Servicing Stop Reviews

Name: Servicing Stop
Address: Refuge House 9-10,River Front, London
Rating: 1.86

1.9 Rating 3,627 Reviews

21 %

of reviewers recommend Servicing Stop

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1.9

Based on 3,627 reviews

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Delivery Methods	Own Driver
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Communication Channels	Email, Telephone

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0 800 970 9046

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help@servicingstop.co.uk

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Refuge House 9-10,River Front
London
EN1 3SZ

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Anonymous // 01/01/2019

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“They are a zero in my book. Do not use this company they are rude and misleading!!! You have been warned”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Complete rip off. I will be having my checked by an independent mechanic then take it from there.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“I feel ripped off and blackmailed! Please do not use them. I wish I had read these reviews before booking my car for a "Full Service and MoT." I was quoted, just over, £100, for a "Full Service and MoT" for a Vauxhall Astra, ut after paying immediately and getting a discount, it came to £91. The car was booked for a certain date to be collected, but then at the last minute the collection date was changed to the following day. After a couple of hours, I got a call from Gary, from ServicingStop, saying the car had failed the MoT on 3 things and it would cost about £650 to repair, plus I will have to pay about £50 for oil change, which I thought was included in the "Full Service." Then I asked for a report and asked, when the car would be returned. This is where the black-mail comes in, Gary tells me that the car can't be brought back to me because it was illegal to drive a car that had no MoT. I said that when I booked the car service, it said that the car will be collected and returned on the same day. But, Gary insisted that the car can't be driven without an MoT. Then I said, well I'd like to collect it myself and then Gary said that I would be driving it illegally. I explained that the MoT was due on 01/08/21, but Gary said that as I had the MoT done so early that, the old MoT is not valid anymore and therefore it'll be illegal to drive it off the garage premises. Then he said you have to pay for the oil change, which is nearly £50, and also said, make it to £92 today and plus 6 more payments of £92 a month, and then you can drive the car off today. Then he said the car will be only released when I pay for the oil. So I went to pay on the website and, with extra charges it became just over £85. So, now I've paid, just over £91 + £85 = £176 for a "Full Service and MoT," which doesn't even include change of spark plugs and brake fluid top up. I've asked another garage to give a me a quote to repair the MoT failures, and they quoted about £180 to repair all three faults. I haven't got the car back, yet, and I feel ripped off, blackmailed and angry.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“The discounted price draws you into thinking its good value for money, believe me it really is not. Its a complete rip off, work that would normally be done as part of a full service incurs extra, extortionate costs. You will NOT be able to contact by phone, text or email, they will not pick up or reply. Only positive is the actual garage that carried out the service & MOT, they appeared decent & trustworthy & I really don't understand why they would be linked to the "servicestop" company. I was quoted(not estimated) £118 for full service & MOT ended up paying £271 or I wouldn't get my car back, that was after telling them not to carry out the work they recommended, 6yr old car 6,000 Miles per year.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Do not use or contact this web site they are charging for work they do not re-late to garage. this is called piggy backing in the business and is fraud. they tell you something wrong and then charge you extra for it i would not give them one star zero would be to good for them.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Worst company, stay away and Rude Chris needs a course on customer service! My car feels worse after getting it serviced with them!”

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Posted 5 years ago

“In July last year I had the misfortune to use Servicing Stop for a Interim service and MOT, ended up paying nearly £800.00. I am about to take them to court over the fitting of parts that did not need to be changed etc, I read all the latest news on this despicable company and feel sorry for you all. Trading Standards contacted me in December, and they are compiling a dossier on them, not sure what the outcome will be, they will probably lie their way out it. But I will have my day in court having amassed evidence from independent garages which I will lay before the court.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Shocking do not use under any circumstances! they are refusing to give me my car back has a tracker in it they even drove it Rotherham and back today and it was supposeto be serviced at Sheffield... they tried to charge me for 400 pounds worth of stuff already covered in the full service... i said immediately return my car they said ok 4pm to 6pm... at 6.01 i got an email saying you owe another 49 quid for a oil charge..... now wont give me my car arent open till Monday....Shocking and disgusting”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Do not use this place for a service!! They tried to tell me that I had multiple things wrong with my 6 year old car which would have cost £720 to fix. My car has been serviced yearly and has never had any problems. One of the "problems" was with the auxillary belt, they said it's about to snap and has frayed badly. I told them not to fix it and to only do what really needed to be done which was oil and brake fluid, still costing me £140. I have since had my car looked over again, there is nothing wrong with the auxillary cable or any of the other things mentioned. The brake fluid and oil should have only cost around £60 so I have been told. They are a scam and an absolute rip off, telling you that there are problems that don't exist just so they get some money out of you. I have seen many bad reviews mentioning the same things, I just wish I had read them before booking. Will never use again!”

