Everyone can find out the car's markup easily and bargain from there.
This guy expects a blank check. His fee should have been included with
the labor charge and it would be more readily accepted. As he is doing
it now it seems like a ripoff to me.

marson wrote:
i think the contractor's mistake is in how he presents his bill. i
have had a similar problem before with customers not liking the fact
that i added a percentage to my labor. i wised up and started charging
more and leaving the percentage off it. people like that better. and
why should contractors even advertise their markup? you don't go into
a car dealership and read a car price plus the dealers markup do you?