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Paint shop recommendations in Midlands/Peterborough area
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<blockquote data-quote="dubdubz" data-source="post: 565033" data-attributes="member: 1072"><p>Thanks - </p><p>I do 'get' it, What I wanted was a</p><p>"if we find a few minor dings to straighten and nothing major then it's about X, if we had to do a rust repair that takes about 2 days ON AVERAGE to do and therefore is Y, then I could work out I have X and maybe 3 Y's so an overall figure is Z, plus 15%"</p><p></p><p>That was my point <strong>on average</strong> or <strong>typically</strong> it is this, I fully understand if they rub an area down - I was never thinking of bare metal - and they find a nasty repair then thats the contingency.</p><p></p><p>What I don't have is an unlimited budget - so I don't want to think its going to cost me £5K, get it to the paint shop and then I get a bill for £15K that I have to sell the bus to pay it!</p><p></p><p>I cannot take the bus to the shops as its not on the road, this really was a top level [office numpty speak!] ballpark is around X. There must be a 'sweet spot'-typical price paid. That might well be £6K-£7K for a pretty decent will last type job?? :shock: </p><p></p><p>OR are we saying that it can vary from £3K to £20k</p><p></p><p>[Either which way it looks like my original plan is as flawed as modern politics, and probably as under budgeted!] </p><p>Time to save the pennies, and whilst I do get some more quotes...maybe I will need to get the bus mot'd & running so I can go visit some of the ones suggested!</p><p></p><p>thanks all for your input</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dubdubz, post: 565033, member: 1072"] Thanks - I do 'get' it, What I wanted was a "if we find a few minor dings to straighten and nothing major then it's about X, if we had to do a rust repair that takes about 2 days ON AVERAGE to do and therefore is Y, then I could work out I have X and maybe 3 Y's so an overall figure is Z, plus 15%" That was my point [b]on average[/b] or [b]typically[/b] it is this, I fully understand if they rub an area down - I was never thinking of bare metal - and they find a nasty repair then thats the contingency. What I don't have is an unlimited budget - so I don't want to think its going to cost me £5K, get it to the paint shop and then I get a bill for £15K that I have to sell the bus to pay it! I cannot take the bus to the shops as its not on the road, this really was a top level [office numpty speak!] ballpark is around X. There must be a 'sweet spot'-typical price paid. That might well be £6K-£7K for a pretty decent will last type job?? :shock: OR are we saying that it can vary from £3K to £20k [Either which way it looks like my original plan is as flawed as modern politics, and probably as under budgeted!] Time to save the pennies, and whilst I do get some more quotes...maybe I will need to get the bus mot'd & running so I can go visit some of the ones suggested! thanks all for your input [/QUOTE]
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