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1st June 2017, 17:53 | #1 |
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Key fob repair for £20.
A few folks have fallen for this.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Repair-ser...-/391156249632 Look at the Feedback?..! Wow...Just WOW..!
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1st June 2017, 18:23 | #2 |
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What am I missing?
His feedback isn't bad - none of the negs are for the repair service. He's averaging two unhappy customers in every thousand who buy from him. |
1st June 2017, 18:40 | #3 |
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Ok....£20 for a replacement key fob?...! Would you?!!
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1st June 2017, 19:12 | #4 |
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Used it 6 months ago. Fully referbished key fob and it still works today. Am I missing something?
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1st June 2017, 19:19 | #5 |
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If I wasn't confident I could swap out the innards myself then yeah, probably.
It seems expensive for what he's doing, but then break down his costs Selling price £20. eBay fees = £2 Postage - £1.50 Materials - £4 PayPal fees £1 That leaves him somewhere in the region of £11.50 to cover his labour, which also includes posting the ad, replying to inquiries, packaging the keys back up, getting them to the post office etc. He's selling a one day turnaround - so he has to get it done the day it arrives. You say people have ''fallen'' for it. I'd suggest there are plenty of people who either don't feel competent enough or who can't be bothered sourcing their own fobs let alone fiddling about swapping them about when they finally arrive. Perhaps the better question is would you put yourself through all his hassle for £11.50? I'm sure there are a few of us who have paid someone else to wash our car in our time - same principle really |
1st June 2017, 20:09 | #6 |
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I did one for my 75 and another for the ZT I had. Just spent the 4 quid on the unit and with a bit of faffing about with a dremel and some gorilla glue, along with a wee prayer that the chuffing thing would still work, it all worked out okay.
This guy is doing loads of them according to his sales ( I reckon about 100 - 150 a month) so he must be good at it by now.
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Right so it's a new case then sir? no what if the microswitches are goosed, perhaps a component or two missing from the board, or perhaps it's been in the washing machine in a trouser pocket.
So a decent aftermarket case is circa £8, a battery 50p, proper tactile microswitches are 60p if you are buying in bulk, and return postage £2.08.....£11.18. Yes I suppose you could say he's wiping your eyeballs, however you could always buy a cheap case for a couple of quid, get a small soldering iron, a pair of helping hands, a couple of switches and some fine gauge solder. flux, and some solder wick and do it yourself Brian |
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