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Always get an estimate!

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JamesH:

--- Quote from: bobv7 on October 16, 2019, 09:27:26 AM ---Not a joke, wish it was. The brackets were badly damaged off an imported 1972 CB500 Four and if I could have found some good ones or repro I would have bought them instead. I've never been a rivet counter and every bike I've owned has proved this but in this instance I decided to get the bike back to something like original. My mistake.

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Please tell me you didn’t pay him £1500 for the work?

bobv7:
I've already said that not getting an estimate for the work was my fault so in my book if you get someone to do a job then you pay them. That's it. Julie has correctly explained the economics of mass production and how they differ from working on an hourly rate. I very much doubt many of us could afford any hand built product and it's good there are still folks around who do have those skills. It's easy to underestimate the cost of everyday items until you look closely at what actually goes into them. Try building your own flat screen tv! :o

paul G:
Any reputable person would have given you an estimate or at the very least said to you in the first place when you took them in do you have any idea what that is going to cost >:(

Moorey:
Unfortunately one of life's hard lessons. Nobody was hurt only your pocket.
But you should name them.

royhall:
The so-called expert should have told you the job is not economic to do before setting out on a no holds barred repair. That's absolutely outrageous. Personally I would let him keep them and teach him a lesson. He will probably get £100 on eBay, and you never know it could be you buying them. A reputable trader would have contacted you as soon as it was apparent it was going to take a fortune to do.

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