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Market rate for changing engine oil/gearbox oil
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TSstevenkkh
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 Dec 28 2019, 03:50 PM, updated 6y ago
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I am just curious whether any range of price consider for changing gearbox oil and engine oil as I found the price is quite ridiculous if we try to see the product online sale price.
Like recently I changed my engine oil semi and the charges is RM148 which I believe is ok but when they charge me RM240 to change the gear box oil of atf honda city dw - 1L (4LITER), I was shock with the price as online the same product seems be cheaper to each liter as RM60.
So, want to see any cheaper option available especially around klang valley, pj, kd area with the same brand product or even a match pricing with online sale price?
This post has been edited by stevenkkh: Dec 28 2019, 03:51 PM
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TSstevenkkh
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Dec 28 2019, 07:58 PM
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QUOTE(Thrust @ Dec 28 2019, 05:05 PM) Workshops that uses the car conveyor lift normally charges around RM30 - 35 for labour to change engine oil / gear oil. The more traditional workshop which uses jack stand will charge around RM20 for the same job. By the way, Honda City requires only 3 litre of ATF DW1. If they filled in 4 litre, confirm its overfilled and may damage your gearbox in the long run. Normally, 3 bottles of ATF DW1 will cost around RM75. Include the labour of RM20, it is around RM95 only. I know because I am driving a Honda City TMO. Yes, I feel cheated when I see the price of the product online such as this deal and seriously, charge 30-50 bucks for labour is understandable but jacking up the product price seems unreasonable: https://www.lazada.com.my/products/honda-ci....7358fdc8KjnSt5RM215 to change gear oil as I am thinking whether such pricing difference due to the product itself and thinking why so much difference the pricing even online that I am suspicious whether due the the quality or even any fake goods. |
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TSstevenkkh
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Dec 31 2019, 02:44 PM
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Thanks all for the input, for me, the labour cost is understandable for people to do business, the thing I hate will be the inflating price of the product as the engine oil and gear oil to even double or even 50% more is ridiculous.
Learn my lesson to check the price of the material first instead of just believing all this so called one stop pro centre or myfave discount. Seems to be all this will not cost more than 150 for either engine oil semi synthetic or gear oil.
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TSstevenkkh
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Dec 31 2019, 10:51 PM
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QUOTE(abubin @ Dec 31 2019, 04:26 PM) Well, to be fair that was how workshop business works during the 80s. Before the internet and online shopping, spare parts prices are unknown to users. So the workshop would just quote the spart parts price + markup. This is how service center works as well. Their spare parts are markedup like 75%. So fast forward to today, parts pricing can be easily found online. Now only people realize workshops are charging like unreasonable price. To me, I think workshops need to change their method of business. Quote parts with like 10% markup and quote the workmanshop appropriately. Cause RM20 for changing oil is not feasible for maintaining business. I know people will think it's simple job and all but workshops need to pay for overhead. RM20 is really not enough for them to cover their 30 minutes of time. Hence the reason why other countries, they charge by the hours. No matter what you do, minimum charges is 1 hour and so on. I think it is fair enough to charge labour fees by updating the customer with even RM30-RM50 but definitely not marking up the price of the material till 50% above others market price with profit as this is consider cheating to the customer. I believe people can report them to consumer court for over profiteering as even durian over price also can be reported. |
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TSstevenkkh
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Jan 1 2020, 10:44 AM
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QUOTE(Icehart @ Jan 1 2020, 02:59 AM) Workshop must follow RRP. Online don't. Case in point, Shell Fully Synthetic is RM 105 at Shopee But workshop probably 200+ since that's the RRP price. This is new, then this means the workshop might even have a lower price than RM105 for this product since at shopee can even sell at that price with profit if the same product. This is the thing I am curious as the price too big difference that make me thought maybe it is low quality or even fake product online but now you mention the same one selling almost half of the price, this sound ridiculous to me already. Sounds to me like never buy anything from the workshop without checking online first lol. |
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