"JCBR" <blubber@tiscali.nl> wrote

> How do you of Paddock-spares- and quality?

> Email to Paddock resulted in asking for photo's, I
> send them. But now they don't seem to know me anymore.....
> Anyone with the same experience?
> Jurjen

I don't think that Padock are alone with this problem. I bought two
pairs of JATE rings from DLS. I compared them with proper JATE rings
and they are a very poor copy, although the bolts were supplied with
opened Land Rover plastic bags.

After taking photographs of them, I returned them to DLS. They don't
answer e-mails or letters.

Next stop, probably small claims court.

Reg.

"Reg" <news@g4ens.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:cbktcu$59t$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk...
> "JCBR" <blubber@tiscali.nl> wrote
>
> > How do you of Paddock-spares- and quality?
>
> > Email to Paddock resulted in asking for photo's, I
> > send them. But now they don't seem to know me anymore.....
> > Anyone with the same experience?
> > Jurjen
>
> I don't think that Padock are alone with this problem. I bought two
> pairs of JATE rings from DLS. I compared them with proper JATE
rings
> and they are a very poor copy, although the bolts were supplied with
> opened Land Rover plastic bags.
>
> After taking photographs of them, I returned them to DLS. They
don't
> answer e-mails or letters.
>
> Next stop, probably small claims court.
>
> Reg.
>

The moral of the story is that if one is in any doubt, buy Genuine
Parts or at least buy locally where you see the goods before purchase.
It may cost a small percentage more in the first instance, but you
will at least know what you are getting.

Huw


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On or around Sun, 27 Jun 2004 11:25:05 +0100, "Huw"
<hedydd[nospam]@tiscali.co.uk> enlightened us thusly:

>The moral of the story is that if one is in any doubt, buy Genuine
>Parts or at least buy locally where you see the goods before purchase.
>It may cost a small percentage more in the first instance, but you
>will at least know what you are getting.

in some cases, though, "small percentage" is about 300% or more if you're
talking about genuine parts [1]. In that case, I'll carry on buying cheap
ones from Paddock and taking the chance...


[1] and in some cases, the parts are identical. Mother (my mother, I mean)
was quoted 350 quid to supply and fit a vacuum pump on a 300 TDi, a job
which any half-competent mechanic can easily do in half an hour. Let's
suppose that they bill for an hour's labour (which in itself would be a
rip-off; it really is an easy job, took me about 15 minutes), at say 70 quid
plus vat, that still means over 250 quid for a pump which I got for 109
including vat ISTR, and which was the SAME pump, made my the same
manufacturer.

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of magnets and miracles / Our thoughts strayed constantly and without
boundary / The ringing of the Division bell had begun. Pink Floyd (1994)

Austin Shackles <austin@ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk> wrote in
news:g8dud0t575f300p56ds275jgdkftjhio2m@4ax.com:

> in some cases, though, "small percentage" is about 300% or
> more if you're talking about genuine parts

Needed a new interior light for my 1992 200Tdi p/u. The local
authorised LR dealer quoted £40! (I did not ask whether that was
inclusive of VAT but probably wasn't).

I got the exact same item from the local after market guy for
£16 + VAT.

It pays to shop around.

Derry

Austin Shackles wrote:
> On or around Sun, 27 Jun 2004 11:25:05 +0100, "Huw"
> <hedydd[nospam]@tiscali.co.uk> enlightened us thusly:
>
>> The moral of the story is that if one is in any doubt, buy Genuine
>> Parts or at least buy locally where you see the goods before
>> purchase. It may cost a small percentage more in the first
instance,
>> but you will at least know what you are getting.
>
> in some cases, though, "small percentage" is about 300% or more if
> you're talking about genuine parts [1]. In that case, I'll carry on
> buying cheap ones from Paddock and taking the chance...
>
>
> [1] and in some cases, the parts are identical.

Local parts from non Land Rover dealers may in fact be cheaper for
'genuine'. Your LSUK dealer or specialist such as Shorts of Swansea
could supply genuine Bosch, Lucas, Magnetti, Perkins [not relevant
here] parts and other factors can supply many other OEM parts such as
LUK, Bendix etc at reasonable prices. These are all likely to be
local.
Panels and specialist parts can be sourced locally but are not likely
to be made by the original supplier to Land Rover, which means that
they *could* be of unknown quality.

Huw


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On or around Sun, 27 Jun 2004 11:25:05 +0100, "Huw"
<hedydd[nospam]@tiscali.co.uk> enlightened us thusly:

>The moral of the story is that if one is in any doubt, buy Genuine
>Parts or at least buy locally where you see the goods before purchase.
>It may cost a small percentage more in the first instance, but you
>will at least know what you are getting.

in some cases, though, "small percentage" is about 300% or more if you're
talking about genuine parts [1]. In that case, I'll carry on buying cheap
ones from Paddock and taking the chance...


[1] and in some cases, the parts are identical. Mother (my mother, I mean)
was quoted 350 quid to supply and fit a vacuum pump on a 300 TDi, a job
which any half-competent mechanic can easily do in half an hour. Let's
suppose that they bill for an hour's labour (which in itself would be a
rip-off; it really is an easy job, took me about 15 minutes), at say 70 quid
plus vat, that still means over 250 quid for a pump which I got for 109
including vat ISTR, and which was the SAME pump, made my the same
manufacturer.

--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk my opinions are just that
Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young / In a world
of magnets and miracles / Our thoughts strayed constantly and without
boundary / The ringing of the Division bell had begun. Pink Floyd (1994)