"Tony Hwang" wrote in message
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Ralph Mowery wrote:
"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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Most people don't expect to get screwed on parts prices nowadays.
The parts costs are readily available, and they're not in the dark.
Labor cost is take it or leave it.
Car parts prices have been available for many years, and so has part
costs on the final bill.
Why go where you're going to get gouged on parts?

I don't drive one car much and often only have it serviced once a year.
Get
it inspected and the oil changed. It tickles me to look at the bill and
see
where they even add in shop supplies such as the rag the mechanic wipes
his
hand with. You would think they would just charge so much and be done
with
it instead of adding in all the small charges.


Common practice nowadays including so called disposal fee. But as long as
they do a good job, LOL! Go to a tire shop to have a set of new tires,
they have environmental fee, same with batteries.

With tires, the disposal fee is charged whether or not you leave them tires
to dispose of. So, it is like a recycling fee charged on a can of soda.
But, you cannot turn in a tire and get the recycling fee back - that is why
you still see tires abandoned all over the place. If they would let people
turn in tires for a buck apiece, there wouldn't be any abandoned tires.