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This is a problem I don’t see going away either short term or long term. There is no minimum laid down standards that the trade have to adhere to, it is simply a free market and so long as the customer holds the garages over the barrel sort of speak with “How much will it cost” without a minimum bench mark to work from, the problem is here to stay. Nothing is going to change, as the saying goes if you stick your neck out be prepared to get your head lobbed off. Nobody is going to make a stand. As I see it the government will lokk at their tax losses if enforcement action to stop the manufacturer and selling of these parts were enforced, and whichever way you look at it, if the garage is taken to court, the court rules against the garage, they gain another tax income. Its a no brainer, the government will not make any changes. That is how I see it.