I see that when its a "mechanic"answering,charging a lady 200 dollars for an oil change is just fine.Everybody else thinks its robbery.Also they gouge you when you bring your own filters,fine with a "mechanic",everybody else hates being gouged.
I hate to say this but a lot of mechanics who are still in business are thieves.I was driving a dump truck a while back and the power steering pump broke inside.I was about a mile from a truck shop so the owner said take it there.We discussed it for a while.I told him I thought the pump broke.So since he was real busy he told them to fix it and I drove a rental truck.First they claimed they couldnt get a pump until Friday,anyway it rained so it didnt matter.By Monday they had the pump on.It has 2 3/8 bolts that hold it on and 2 lines.They replaced 1 line and the pump and told the owner that they thought the steering box was bad.We went and got the truck because I told him a steering box out and I would have not been able to drive it to the shop.Trucks been running for 3 weeks not a problem.
It costs a lot of money to keep the lights on at a business.The City rapes them on electricity and everything else.Parts are higher than they were, and they want to sell parts so they can double the price.Some truck shops charge 90 dollars an hour or more.Plus they are not very fast.
If it cost 100 dollars to change the oil and buy the filters,they charged you 100 dollars more.So they probably got the filters and oil for 1/2 what they charged you,especially the air filter,they did not give close to 31 dollars for it,and so they made over 100 dollars off of that oil change.
When I ran my own shop I didnt care if they brought in their own parts.If I had to get parts for them I charged for that,but I would just charge labor if they brought their own parts.Most people dont bring their own parts,and expect you to snap your fingers and make them materialize,especially on some oddball car that will have a parts man scratching his head.
Also if somebody does bring in their own parts,every mechanic will say no guarantee.Well thats if the parts fail.If his workmanship fails then he is responsible.Example- if a mechanic puts your head gasket on,but doesnt torque the bolts,and it blows out again,its his fault,not the gaskets.From being a mechanic I know better than what most of them say.Getting stuff fixed back in the early 1990s was so bad that truck stop repairs were considered temporary.The mechanics who work in a place like that run up a big bill,but dont do good work a lot of times,especially if the driver doesnt have a clue.I will stand there and watch them.I have only been told a couple of times I couldnt,and then still watched them.They will not only charge 90 dollars an hour,but they will for sure take every shortcut they can.So when the truck would get home,the whole job was suspect,and was done over a lot of times.Ive taken calls from a "mechanic"who would call and ask how to fix something.Even though he didnt know what he was doing,and working on a truck,the bill was just like he was a pro.
Sometimes cheaper is not better.Cheap batteries,gaskets and belts usually get replaced a lot sooner than good stuff.
I hate to say it,but there are a lot of "mechanics"who you cant trust.There are also good mechanics.But usually they are so busy you cant hardly talk to them.High priced mechanics can be found every where.Its easy to get in their shop.They already know you wont be back so they run up the bill.Especially on a woman.Mechanics have a fairly hard life,and dont have any sympathy for you,at all.If somebody brings their vehicle to get the oil changed,they figure you dont know anything and they will just run up the bill,especially a woman.
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