If someone whos poorly paid takes their car into a garage for servicing/repairs does this entitle them to a discount?
The sad thing is that people who are poorly off end up choosing on price alone, and this is where the cowboys strike.
Taking Andy's example, a poorly paid person would most likely not take their car to a main dealer but to an "under the arches" operation which may well not have the equipment or skills to do as good a job, but charges less. The imaginary garage would undoubtedly use the cheapest engine oil, resulting in more wear than a dearer synthetic oil.
PLEASE let's not get this thread onto an argument about garage prices though........ with a Mercedes 4x4 I am well familiar with £700 plus for a service, while my wife pays Hyundai £200 (and I am not saying Hyundai do a poorer job, so lets avoid that argument as well!)
A person who is poorly paid would get from A to B by bus, 2nd class rail, maybe hitch-hike.
Us wealthy carpet cleaners
fly first class, that is when our private jets are in for a service
Getting back to the point of the thread, it is a damn shame that cowboy traders prey on the poorer and more vulnerable members of society.
Of course, the poorly paid student is studying to get a well paid job in later years........... it's the pensioner that I have more sympathy for.