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Oh dear,got a puncture on my mobility scooter.Rang millers,new inner tube, fitted.. £60!!... bought inner tube....less than £10, got someone to fit it...total cost... £20... MILLERS..RIP Off!, NEVER GO THERE...RIP OFF MERCHANTS....

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But are they a rip off?
You were lucky enough to be in a position where you could get the part and repair done for £20.
Was it done as a favour? A mate of yours doing the job without overheads, not charging tax & VAT?
Not everyone can be that lucky, they have to rely on a prompt & professional service to get them mobile again.
I hope this minor problem of a puncture is the worst problem you have with your mobility scooter, however, what if something more serious or technical was to go wrong with it? Would your mate be able to provide the parts and know how needed to get you mobile or would you turn to a company that has been there for years serving the needs of folk such as you?
Perhaps you judge them too harshly?

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Total cost £20? "What a rip off",you could of bought a puncture repair kit from one of the towns numerous pound stores and got 'someone' to fix the puncture (or replace the inner tube) for free.

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Less,let me expand on my rant.3mths ago I needed 2 new front tyres,I chose a reputable (tax,vat,overhead paying)company in Blackburn.The tyres cost £28 each, the lad even straightened my front bumper bar (damaged in a previous accident),picked up and returned my scooter the same day and my bill was..... £60 in total.
This time I chose to contact Millers as they are literally just round the corner.My point is,as I sorced the inner tube online at £10 Millers would have charged me £50 just to fit it.I still maintain this is excessive and should I need something more technical repairing,though there is very little that can go wrong ie,no gearbox,clutch,engine.I would not even consider Millers.Finally since my experience numerous people have echoed my sentiment.
A quick word to Accy Explorer, I have been reliably informed that it is not allowed to patch a puncture on a large mobility scooter because it can be used on the road ,therefore as with a car,it is now illegal to patch an inner tube.

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Oops,forgot to mention, some mobility scooter users can Ill afford to fork out £60 for a puncture.My aim is to inform people to shop around,not just accept the first quote,no matter how long they have 'served' the Ill and disabled.

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I would echo boxermums advice and shop around,on the odd occasion i have popped into Millers i have found them very helpful, also very expensive in my view,

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Isn't life strange?

Instead of coming on here and praising a firm in Blackburn (a company you fail to name) that does you well, you start a post blasting and calling a local company, as Cashy says we should all shop around to get the best deal, but what IS your problem?

Why instead of saying millers is a rip off, didn't you praise the anonymous super company, let everyone know the fantastic service you had, even though you didn't enjoy them enough to go straight back to them (or recommend them)?

I do feel you prefer a moan than a praise as you've proved, but that's your problem not mine.

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Oh yes, life is very strange::
The job I'm talking about is 10min max.What I was quoted would equate to £300 an hr.(You do the math).
I started the thread with the INTENTION of blasting this local company,who IMHO GREATLY overcharge.Are you telling me that because they are 'local' I should say Nowt?
The reason I didn't use SCOOTA MART BLACKBURN again.is simply because they are too busy and I needed the job done ASAP.

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SPOT ON Retlaw.I am not a penny pinchin' owdbiddy., neither do I throw money at some one/thing just because it's local.

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Mum doesn't use a mobility scooter, but I have bought her other supplies from Choice Mobility, King Street in Blackburn. I've found them to be very helpful, so maybe they're another option to consider.

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Millers charged me £6 for delivery of a trolley to Clayton

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Isn't life strange?

A member starts a very negative thread that is of no use to the site, the local community or users of mobility scooters.

Why? Well, lets see.

Now I don't use a mobility scooter...

...yet! however when the inevitability arrives I would like the freedom to choose from whom I purchase one.

I see no use in starting a thread that just calls a local employer without the positive information of any alternative that there may be.

Eventually we were given the name of one such alternative good news for mobility users? I hope so, certainly better than just slagging off that one particular company the thread now offers perhaps a cheaper company that I hope will be of at least the same quality so far as repairs are concerned.

As Cashy says:-

I agree wholeheartedly we should shop around to get the best service for the best price.

We can only shop around however if there is more than one company supplying a service in the area, it is competition that brings down the prices claiming that Millers would fold if another company opened in the area is well, stupid and to state:-

Smacks more of petty jealousy than a reason why a company should close.

As for myself just like the old far' Erm I mean gentleman that thinks someone should face a life time ban more proof of petty and inarticulate thinking.

Strange isn't it he holds grand and weird ideas about life (as do we all) never hesitates to give an opinion on them (rightly or wrongly) and yet anyone he takes a dislike to should be banned for life.

Oh dear, oh dear not really a level playing field is it?

Perhaps it's time he put aside his obvious dislikes and concentrate instead on the parts of life that he claims to know about, Oh hang on, that's everything.

Just a friendly warning, be careful not to upset him or you too might end up with about 10 years worth of venom and bile being poured onto anything you might say.

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Less,you have the right to your opinion,as do I.How do you know that my thread IS'OF NO USE TO THE SITE,THE LOCAL COMMUNITY OR USERS OF MOBILITY SCOOTERS' especially as you admit, you don't use One?.If it is of no use,why the hell do you keep commenting,and defending said Company?
Have you got shares in the place or some family connection,which makes you REPEATEDLY jump to their defence?.Kettle and pot jump to mind,reading YOU last post.Tell me,What USE TO THE SITE, LOCAL COMMUNITY Is YOUR rant about Retlaw?(and me for that matter)..