On 6 Nov, 15:29, "Keith G" wrote:
Just got back from a lovely, leefy 'bike ride in the gorgeous (but thin)
afternoon sun and wuz talking to my next door neighbour..

A few days ago he told me the local Robber Baron 'HiFi Shop had quoted
him 50 quid to fix his (presumably ancient) VCR machine. I told him to
tell them to get stuffed and gave him a perfectly tidy Panasonic DVD
Recorder I simply never use.

The shop has apparently phoned him since and said they could now fix the
VCR for 29 quid!

****ing shysters...

Then he tells me the local 'Agricultural and Garden Machinery Engineers'http://www.ibbetts.co.ukhave just charged him 46 quid to replace a
little squeezy tit thing on his lawnmower....

****ing shysters...

Thats cheap to fix a video..Less and less stuff these days gets
repaired as the gears so cheap to re-new.Hence service engineers don't
get enough work to live on...so to stay in business prices have to go
up.Either that or pack it in and become a driving instructor.Hmmn,
wonder what they charge an hour...

Borosteve.