Bookmygarage - main dealers cheaper rate

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KP090

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Hi,

Sorry in advance if im posting this in the wrong section of the forum.

Ive checked on the bookmygarage website and have noticed a few mercedes main dealers on it giving significantly reduced rates for servicing which is slightly cheaper than even the local specialists.
The servicing they use is interim, full and major with the major including all the filters. For a quick estimate a service B from the main dealer was around £530 which was just oil change and pollen filter whereas the same garage booked via bookmygarage with a major service was around £269 which included all the filters such as air, pollen, fuel etc.

I rang the garage up and they knew about the website and do take bookings from it, they said they use original mercedes parts as well as stamp the service book as its still mercedes carrying out the service just a different price.

Was wondering whether anyone has tried a main dealer booked via this website and used them for the service? Also say if there was a repair that needed to be done, would you think then the main dealer would use their high labour rates or still continue with the reduced rate?

I dont think everymain dealer is on the website, only ones that probably have an agreement with bookmygarage. For reference if you want try and search yourself use the postcode HP9 1QJ and it will show the main dealer garages that come up on my search local to me.

Would love to here from people with their opinion on this and whether it sounds too good to be true?
 
Just checked it for my S204 and 15 miles radius (which would include MB Ashford and Maidstone, no main dealers listed nor the MB specialists i'm aware of.
 
Just checked it for my S204 and 15 miles radius (which would include MB Ashford and Maidstone, no main dealers listed nor the MB specialists i'm aware of.

Maybe its just a specific mercedes dealer group as the ones that come up in my search using that post code in the first message are all apart of the Vertu mercedes group. Prices seem really good especially if its original parts and mb technicians but im just a bit dubious as to what happens when they say the car needs a specific repair as then maybe they charge proper dealer rates and not the reduced rate?

The lady on the phone wasnt too sure how it all worked but said its because the dealer has an agreement with bookmygarage hence the cheaper service cost. If you search with just general repair it gave that mercedes dealer rate as £51-61 per hour which is great but maybe the repair has to be prebooked in order to get that labour rate.

I literally have no idea how it all works and im sure the lady on the phone was being hesistant to tell me everything just so they dont lose out on extra income lol
 
Just checked my local area where we have at least 3 MB garages but no main dealers listed either
 
They imply that the SecretService is a manufacturer specific dealer "Get a dealership experience with manufacturer trained technicians but with prices so low, they want to keep them secret!"

The one that came up for me when I selected Mercedes is in fact a Honda dealer
 
So it’s probably then only for the Vertu Mercedes group. If you search using this post code SL1 5PR it will bring up Mercedes Slough and then clicking on more results it should bring up the other dealers as part of the Vertu group.
 

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