Women are charged five per cent more than men for a vehicle service, according to a recent survey.
The finding, discovered through a YouGov survey of 4,000 men and women by Caura, has led the car management app to call it ‘the pink pricing prejudice’.
The survey found that 59 per cent of women agreed that garages are catered more towards men.
Nearly half of all females in the survey said they felt rushed to approve additional work carried out on their vehicle and 45 per cent said that they were confused while doing it.
Each garage was contacted by different team members using the same vehicle. However, the results found in the survey were alarming.
Out of the 100 garages contacted, 70 responded to both calls, but with a gender disparity. Edward was quoted £229 on average whereas Emma was quoted £241– a five per cent increase. In other cases, Edward was quoted £48 for an MOT, whereas Emma was quoted £49– a two per cent increase.
