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RJH wrote:
100% is pretty well par for the course in the garage trade. My
ex-MOT-tester neighbour still does it for all the private work
he still does. And he charges VAT on the bull**** 'retail' price
and then pockets the extra 20% on the markup.

Might that explain why any garage I've had dealings with won't fit parts I'd
supply?

Most won't.

I got a local garage to change the handbrake cable on the old Rover - it's
a car in the air job. When they found they couldn't source a new one, they
got back to me. And fitted the new one I had.

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