RENTEC: Unbiased Review - 36k 182 Service

[Ady182]

Beat the February's Cliosport special offer from rentech lol, 36k service as priced and ady will sort you out a back, sack and crack free of charge

 

[Day]

Do you use a razor or chemicals?

 

[Ady182]

Teeth mate, only teeth

 

[Mike@Rentech]

thanks tom...i dont need to be nasty...i just stating the facts...
carlton offer 5 courtesy cars...5 mechanics...and we are cheaper...you do the maths love!!!
OH and ive been working on renault for 25 years...

Ah so there you go, you have a nice big establishment, have the money and cash for courtesy cars, 5 mechanics so you can have 5 cars on the go at any one time and been in the trade 25 years.

Me so far I have one ramp so can only have one car on the go at anyone time, I pay a fairly large bill for rental of my premises, I pay a lot for insurance as I'm a new business, and have to make a living.
As it stands at the moment I'm actually worse off money wise than when I was at Renault.
If I could afford to lower my prices, bearing in mind I probably only sell on average of 25-30 hours a week (I expect you sell around 150 a week if not a little more).
So give me a break I'm trying to provide a good level of service and round my way I'm atually a lot cheaper than the local dealer and on a par with the other garages round my way.

So give me a break. PLEASE

 

[fUbAr]

So give me a break. PLEASE

Dont worry Mike... we go to you because we trust you. personally, i can see past the invoice at the end! :approve:

 

[clio-lane]

Clarkie - if you gave the service that Mike gave then a few more Cliosporters might talk about you so highly. When you find someone as good as Mike price isn't really an issue. I'd rather know the works been done properly to a very high standard and my car has been treated like his own.
Like I said earlier, you haven't done yourself any favours in this thread. You just seem jealous of the adoration Mike has got in such a short space of time.

 

[Fred@BTM]

i love the mikey!!! can we do a sticker swap mikey???

 

[clarkiev6]

i'm not saying any more on this...
good luck mike i was on my own for a year..its bloody tough, i can assure you.
the point i was making is SOME of the bigger garages are just as trustworthy.
i have been running my own garage since 1992 and that speaks for itself.....
the garage section was being turned into a renteck advert section...not what it is supposed to be used for.
all the rest of the garages had 1 or 2 threads...mike had 7 which pushes others off the page....
good luck mike i hope you make it..
alex

 

[fizzy_drink]

Larger older establishements will have lower running costs, and will be able to offer more competitive prices.

Carlton Garage & Rentec are 160miles apart... so they do not compete for business IMO.

What IS interesting howerver, is how Renault's very own garages (similar in size to Carlton Garage) charge £££££ more for exactly the same service.

What's even more interesting is how a single mechanic with a single bay can still offer a £££ saving compared to his local garage (Mike).



Why should a well respected, well established garage not be able to quote their own prices on here? If it's 160 miles away... it shouldn't upset the "click" should it?

 

[Day]

Think it was the "tone" of the comments that surprised most Omar.
It's all about trust in Mikes case - A LOT of people know and trust him.

If there's more than 7 RENTECH posts then hardly Mikes fault for making people happy is it!!!

 

[ant]

If there's more than 7 RENTECH posts then hardly Mikes fault for making people happy is it!!!

exactly!

 

[fizzy_drink]

If there's more than 7 RENTECH posts then hardly Mikes fault for making people happy is it!!!

He's a bad bad boy for making everyone so happy

I'm not getting involved here, but one garage's posts were removed (due to multiple threads)... whilst another's were kept as they were?

That's a modding issue anyway... :S

Oh, and where the hell has the invoice gone?? There's hardly any secret information on it!

 

[Day]

Oh, and where the hell has the invoice gone?? There's hardly any secret information on it!

This one?
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/7990/rentec3zv.jpg
The one that is still there?

 

[fizzy_drink]

""Think it was the "tone" of the comments that surprised most Omar""

Nothing was said that isn't true... Car in - Service - Car out: Job done.

I even brought 1000w of lighting, camera, lenses etc... and offered to take pics, but the offer was declined.

 

[fizzy_drink]

This one?
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/7990/rentec3zv.jpg
The one that is still there?

Ah... yes... I see the vat number/address etc has been removed from it... fair enough.

:approve:

Doesn't show-up on my PC for some reason? (on my original post anyway).

 

[clarkiev6]

enough said on this i think before it turns nasty.
my overheads are enormous... we have to earn 1500 quid per week to break even!!
but we still manage to offer quality service at a low price..
i hope now that the arguements stop..
omar has the right to his opinion and because it was not positive every one is up in arms...
critsism is good as it keeps garages on their toes...
lets let it end here ...

 

[Mike@Rentech]

Agreed.
No more on this thread Please.

 

[Nik]

omar has the right to his opinion and because it was not positive every one is up in arms...

To be honest everything that Omar posted was positive, the original post sounded like he was very happy with the Rentech experience.

It's the price comparisons that were bound to cause a problem, I don't see why there was a need for that really as the two companies are so far apart that they have their own customer base.

All the independent Renault specialists need our support as we as renault customers need them. They should also support each other against the main dealers as there's more than enough of us to go round if they want our business.

Keep up the good work guys!

 

[seb]

It has been requested for this thread to be locked. I think most things have been covered. If you want to discuss the finer points of prices with mike give him a pm.