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Posted 5 years ago

“I would like to give servicingstop a big fat zero for trying to get me to pay for additional work that did not need doing and refusing to release my car .”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Do not be fooled with their misleading discount offer. It will cost at least 30% more than an averge cost.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“do not recommend! booked a MOT thinking its good value for money, the MOT provider called me and told me a number of faults therefore wanted 300+ pounds from me, i said i would like my car back to get a price comparison to get the faults fixed. they would not release my car as it's unsafe but still under the previous MOT? what is this? bandits?”

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Posted 5 years ago

“I used them for the first and last time ever. Even their reviews on their website is a lie.... All what has happened to everyone else has happened to me today. the phone number that is connected to them only rings and no-one ever answers. however they called me from the same number and that P*&£$ me off. My car went in for an MOT and an interim service. i told them not to do anything else to my car. i received a phone call to say that i need to pay £135 although the price was £81.99. i was charged for oil, and something to do with the lamps. i was also charged with the fuel consumption although the car isnt drivable because the head gasket has blow. SO I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULD HAVE CHANGED THE OIL!!!!!! This is what makes people not trust these industries...”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Call to say they have found faults after service . Talked so quickly so you can’t get complete price properly and they skip over extra vat , charged way overpriced prices for example they charged £100 for engine flush. Obviously you have to pay as they have your car . drop off person very rude . Do not use ever .”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Avoid at all costs, sitting without a car no contact apart from a phone call saying they wanted 95 pounds to release my car , it is 2 years old with 6 thousand miles no idea where it is or when I am getting it back , absolutely disgusting people”

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Posted 5 years ago

“For convenience and speed of booking I made the mistake of using these cowboys. Picked car up almost 2 hours late and took for a full service. Received a call from an initially polite chap who informed me my back brakes were “ metal to metal” ( despite me having 2 tyres fitted last week and being told they were fine! ) I needed both headlight bulbs(when the car left my house I knew one was on its way) brake fluid and specialist oil..... quoted £865 but not to worry sir as you can pay on interest free! It would have cost me £85 just to have the bulbs fitted....I almost spat my Starbucks down the phone and politely told him no but he then got pushy and stroppy. When I came back at him he hung up.Avoid at all costs”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Needed a quick service done and most local garages were booked and I stumbled onto servicing stop. Guys from the actual garage were great and HONEST. But servicing stop is just a scam. Trying to oversell things your car does not need. Also, all at exorbitant prices. Great business model, but won't get return business with thier cowboy tactics. Please patronise them if only if you have money to waste. Great for draining your wallet.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“HAD MY 2019 CAR BOOKED IN FOR A SERVICE YESTERDAY AT THE ENFIELD NORTH LONDON BRANCH, THE SERVICE WAS £150. I WAS LATER ADVISED THAT MY CAR NEEDED AN ADDITIONAL £600 WORTH OF REPAIRS INCLUDING FLUSHING AN ENGINE (ON A 2019 2 YEAR OLD CAR!!!). WHEN I SAID I WOULD TAKE IT TO MY OWN MECHANIC THE MAN TRIED TO BULLY ME SAYING MY CAR WOULD NOT BE UNDER WARRANTY IF I USED ANOTHER GARAGE (EVEN THOUGH I TOLD HIM THE OTHER GARAGE WAS APPROVED!). THESE PEOPLE ARE A SCAM”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Car in for service and MOT. Failed MOT. Quoted £1000 for additional work. Car worth £900. Servicingstop person incredulous and annoyed approval for the work not given. Got same work done for £250. Never again.”

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Posted 5 years ago

“Do not use total scam company, Give the garages 50% of what they charge and make the garage use their parts which they claim are dealer parts and they use GSF!! Then tell lies that the garage have not even said by telling customers their vehicle is not road worthy and needs doing as it’s not safe to drive and scare the customers into having the work done! The customer services are rude and as soon as you question them they put the phone down!! Absolute joke of a company total scammers Just go to the garages direct they do not offer any different service, It’s the garage that collect the vehicles also not servicing stop. They just try to claim as much as they can out of people!! The garage does not even price for the work they do and charge 100% more than the garage would!! AVOID AT ALL COSTS GO TO THE GARAGE DIRECT AND GET A LOT BETTER SERVICE AND PRICE”

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Posted 5 years ago

Servicing Stop is rated 1.9 based on 3,627 reviews