Guess the cost of repair.

[Whosthedaddy]

A few years back I nudged a bollard and not really been too bothered by it but I want the car to look A1 for flogging to Joe Public.

Went to a crash repair garage but got turned away as I will be paying for it not loosing more NCB on it. Off to next garage and I had to pay £30 for a simple quote? I will of course get this back if I have the work carried out by them. Fecking swizz if you ask me!

The damage:

https://www.bikechatforums.com/files/02052008346.jpg

The bloke took a few pictures, scribbled on a tatty not pad and stood in silence. Asked me if I had any idea at the cost as he 'had no idea'. After another 30 seconds of ass scratching he replied with the quote.

What do you think the quote was?
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[ms51ves3]

£200

I know absolutely nothing about bodywork repair. If it's cheaper than the quote the guy gave you I could have a bash at it

[Icey]

I'm guessing he said around £400, know how much garages rip people off
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[gmanxiii]

doesnt halfrauds do a repair service?
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[colin1]

anyone who charges £30 for a quote, knows he can rip you off, as he has just done so
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[Icey]

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[iCraig]

[Whosthedaddy]

Very slight scratching to passenger door as well, so treated as 2 like you said. The actual dent is not that deep at all, quite shallow in fact but would need to be hammered out.
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[iCraig]

[Whosthedaddy]

Certainly not going to accept the quote, but won't be too impressed if all the garages charge £30 for a damn quote.

Don't mind paying a few hundred for it, but £600 is like a figure to imply that they can't be bothered but pay over the odds if you want.
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[neatbik]

Bloody hell, i would have said more like £200 to repair that

[Al]

Sorry can't help with guessing the price of repair, but charging for a quote seems a right con.
Just seems like they charged you for a quote then gave a really high price in the hope you'd say yes to get your £30 back.

If they want your business then surely they can spend 5 mins working out the cost of there materials and labour for free.
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[Ichy]

A number of larger repair places charge for quotes, Basfords have done it forever, in a number of cases its the only money they will make on it since the back street places always undercut them for non insurance work.
I'd have guessed £600-£700 simply because that what I got quoted for my wifes metallic silver A3. The main reason for the price is the paint. They have to guarantee the repair for a fair amount of time so the preference is to spray the entire panel to ensure a good colour match, probably the door as well.

A small repair shop will fix it for about £300, they couldn't care less what it looked like next week let alone next year.

[plugger147]

He want's to charge £600 because it's gonna take a shit load of painting skills to match the orange peely look of the paint that's on there now.
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[Phoenix]

Absurd money, place who's respraying the front and rear of my car would do it for about £80-100 i'd guess, including the paint. I had ridiculous quotes when you start going to the big, proffessional looking places, you just have to find a little bodyshop with a good reputation or work you can see being done.

[KevTM]

wth..

i had a worse ding that on the rear arch of my old civic and i had a bumper to get resprayed.. to get both done it was 250 quid - and it was a good job.

600 quid sounds like a major ripoff to me.

[garyd]

You should never pay for a quote! then he says he doesnt know??time to get your money back
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[ken]

That looks like a flat red colour to me? I know our repairer would charge £180 plus VAT. as it involves two panels that need paint, and filling... what garage did you go to, bodgit and scarper
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[Dom_]

When he said he would charge for a quote, why did you agree?

Personally i would have laughed in his face and said fuck off, then walked out.

£600 for that pissy thing, would take a proffessional less than half a days labour plus allowing for drying time.

Girlfriends grandads TT was reversed into and put a huge dent in the wing and scraped the door, cost of repair for that was £650 and that was by an authorized Audi repair place and included a new wing.

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