On Wednesday, June 18, 2014 1:49:33 PM UTC-7, Steve W. wrote:
rangerssuck wrote:

On Wednesday, June 18, 2014 12:37:05 PM UTC-4, Tim Wescott wrote:

On Wed, 18 Jun 2014 09:15:38 -0700, rangerssuck wrote:







The wife's car was making some rubbing noise from a rear wheel. I pulled

of the wheel and found significant (structural) rust on the brake drum.

I didn't have time to do this myself, so I took it to a local garage

where they've done good work for me in the past.

I checked the price of drums & shoes on Autozone's web site (there's

actually an Autozone store directly across the street from this garage),

and figured an hour & a half for labor. It turns out that I was spot on

with the labor, but he charged me almost exactly DOUBLE Autozone's price

for the parts.

I gotta figure that he get's maybe a 15 or 20 percent discount on the

parts, and I would have been OK with a 20 or 25% markup over list, but

this seems kind of excessive. He's entitled to earn a living and all,

but a hundred bucks to walk across the street?

It's been a long time since I was in the mechanic business, and I'm

wondering whether this is the new normal?







Bet you were charged list price. Not uncommon these days.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6pyR6YfKP4



I usually charge @ cost + 50% of cost vs. list pricing.



So if my cost on a part is $20.00 and it shows a $45.00 list the part

cost will be $32.50





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Steve W.


Good video.

Your part pricing is fair.