24-03-2015, 12:24 PM
High street prices.
Go and get a phone contract from EE / 3 / O2 on the street.
Then have a look on MoneySupermarket and realise you're being a mug.
Kwik Fit is no different. The retail price on a catalytic converter won't be cheap. The rest of it will be 'cheaper' but the convenience of having several hundred Kwik Fit units open all-year-round is what contributes to the cost. Go in with your eyes open and they are rip-off merchants. To the man on the street, they are a reuptable garage, where they can turn up and have their car 'made better' again.
I don't have a massive problem with Kwik Fit, but then I'm a salesman, and up-selling is what you do to increase your margin. And it's all about margin. So if you can take advantage of someone for your own personal gain without remorse then so what? Intelligent people (like you and I) will never be taken advantage of. Screw the man on the street, if he's too bloody thick and has deep enough pockets then its' his own lookout.
The way you moaners go on about it suggests that you think they should sell parts at 'eBay prices' and charge 'mates rates' for labour, to everyone. That, my friends, is why you aren't working in management roles!
(harsh, but true!)
Go and get a phone contract from EE / 3 / O2 on the street.
Then have a look on MoneySupermarket and realise you're being a mug.
Kwik Fit is no different. The retail price on a catalytic converter won't be cheap. The rest of it will be 'cheaper' but the convenience of having several hundred Kwik Fit units open all-year-round is what contributes to the cost. Go in with your eyes open and they are rip-off merchants. To the man on the street, they are a reuptable garage, where they can turn up and have their car 'made better' again.
I don't have a massive problem with Kwik Fit, but then I'm a salesman, and up-selling is what you do to increase your margin. And it's all about margin. So if you can take advantage of someone for your own personal gain without remorse then so what? Intelligent people (like you and I) will never be taken advantage of. Screw the man on the street, if he's too bloody thick and has deep enough pockets then its' his own lookout.
The way you moaners go on about it suggests that you think they should sell parts at 'eBay prices' and charge 'mates rates' for labour, to everyone. That, my friends, is why you aren't working in management roles!
(harsh, but true!)
Disclaimer: The above is not to be taken to heart and is probably a joke, grow up you big girl.
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