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I have a similar “warranty” story, and it’s disgusting how those guys in the front office gouge their customers. Of course the lay public blame the mechanic. But it’s not the salt of the earth guys who aQuoted From rhsimmons92: _x000D_
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Well I’m not blaming the mechanic for the price I’m blaming him for the hour and a half it took for an oil change and cabin air filter change that’s just ridiculous._x000D_
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I think every job has a certainI have a similar “warranty” story, and it’s disgusting how those guys in the front office gouge their customers. Of course the lay public blame the mechanic. But it’s not the salt of the earth guys who are doing that, it’s the sneaky guys in the
There are two reasons that the cost was $175; extreme dealer MSRP markup on the air cabin filter and the extremely ridiculous flat ratebook time system that allows the abuse of customer in all aspects of the auto service industry._x000D_
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Note that one of theLet me preface this post by saying that I’m in kind of a bad mood and I’m also more than a little drunk, so if I come across as an asshole, I apologize in advance._x000D_
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If you don’t like the price of a given service, or don’t like how long it took, do the s[quote]Quoted From 3SheetsDiesel: _x000D_
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Let me preface this post by saying that I’m in kind of a bad mood and I’m also more than a little drunk, so if I come across as an asshole, I apologize in advance._x000D_
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If you don’t like the price of a given servQuoted From johnbkobb: _x000D_
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I think every job has a certain number of bill hours associated with it._x000D_
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+1 with this post and 3sheets post as well._x000D_
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Shops have overhead to pay as well as paying there techs, bills and so forth….[quote]Quoted From 3SheetsDiesel: _x000D_
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Let me preface this post by saying that I’m in kind of a bad mood and I’m also more than a little drunk, so if I come across as an asshole, I apologize in advance._x000D_
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If you don’t like the price of a given serv[quote]Quoted From 3SheetsDiesel:_x000D_
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Let me preface this post by saying that I’m in kind of a bad mood and I’m also more than a little drunk, so if I come across as an asshole, I apologize in advance._x000D_
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If you don’t like the price of a given servi[quote]Quoted From spelunkerd: _x000D_
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If it took that long, because of a stripped bolt, then I would expect (and probably understand) an explanation. Second, am I to understand from your remark that you can work on several cars at the same time and biOne thing I have learned is to never use a dealer for a vehicle repair unless you want to pay a lot of money.
I just went for The works package at dealer which includes oil change with syn blend and filter,top all fluids and tire rotation,inspect whole truck and car wash for $39.99.All this only took 40 minutes..Whether it took him 40 min or 2hrs..But if it took
Some people also have to realize that to access oil filters on some newer vehicles, you have to remove alot of the undertray which takes additional time, not to mention on some import vehicles such as VW’s where getting to there air filters can time consu
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