(G) word of warning

my car has side rubing strips with "space for badge" so i decided wich ones i wanted and sped off to e-bay the cheapest ones on there were £44 incl post and the dearest were £50 this sounded expensive so i rang the dealer big supprise ... £41 so please dont just assume e-bay or other sites like that are cheaper try the dealer aswell

Ebay is full of people paying over RRP because they think Ebay=cheap.

Same with the little italian keyrings, £3 at dealer and then saw them going for £6.50 on ebay.I know it's not much but seems stupid

If you mean the one with the little green white and red loop, I paid £8.49 for mine from nuova500 shop!!!!! :-(

Yes those ones, defintely no more than £4 at my dealer and had a few in the display cabinet, sorry to be the bearer of bad news!!least only a couple of quid

Maybe one day people will figure out main dealers are not as bad as people like to think they are.

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Would have gladly bought from my local dealer but they didn't have any accessories in stock - all to order, and just from the catalogue. Wish the fiat flagship was a bit nearer!

allways do your homework.......it pays you know..& in this case it certainly did

Not car related, but I recently bought a Panasonic Plasma screen and Blu-ray player.

I went to a Panasonic dealer to get all the info on it, knowing they woud be the most expensive but would give most information, then went to Currys, House of Fraser, Ebay, RIcher Sounds, various online discount AV dealers, to see who was giving the best deal.

To my surprise, the main Panasonic dealer was £100 cheaper than any of the others for the hardware, plus they included a 5 year manufacturers warranty, free HDMI cable, free delivery and free technical setup by an engineer. The others wanted an extra £250+ for the additional stuff.

Again, it looks as if "main dealers" can be better value than some think.

Indeed, my dealer also gave me a 10% discount card when I bought the car. The ivory edged carpet mats were therefore £44.98 as opposed to the £59 from Nuova500shp.

I didn't look online cos I couldn't wait... so I guess I didn't really do comprehensive homework...

You should have gone to Comet or Currys! They could have sold you a £50 Monster Cables HDMI cable which is no better than the cheapie Panasonic would have given you