!!!!

[dodds-gttdi]

I gladly pay the asking price because if you want the mod doing then who else is going to do it not the dealers that's for sure...

seconded

Playing the devil's advocate here...

So if I asked for £200 to fit your CAN Gateway you would both be happy to pay this amount? And come to my house so I can do the work here?

If so, then form an orderly queue cos I am open for business!! 

only if yours are made of gold

Sorry mate, only a quote for fitting. You need to supply the CAN Gateway AND meet me at my house so I can fit it. See my previous points/posts for explanation. Which everyone else seems to fail to answer, directly.

[dodds-gttdi]

Having said all that, i do remember a time not long ago when all this stuff got done free of charge at meets and it was polite to offer a twenty which more often than not was refused....

Alternatively "the favour" got exchanged and occasionally cashed in...

My point exactly.

[xjay1337]

Dodds, i cba to go through your whole post.

But you say one thing

"Fair enough, but all I've mentioned is people charging ridiculous prices"

at the end of the day people charge what they like and it's whether people use it or not.

[JaseGti]

Dodds, i cba to go through your whole post.

But you say one thing

"Fair enough, but all I've mentioned is people charging ridiculous prices"

at the end of the day people charge what they like and it's whether people use it or not.

Second that

[dodds-gttdi]

No bother, I couldn't be bothered going through your post either, or highlighting my point so that even the visually impaired can read them! Wasn't getting paid to do it.

My point in brief: people should not come on here moaning, "So many people ask me to do stuff for/help them. But as soon as I mention I take £100 to fit a radio they run away."

Eh, hello. Of course they run away. Scared that that's what everybody charges! Where the friendly spirit, helping others out in your spare time?

[golfman]

People who do the jobs for anyone should be able to charge what the hell they want!!!

if you don't like the price then don't get the job done and take it to a dealers instead

but don't get in touch with someone only to go silent on them just because you are not happy with the price

any jobs i have done for people i have never had one person come back to me with something thats not working correctly,and if they did i would try my damnedest to fix it!!!

its like insurance companies they just make up a price as they go along,one minute they give you a price and then half an hour later the price changes so what is the right price?????

scott

[Eddie-NL]

The spirit of helping each other is seen in plenty of posts on this forum, takes hardly any time to reply and costs nothing.

Should you do a scan or fit a part it is only fair to ask for payment. How much is classed as fair will obviously be open to debate.

As said above if you don't like the price go elsewhere

[DaveB@Vagbremtechnic]

so what if you set fire to a car you're charging £100 to do a job to....

"sorry mate"..........

With capability comes culpability, if you want to charge slightly less than the dealers then thats all well and good, in addition consider theres a whole Independent network of non dealer specialists who strictly speaking need the work to feed the kids..

I must say Im a little uncomfy with IT specialists with VAGCOM cables charging decent money and justifying it by saying its less than the dealers and go there if you don't like it...to be honest if I had a mod friendly dealer thats probably what Id do if there was little in it.

That said I remember Ben from Shark buying Vag Commander for about £2.5 k and I thought we was bonkers and I told him, he's doing alright now though of course

[rich83]

I usually call it a tenner for a scan/code clear or changing code, which i think is fair enough. Ive helped a couple of other people on here retro fitting stuff. I did galaxie500s xenons and didnt charge him, but he bought me the first season of breaking bad 

[golfman]

A bit like when someone goes to get a remap done on there car and a couple of days later the engine or the turbo goes bang!!!!!

do the tuners replace the engine or turbo-no they say it was entirely at your own risk!!!!

the same when someone gets a mod done to there car


scott

[Andy]

A bit like when someone goes to get a remap done on there car and a couple of days later the engine or the turbo goes bang!!!!!

do the tuners replace the engine or turbo-no they say it was entirely at your own risk!!!!

the same when someone gets a mod done to there car


scott

if i lived nearer you Scott or Ed my car would always be round gettin stuffed fitted

[doylebros]

The unwritten rule is

Breaking parts during removal customer pays  - breaking on refitting the installers pays.

If a person is going to let someone work on their expensive vehicle they should undertake all the necessary checks to see the installer is competent to undertake the job required,at the price their happy to pay!

[golfman]

A bit like when someone goes to get a remap done on there car and a couple of days later the engine or the turbo goes bang!!!!!

do the tuners replace the engine or turbo-no they say it was entirely at your own risk!!!!

the same when someone gets a mod done to there car


scott

if i lived nearer you Scott or Ed my car would always be round gettin stuffed fitted

Don't know if i could give you a price though Andy i would maybe have to ask if its ok to charge you a certain price first or even better just come down to you to do it free

[golfman]

The unwritten rule is

Breaking parts during removal customer pays  - breaking on refitting the installers pays.

If a person is going to let someone work on their expensive vehicle they should undertake all the necessary checks to see the installer is competent to undertake the job required,at the price their happy to pay!

[SI-R32]

Thing I'm finding funny about this is most Retro fitters are not asking for the earth just a normal amount for there time and skill, far to many people want everything for free or for peanuts,  welcome to the real world, if you want a mod and can't do it yourself be prepared to pay or not get it done, very simple.