Replacement Keys - ebay cheapies?

[Plyphon]

Hello,

I need to buy another spare for my car,

Did a quick search on this but nothing obvious came up.

Been quoted £95 to code and cut a new key for my Rocco. Or he can supply a non-genuine key and programme it for £160. Genuine was £200. Is that about right? From a 3rd party, not VW, mind.

He said I could get a blank on eBay that would work fine.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/vw-passat-gol ... 3a6d2f1e1b" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

These ones seem seriously cheap, £4 for a key?! Are they good? Or bogus.

EDIT: Just noticed they "Have no internal electronics" - well that's bloomin useless. Back to square one!

Any other advice here is appreciated.

Cheers

[Paddy_R]

A key for my Clio RS200 was £180 from Renault, thankfully warrenty covered it, so £200 from VW sounds about right.

As long as it worked it wouldn't bother me if it was genuine or not.

[Plyphon]

Sounds about right then.


I've found some on ebay (auctions, so no idea what they'll go for) with the internals and a blank blade. So I might get one of those on auction then just get it cut/programmed for the £100.

As you say, I don't care for genuine as long as it works.

[danfalcon]

i would give this guy a message - https://www.facebook.com/craig.nettleton.9?fref=ts" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
he is an auto locksmith and travels up and down the country doing keys, he even does the Bentley style key, supplied, cut and coded!
cant remember if he charged £80 or £100

[Plyphon]

Damn! Nice tip. Thanks man. I was quoted £120 by another 3rd party which included a key. Thought that was decent but I'll check that guy out cheers!

[Sebbristol]

One thing to bare in mind if you go through vw it can take up to 3 weeks to get your key! I was waiting 2 and a half weeks for mine it's coming from Germany[emoji106]


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