comparing quotes

[Garage 808]

Usefull tip: When comparing quotes from different workshops, make sure that you get detailed quotes. It doen't help one quotes on an inspection 1 service (basically oil and oil filter) and the other on an inspection 2 service (oil, oil filter, air filter, spark plugs, petrol filter if applicable). Also make sure that the quote includes VAT (if workshop is VAT registered). This has caused a few people to get a bigger bill than they expected.

 

[Revilosean]

:fencelook:

Rule # 1: GET A SPECIFIED QUOTE FOR ALL WORK BEING DONE " IN WRITING".

Any additional work needs to be quoted separately.

Rev

 

[Garage 808]

:fencelook:

Rule # 1: GET A SPECIFIED QUOTE FOR ALL WORK BEING DONE " IN WRITING".

Any additional work needs to be quoted separately.

Rev

Yes, absolutely. We've heard some horror stories about customers who got stuck with bills adding up to thousands of Rands, because they weren't quoted properly up-front.

 

[moranor@axis]

quoting without Vat is a dirty trick...

 

[Bazza]

quoting without Vat is a dirty trick...

Agreed!!

 

[moranor@axis]

quoting without Vat is a dirty trick...

Agreed!!

you got no idea how often people come to me an say 'so and so quoted this can you give me a better price'... I just ask is that including vat? then it turns out my price is cheaper :roflol:

 

[Bazza]

quoting without Vat is a dirty trick...

Agreed!!

you got no idea how often people come to me an say 'so and so quoted this can you give me a better price'... I just ask is that including vat? then it turns out my price is cheaper :roflol:

Like you said... a dirty, dirty trick!

 

[Gilbert]

Ex vat is mostly used in businesses.
In vat is generally used for consumers.

None the less it always good to confirm.

 

[moranor@axis]

Ex vat is mostly used in businesses.
In vat is generally used for consumers.

None the less it always good to confirm.

agree

but why quote on parts ex Vat to a customer when that is not what they will pay?

if you go into PnP and all the items are Ex vat you wont be happy when you get to the till :nonono:

 

[Gilbert]

Ex vat is mostly used in businesses.
In vat is generally used for consumers.

None the less it always good to confirm.

agree

but why quote on parts ex Vat to a customer when that is not what they will pay?

if you go into PnP and all the items are Ex vat you wont be happy when you get to the till :nonono:

True true.
Ex vat is mainly for businesses and tax purposes.
We as the consumer couldn't care less about the ex vat price.

 

[moranor@axis]

if you own i business you should be able to work out the Ex Vat price yourself :fencelook:

to me it seems the only reason people quote Ex Vat is to try make their quote seem cheaper...

 

[kabal]

the VAT Act states that a quote without VAT must clearly state that it excludes VAT