Supaguard - Fact or Fiction?

86JR · 2 Feb 2010 at 20:26

Jamous said:
It's a whole kit with paint, interior, carpet and leather treatment.

I know, i still have it in the garage. Do you need a pic for proof ?

Housey · 2 Feb 2010 at 20:35

I believe dealers pay less than £10 for it.

Fr0dders · 2 Feb 2010 at 20:36

i dont see how a bit of cheap wax could cost substantially more.

Heck you can buy enough high quality wax for about 20 applications for £50, how do you need £80 for one application of cheap crap and some scotchguard lol ?

[TW]Fox · 2 Feb 2010 at 20:41

Maz said:
Think a valeter has nicked a few boxes and selling them for buttons!

Yes obviously, I mean you were in the trade, you cant possibly be wrong. He's obviously stolen them all.

Jamous · 2 Feb 2010 at 20:41

twoblacklines said:
I know, i still have it in the garage. Do you need a pic for proof ?

Sharpened the keyboard I see? lol
You said you had a kit with the pad, nothing more, calm down sir.
I know exactly what the kits look like, we have around 20 of them in stock at work, but please post a pic to show your prowess extends further than your keyboard.

IIRC we buy them in at around £65, sell them out to sales at £80. It's the sales who make the money on them.

Maz · 2 Feb 2010 at 21:17

[TW]Fox;15879491 said:
Yes obviously, I mean you were in the trade, you cant possibly be wrong. He's obviously stolen them all.

I've been selling the stuff for the last seven years, believe me I don't need someone on eBay to tell me how much the kit costs to buy.

Read the post above.

86JR · 2 Feb 2010 at 21:22

Jamous said:
Sharpened the keyboard I see? lol
You said you had a kit with the pad, nothing more, calm down sir.
I know exactly what the kits look like, we have around 20 of them in stock at work, but please post a pic to show your prowess extends further than your keyboard.

IIRC we buy them in at around £65, sell them out to sales at £80. It's the sales who make the money on them.

Why do you buy them for £65 when they are available for £13 on ebay ?

[TW]Fox · 2 Feb 2010 at 21:24

Maz said:
I've been selling the stuff for the last seven years, believe me I don't need someone on eBay to tell me how much the kit costs to buy.

Read the post above.

Perhaps your supplier sucked? Fact remains it appears we can buy it for less than you swore blind was the minimum price.

Fr0dders · 2 Feb 2010 at 21:27

Maz said:
I've been selling the stuff for the last seven years, believe me I don't need someone on eBay to tell me how much the kit costs to buy.

Read the post above.

has it not occured to you that the people selling it to you for £80 are making money hand over fist, the same way you make money hand over fist when you sell it to the customer.

Its just profit on top of profit.

But by buying off ebay, your knocking out the dealers profit, and the profit of the guy who sells it to the dealer. Dealers sell the stuff for hundreads and hundreads of pounds so will still buy it, even it costs £80 as they can make 300 % mark up on it.

Thing is, the guy selling to you for £80 is probably making 300 % profit as well !

Muncher · 2 Feb 2010 at 21:40

When I worked briefly at a Ferrari dealer in the parts department we "sold" a few of them to be applied to new cars, the parts cost to us was about £15 per kit. The valeting guys didn't think much of it at all.

[TW]Fox · 2 Feb 2010 at 21:41

ginandmilk said:
3 times a week if you're the 5 series owner who lives down the road from me, though to be fair he only does it that much in the summer.

I hope you dont live in Plymouth :eek:

Maz · 2 Feb 2010 at 21:52

twoblacklines said:
Why do you buy them for £65 when they are available for £13 on ebay ?

There are two different kits available, the one pictured in that eBay listing is the basic kit, for £80 they'd be selling the premium kit.

NathanE · 2 Feb 2010 at 22:33

Basically, keep your £200. Then pay that to a proper detailer who can put an equivilent protection on your car. The benefit of this is, if you have a nice looking car, you can sip a beer in your chair whilst he makes your car even shinier!

JBod · 3 Feb 2010 at 08:19

I got the 8 quid one from ebay someone linked too. If its rubbish i'll clay it off.

-Ad- · 3 Feb 2010 at 09:32

[TW]Fox;15880046 said:
I hope you dont live in Plymouth

Afraid of him telling us your address

Looks like a waste of money. Either DIY or pay a detailer a few hundred to do it properly, not some monkey at a dealership with an overhyped product.

Jamous · 3 Feb 2010 at 20:39

Maz said:
There are two different kits available, the one pictured in that eBay listing is the basic kit, for £80 they'd be selling the premium kit.

Thank you and true.

The "kits" on ebay are the small customer kits that are handed over at collection of the vehicle for the customer to maintain the protection if they wish, they come inside the proper Supagard kit.