Trs Vehicle Repair centre / trs Commercials ltd de74qu ( RAC approved garage )
I had the misfortune to have to call the rac out to my van , i was taken to trs commercial ltd de74qu ,at around 9.18am as a approved rac garage , i was led into reception , the rac man said to the lady in reception i had a faulty abs sensor , i was greeted and then rushed a courtesy car form to sign, and i was then led to a fiat 500 and told i would get a call that afternoon in regards to the fixing of my van ... that afternoon around 2pm trs called as promised telling me that i needed a new rear wheel bearing as mine was totally collasped , and that it may have taken out the abs sensor . and the charge todo the works would be £277 , however after carrying our courtesy checks on my vehicle as they do with all customers my front brake pads could do with really changing, and if i wanted to go ahead and have them do it it would be £377 total , this i disagreed to and just authorized trs to do the wheel bearing work and abs sensor if needed for £277 . however the van wouldnt be ready today as the sensor wouldnt get on a van, infact it would be on the lastvan so my van would be ready the following day ( friday 25th november 2016) , i just sucked it upa nd thought ohwell , anyway having had no call from the garage in the morning to say if my van was ready or not i rang the garage as was told it was done, they hadnt had to change the sensor so my bill would be less than quoted, and i could pick my vehicle up at 10am , so i made myway to trs and dropped off the fiat 500 i had borrowed and picked up my van, along with the paperwork supplied by trs . upon arriving home i thought id read what id been charged for , and surprisingly i had been charged £45 just for trs to look at my van and generate work for themselves ?? .i was too be honest very shocked, so i rang trs to ask what this charge was and for, i was put through to service where i believe i spoke to .... / or .... cant quite remember her name, anyway a lady in reception, she told me it was a standard charge and that everyone gets charged it, as they have to investigate my vehicle, i pointed out at no time had i been made aware of a initial charge would be made of £45 so they can gerrate there own work , she pointed out it was in reception somewhere on a board and it was my fault i didnt see it, it was also on the courtesy car form that was thrust under my nose to sign, and i obviously had missed it there too, i pointed out again in our initial meeting and her afternoon quote not once did she mention i would be charge £45 just for them to look at my vehicle to generate work for themselves . i was then given various scerinos that it was a standard garage charge and that if i had took it to a main dealer i would actually be paying them atleast £77 (not including vat) for them to inspect my vehicle for me , i gave trs opportunity to put things right, and all i was told was write a letter or email and i will look at it . i made a point in saying if i had been made aware of the charge by rac or reception and all the staff at trs, i would have took it to a local independent and saved myself £45 off a possible bill . I am actually very upset by the whole situation . and i hope something is done about the way i have been treated , misinformed and overcharged . More than likely will never use trs commercials again . Based on the last 2 days events . UNDER , the Rac charter the garage is meant to operate under it states that customers get honest pricing, and prices will be transparent , i had found this not to be the case . may i just say, not once did the rac man or the garage say to me from the get go that there was and would be a charge of £45 for the rac approved garage i would be taken too and arrived at would charge me to look at my vehicle.
and i assure you if clear honest pricing was shown as per your charter , i would have not let the rac patrol man take/guide me there .
And i also doubt many people would want togo to a garage if they were prewarned of a charge of £45 (excluding vat) to visit a approved rac garage / servicesureautocentre member garage
p.s .. can i make this very important and casing point too , and add further wait to my email and concerns about the hidden, nontransparent (made up charge of £45 ex vat) ,
....my courtesy vehicle health check, they give to every vehicle . would that not have picked up a damaged wheel bearing ?? i suspect it would have ? ..
I am very unhappy as previously mentioned . thank you
25 November 2016
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