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Offline bricey

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Heres one for you all
« on: 16 January 2012, 20:35 »
evening all,
right over to the weekend i odered a new rear brake caliper from carbrakecalipers.co.uk,came in at a total of £85
cheapest i have seen one on the net etc so i thought bargin.
today i have had a few missed calls from a number,turns out it the company trying to get hold of me,so anyway the chap left a message basicly saying,
"mr brice
 your caliper has been dispatch to you today and you should recieve it tommorow,
there seems to be a problem in that our website hasnt applied a surcharge witch we apply to all orders,when we recieve your old caliper "exchange service" we would normally refund you the surcharge but seeing as this hasnt happened can you please keep you caliper and call me in the morning to discuss returning it"!
now whatwould you do??? to be honest ill prob end up sending it back,
its not all the time i get a company saying they f**ked up :laugh:
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Offline The Mighty Elvi

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Re: Heres one for you all
« Reply #1 on: 16 January 2012, 20:46 »
They sound a decent lot.  Took the time to call you.  Caliper surcharge is the norm.

Be honest.   You may need to use them again in the future.

Plus, they may have you by the short and curlies in their T&C's regardless of their on-line ballsup.


Offline T_J_G

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Re: Heres one for you all
« Reply #2 on: 16 January 2012, 20:46 »
Send it back, they're not worth a lot.

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Re: Heres one for you all
« Reply #3 on: 16 January 2012, 20:49 »
yer im not going to have any use for a foobard caliper.
funny you say that mighty i may be buying another next month lol
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Re: Heres one for you all
« Reply #4 on: 17 January 2012, 14:27 »
yer im not going to have any use for a foobard caliper.
funny you say that mighty i may be buying another next month lol
send it back u might even get a discount on any other bits u order from them  :smiley:

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Re: Heres one for you all
« Reply #5 on: 17 January 2012, 15:42 »
Used a similar service before, same dealio, they send you an aftermarket caliper you send them your old ones they refund you. I kept forgetting to send the old ones back, so never got my refund but will sell them on ebay eventually.
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Re: Heres one for you all
« Reply #6 on: 18 January 2012, 22:06 »
send it back and next time you might get discount for being honest!

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Re: Heres one for you all
« Reply #7 on: 18 January 2012, 22:13 »
Send it back as am not a thief :lipsrsealed:
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