Not Such a nice guy !

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You buy the switch, he fits it FOC

Shake hands and get on with your lives:thumb2



Full price for the switch is not due IMO, you or previous owners have had use of the switch for many years, it dosn't feel fair for him to pay for the replacement:confused:

But then again what the fek do I know:nenau
 
Shep said:
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Full price for the switch is not due IMO, you or previous owners have had use of the switch for many years, it dosn't feel fair for him to pay for the replacement ...
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Well put.
Would you expect 20 years service out of a bus seat without re-upholstery now and again Philip? :nenau
As for Daisys comments - you can ignore, but weaken your case by doing so. They're valid and relevant to understanding the big picture.

An observation, which you can take or leave;
you're digging an ever deepening hole for yourself.
 
Philip, as I seem to now be involved with this one I have a request.

In no more than 3 lines can you tell me what your issue is? And as I am feeling generous, I will allow you another 3 lines to tell me what you are seeking to resolve said issue.

I won't read past the 6th line so choose your words carefully :thumb
 
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Is there an award for most boring post of the year? If so I think we have a strong contender already :D
 
Paul G (BHT) said:
Philip, as I seem to now be involved with this one I have a request.

In no more than 3 lines can you tell me what your issue is? And as I am feeling generous, I will allow you another 3 lines to tell me what you are seeking to resolve said issue.

I won't read past the 6th line so choose your words carefully :thumb
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There has only ever been one issue.
Jay broke the switch , i want a New one.

No one will ever know how old or how much use the switch got.
When it left me it was a fine working , no issue indicator switch.
 
How much would a replacement switch cost?

How much work/time is involved to fit the switch?
 
the civil one said:
There has only ever been one issue.
Jay broke the switch , i want a New one.

No one will ever know how old or how much use the switch got.
When it left me it was a fine working , no issue indicator switch.
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Paul G (BHT) said:
How much would a replacement switch cost?

How much work/time is involved to fit the switch?
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Clever............... :rob

He might manage this - within the 6 line limit............... :clap

Al:Motomartin
 
Ffs you would sware J was a big dealer who could absorb the cost of this. It's not the end of the world. Don't over do the wronged customer bit. Are these now impossible to source? Is the engine fecked? This should not have got this far grow up get it sorted and move on. I have dealt with J before and found him more than helpfull honest and sound. Yes I would be annoyed with a broken switch but believe me I have had a lot worse than that from bike and car dealers. It's not worth the bother. JJH
 
It sounds like an old switch broke in service, it's not like Jay broke it through hamfistedness or on purpose. It broke, get a new one and ask him nicely to fit it. ( like that's gonna happen )
 
Don't know either of the people directly involved in this so I'm coming at it from an entirely neutral viewpoint and I have to say, on the basis of what I've seen on here, I'm entirely in agreement with the guy who's indicator switch was broken.
Was it working before the work was done in the bike? As I read this - yes it was.
Was it working after a professional (I assume) mechanic had fixed it? Apparently not.
Is it unreasonable to expect that to be sorted at no cost by the bike owner?
Not IMO.
Is it unreasonable to post a rant bad-mouthing the bloke who's bike has been damaged?
Absolutely.

I can't believe how out of step I appear to be with popular opinion on this thread suggesting either
A) The mechanic is matey with all of you
B) Some sort of hidden agenda or
C) The world really has gone utterly and completely mad.

That said, in the grand scheme of things it's really not worth letting it take over your life, no matter how temporarily.
Put it down to experience, get the part replaced yourself and move on in the knowledge that you were right all along and you've retained the moral high ground (IMO).
 
Corporal Punishment said:
It sounds like an old switch broke in service, it's not like Jay broke it through hamfistedness or on purpose. It broke, get a new one and give it a rest. ( like that's gonna happen )
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Fixed it for you :D

And to Civil...

This is a switch on a 24 year old bike that had fallen into such disrepair that it was only to be expected it would start falling apart.

In the interests of fairness and since you didn't want to answer the questions at hand I asked for a copy of the work done and took a look at the photos of the bike and it's parts. I won't embarass yourself or Jay by going into the details but the fact that he even fixed your bike at all is beyond me, I'd have just sent it straight back to you. We both know what percentage of the bill you have quoted was for labour, so for you to even try and get compensated for an old dodgy switch is nothing short of disgraceful.

Now that response is one sided :thumb2
 
the civil one said:
The switch cost is Total: £82.32 + post ,+ £10.00 - £15.00 est. GBP.s
Fitting is not an issue at this point.
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So £82 + some - some I would be pissed off about too but....

The switch broke while in Jay's possession but you can hardly hold him accountable for its failure and expect him to pay to replace it.

The bike is 24 years old and things will start to fail, everything has a life span and it just so happened to be in Jay's possession when the switch took its last breath, but to charge the poor bloke with murder or even switchslaughter is foolish.

Suck it up.... deal with it.... dust yourself down and go and give Billie a :kissy2

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At the risk of being shot for sticking my head over the parapet here goes my view as a guy who has experience of both sides of this as in doing repairs on vehicles and having work done for me

Civil left a bike in to get repairs done if jay gave a price and then found the bike needed more work than he was told he is in tilted to be anoyed

If ( when ) the switch stopped working (was not broken just stopped working) is it ok for civil to complain well a lot of people would

Does jay feel hard done by after doing work on the bike and been asked to replace a part that could have failed at any time (well I would)

My read of it is jay did a lot of work for not a lot of money
And civil is sore because a part that was working when he left the bike in is not working now

Both are grown men with there own business and should have been able to sort it out in private
2 sides to every story
 
How come Civil knew the condition of the switch but not the battery or tyre that was punctured? :confused:
 
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