Was this from a Subaru dealer, locksmith, or auto electrician?

You buy the car from the dealer?

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/90293847/raging-businessman-takes-toyota-to-tribunal-over-525-key

Suggest you try a few of your local auto electricians and locksmiths. They can often supply aftermarket keys for a fraction of the dealer prices.

Batman:

 

i've been quoted 700 for the fob, 100 for key, 150 to program, + GST, a keyless car key for a Subaru ...

 

does anyone know of a cheaper way to buy these things?

 

Thanks

 

We had the same issue with my wife's Legacy, was going to cost us approx $1100 to get a new fob/key including coding etc in NZ. We ended up going back to Stadium Cars where we bought the car and they imported a fob/key from Japan. From memory it cost about $450ish for the fob/key and we just had to take it Subaru to have the key cut and coded. Still not cheap though.

Insurance? We had our car insurance pay out in a new one for one of our previous cars after losing one

Where are you based?

I purchased a transponder key from eBay a couple of years ago for my Legacy, it was listed as Forester key but looks identical to my original.   I misplaced it because other things got in the way and just recently found it.  So I also need to find someone to program it to the vehicle based in Auckland.

scuwp: If you already have a working key, plenty of options for aftermarket keys are available. Local locksmith or even Mr Minute at your local mall are some options.