Poor quality exhaust front pipe and customer service.

[Plezier]

For any members who would be considering buying a 4 bolt front pipe from the ebay vendor yesparts

eBay item number:131646996990

................................ be aware not only are the pipes very cheaply made and they are more than likely to fracture at the flexi part but the customer service is dreadful. I returned a broken front pipe to them September 10th and today have had to once again chase them for a refund and still getting the run around.

So be please be aware. Will now have to try and get ebay and paypal involved.

[Mykel]

33 quid with free UK delivery ??? You get what you pay for I guess …

[Plezier]

Mykel the one from the motor factors was only £37 and that is a Klarius one.

When I first worked for Kwik-Fit back when Tom Farmer owned it a complete exhaust for a Mk3 Cortina was £19.95 fitted with 2 year warranty. The front pipes on those cost pennies to make and Kwik-Fit paid about £1 for the front pipe. Back then it was Timax and Bosal that were the mkers. If you wanted just a rear box fitted that was £24.95 ........................ the reason being it was faster to simply cut off the old system and fit new than change the rear box.

[talkingcars]

And when I started work I was on £2.4k p/a..........................

[Plezier]

Gee that was well paid my first job paid £1248 per year my second higher paid one paid the princely sum of £1705.60 per year ................................. your point being?

[talkingcars]

................................. your point being?

that one can not compare todays prices with yester-century.

[Plezier]

Ahhh so we are expected to accept poorer quality parts for more money?

[rob5059]

Surely the main point is being missed here if an item is sold it should be fit for purpose. If it isn't you should expect a replacement or refund without having to waste your time chasing it. I'd be involving Ebay as its a shame the majority of traders are decent, shame to let poor traders get away with poor service.

[talkingcars]

Ahhh so we are expected to accept poorer quality parts for more money?

I didn't say anything about quality, I merely pointed out that you can not compare the price of anything today to what it was many many years ago.

Earlier you mentioned working for Kwik-fit when Tom Farmer owned it which could have been any period between 1971 and 1999.

In your first post you were complaining that a part that cost you £33 delivered was of poor quality, the recommended price from MG-Rover is £164.

I do accept that the cheap part should still work for a reasonable period but it will never be of the same quality as a genuine part.

[Blackwell Bandit]

Agreed, buy cheap buy twice is the old addage, always but stuff like that from a motor factors, that way you can inspect before purchase. Buyer beware !!

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[Stan_B]

Thank you for taking the time to give us a heads up about this vendor. Seems consistent with a lot of products on that site.