I'm not thinking he should work for free but he should be honest as far as the flat rate goes. I just looked it up online and a fair labor charge at his hourly rate should have been around 135 bucks, not close to 300. My BIL had already purchased the shaft on my account trying to save that generous 30-40% mechanic's mark up so that quote did not include parts. This is the first time I've let him use my account to get a part.
Most of the time I refuse to do auto repairs for people or I charge what they would pay any shop in the area but tell em it's on my schedule and I take my sweet time about that. In my BIL's case he has used that mechanic for years but right now can't work and is still trying to get back on his feet. Right now he's lucky his 2 sons are both working and still at home. He had to sell both his car and truck to pay on med bills not covered by his insurance and he got the Tempo cheap to replace them.
Now as far as a mechanic having to make money.....most of the decent shops in my area are 2-3 weeks behind in thier work. That is how my former boss's place was when I worked for him. Now he is waiting for work to come to him which should tell you something sence everyone else is swamped. Heck we got a young guy who just opened a shop this spring as a one man operation. His 1st month he ran up a 600 bill at the local parts place. Last month he spent very close to 4K. Not too bad for a kid who hasn't even run any ads and just has his shop in the yellow pages.
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