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| Originally Posted by khushy £830 for a service is taking the p*ss - no question.
Maybe its time to shake things up and start working together as members of this forum/club to help eachother save some money and gain some useful knowledge during Ducati ownership - thats what other clubs do. Workshops etc!!
It seems to me that certain dealers/service bods associated with Ducati think they have a monopoly - thats why they take the p*ss out of all of us. The hero worship and clique that goes on here does not help everyone else at all.
If you want to join the Nelly/JHP etc fan club - I am sure they will be delighted to take your money - but I for one refuse - they are not that good and as far as I am concerned - their customer service/knowledge is sh*te - except for a few specialist areas - I can do a better quality job myself.
Why do you think Nelly goes "out of his way" as you say - he is a business man first and foremost - he needs to make money - he aint a charity - thats for sure (£830!!! LOL).
The other thing is - if you only want people here to agree with everything that you say - you need to get real and come back to planet earth - you are dreaming buddy - it will NEVER happen.
Others may not say what they feel - but I would say that most agree with what has been said especially with this particular post!!!
Those FEW that have disagreed - I assume only to remain popular with the worshipers - seem only to be able to make personal attacks as to my abaility to service a bike - and they dont even know me - have never seen my bikes - more fool you!!!
I for one will continue to say what I think is right - thats what a public forum is all about - so if you dont like it - you know what you can do!!!
Khushy |
Khushy,
If you want to rally round, run workshops, educate the masses, assist people with getting their bikes up to a certain standard, then great, all power to you.
Like most things in life though a general confidence with things manual and mechanical is required, I for one don't have that, I have undertaken tasks on my bike that i may not have done so in the past usually as i have a spanner in one hand and my mobile jammed in my ear as either Nelly, KeefyB or Rattler has tried to talk me through what I'm doing, I've never seen an invoice for it though ....
I have also on numerous trackdays been able to assist non DSC members by calling on DSC help and getting issues resolved, I've had help from Nelly, JHP and even P&H, yet to see an invoice for that either ....
Value is added in so many different ways and assistance is priceless.
But to vilifie Nelly for answering a question is short sighted mate.
Nelly has a shop to run, his own bills to pay and a shedload of knowledge, his customer service is second to none and to caim you are more expert / knwledgable is just a tad arrogant.
Do you in your chosen profession not expect a premium for your expertise or do you just work at lower rates than all your competitors because your conscience says profit is bad ???
When i shop at certain places I pay a premium because I know I'm getting more han just the initial service, that goes for all things I have, the cheapest service may be adequate, but it may not be the best.
Like it or not the Ducati motorcycle is a premium brand, much the same way BMW, Mercedes and Audi are, all with c£100 per hour labour rates, we knaow what we are buying into.
Reinds me of those glammed up Footballers wives wannabes "all fur coat and no knickers".
I work hard for my money but also believe that value is more important than cost with some things.
I haven't knocked your mechanical abilities, i have no idea what they are, but as has been suggested why not PM daz and offer to do the work for him ???
Then he can save a load of money and we can all move on ...
Dibs
12-Aug-2006, 15:47 
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