Quote Check

Know what you're paying for before you approve the repair.

Paste a repair quote for an appliance, vehicle, or other repair — or upload the quote itself. Quote Check checks what the price actually includes, flags questions worth asking, compares a second quote if you have one, and helps you decide what to clarify before approving the work.

See what Quote Check gives you

Real output from an actual run on the quote below — an excerpt of a longer result, nothing reworded.

The quote

2016 Ford Focus, 78,000 miles, 9 years old. Went in for an MOT. It failed on a worn brake disc. They rang to say that while it was on the ramp they had also found the rear discs, both front tyres, a leaking shock absorber and a cracked coolant hose, and recommended doing all of it at once. Quoted £1,290. Itemised: front discs and pads, rear discs and pads, two tyres fitted and balanced, one rear shock absorber, coolant hose, four hours labour, MOT retest fee.

Real run, 2026-10-08 — one of the tool's own built-in examples, run in pounds.

Needs clarification

The itemised breakdown is reasonably detailed and the scope of work is clear, but several material details are absent that would let you properly evaluate the £1,290 total: individual line-item prices are not provided, so you cannot tell how the total is built up, whether the labour rate is as expected, or where the bulk of the cost sits. The quote also covers a wide range of work found during the same ramp inspection, and a few of the items are worth asking about before you approve — not because anything is provably wrong, but because understanding them gives you a better basis for deciding.

What the quote does not tell you

No individual line-item prices are given, so you cannot see how the £1,290 breaks down between parts and labour, or identify whether any single item is priced unexpectedly high.
The labour rate per hour is not stated, so you cannot verify whether four hours at that rate accounts for the full total or whether additional charges make up the difference.
Only one rear shock absorber is listed. It is worth asking whether the other rear shock was inspected and what its condition is, so you can make an informed decision about whether to address both now or later.
No warranty terms are stated anywhere in the quote — neither for parts nor labour — which affects your financial exposure if any of the repaired items develops a problem shortly after collection.

Questions to ask

Can you send me a written breakdown showing the price of each item separately — parts and labour — so I can see how the £1,290 is made up?
What warranty do you offer on the parts and labour for this work?
The quote lists one rear shock absorber — was the other rear shock inspected, and what is its current condition?
What make and specification of parts are you using — for example, are the discs and pads OEM or aftermarket?

What to say

Thanks for the quote. Before I approve the work, could you send me an itemised breakdown showing each part and labour charge separately? I would also like to know what warranty you provide on parts and labour, and what specification of parts you are using. Once I have that detail I can give you the go-ahead.

Quote Check reads the quote you give it. It cannot see the car or the part, and it does not know local prices, so it tells you what to ask rather than what the job should cost.

In a Nutshell

When: A repair quote arrived and you're not sure what you're actually being asked to pay for.
You give: The quote and the repair type.
You get: What the quote actually includes, any concrete concerns, what's still unknown, and what to ask before you approve it.
The edge: It audits the quote you have instead of inventing a market price it can't actually know — no fairness verdict it can't back up.

Good to Know

Be specific about what you were told — 'they said the compressor is bad' surfaces different questions than 'they didn't really explain it'
A non-itemized lump-sum quote isn't automatically a red flag — it's a reason to ask for a breakdown, which Quote Check will tell you to do
NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION isn't a failure — some quotes are too thin to say anything useful about, and that honesty is the point
If a symptom could plausibly be a safety issue (brakes, gas, electrical), Quote Check will say so plainly without pretending to diagnose it
The script under 'What to Say' is meant to be used as-is — read it back or send it as a text/email

Questions people ask

How do I know if a repair quote is fair?

Ask for it itemised: each part and each labour charge priced separately, the hourly rate, the part specification and the warranty. A fair quote can be explained line by line. Then compare like with like — a second quote for the same scope, not just the same total.

Should I approve extra work a garage finds while the car is in?

Ask which items are needed now for safety or the test, and which could wait. Get each one priced on its own, so you can approve the urgent work and decide on the rest later, or get a second quote for it.

Is it rude to ask for a second quote?

No. For anything beyond a small job it is normal, and a reputable repairer expects it. Ask the second shop to quote the same scope of work so the two prices are comparable.

Does Quote Check know what my repair should cost?

No. It does not look up local prices. It reads the quote — what is itemised, what is missing, whether the arithmetic adds up — and tells you what to ask before you approve.