Robinson Servicing
I have titled this Robinson servicing but its not restricted to Robinsons. I wondered if anyone could shed some light on the ridiculous way we pay for servicing in the UK or in my case Scotland. We seem to be charged a "fixed" price for a 50 or 100hr service BUT this fixed price is more than if we just paid the time at £x per hour plus parts. I have just bought an R44 from Belgium and the dealer over there simply charge the time and parts making the overall price much cheaper than here.
Normally when a "fixed" price is introduced it tends to be cheaper than if you were to pay by the hour but not in this case. I fully appreciate that we have to pay for servicing but surely this is a bit of a cartel?
Comments?