Is £160 a

[Sh4rkyBloke]

Maybe he's blindfolding himself and making it more of a challenge...

 

[Herzog]

If that was three days FT, he was taking the piss. Last bike I built took a night (groupset on and set up, headset installed, BB30 installed, bars taped).

 

[2Loose]

3 days~! wtf. 160 quid pure labour and he wants to fit it in between jobs....'ees 'avin' a larf.

I'd want him waiting for it at 7.30am purely because it was convenient for me and finished before bed time. Pah!

He should have been a plumber! (no offence to plumbers btw...) lol.

 

[dellzeqq]

if you think it's too high, go somewhere else. James McNeil Whistler would have charged more.

 

[Norm]

I wonder if many aren't looking at this from the wrong side. Gaz asked about charging, not paying.

Or, then again...

[QUOTE 1449695"] ...because you couldn't afford the shop charges? [/quote]At £160 for a build, I'm not surprised.

 

[Riding in Circles]

he said 3 days

He is a rip off merchant, never darken his door again.

 

[jackthelad]

when i asked evans about building a bike for me from scratch,the guy in the shop said to book a full service at £105 and it covers everything

hope this helps

 

[StuAff]

Sounds rather pricey to me too. I've spent more at my LBS, but only including parts....

 

[fossyant]

When you book a full service, they do less than a build.

Gaz you can txt me the LBS name if you'd prefer, but I don't think it's that unreasonable. 3 days is a long time (a day solid build time is right), but I guess they will have the £10 puncture repairs and 'services in' which cost bugger all to do, before your build, but make the money.

A bike build is workshop time. £30 an hour is not much..add in overheads, tools, rent rates, etc etc.. (PS I am an accountant) - For a build where they have NO MARGIN on parts, the charges will be more.

 

[vernon]

It's a bit late to ask after the event innit?

 

[gb155]

[QUOTE 1449695"]I think he's already had it done...

Gaz, I thought that a couple of days ago you were asking about doing a bb yourself because you couldn't afford the shop charges?[/quote]


Was asking for my next project because I knew this one was gonna be ( as quoted ) approx £90

So knew I couldn't afford that price twice , but when it came to double I was even more shocked

 

[gb155]

It's a bit late to ask after the event innit?

Not really

Had to pay regardless

Wanted to know if it was ott

 

[gb155]

When you book a full service, they do less than a build.

Gaz you can txt me the LBS name if you'd prefer, but I don't think it's that unreasonable. 3 days is a long time (a day solid build time is right), but I guess they will have the £10 puncture repairs and 'services in' which cost bugger all to do, before your build, but make the money.

A bike build is workshop time. £30 an hour is not much..add in overheads, tools, rent rates, etc etc.. (PS I am an accountant) - For a build where they have NO MARGIN on parts, the charges will be more.

Guess it smarts when I'm a pretty loyal customer of the place and go in for 99% of the jobs I can't do myself

 

[Jezston]

Tell him.

Yes, it's after the fact. But talk to him, say you are a loyal customer and didn't question his prices as you trusted him. Tell him you feel that trust has been betrayed somewhat by such a high price. If he gets snooty and defensive about it, f*** him, he's a rip off merchant and doesn't deserve your custom.

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

WTF? They quoted £90 and then charged £160???? Surely they should be contacting you before undertaking the work to check you're happy to pay that. I'd be inclined to pay the £90 quoted and argue the rest. Hate businesses that do sh*t like that!

PS - Bikes looks nice from the other thread though.