found bill in found car, this is ridiculous Options

[machina]

Was rooting around in the "donated 1974 2.0 and found a bill in the center console from 12/99.

The guy spent $2000 on clutch, tranny R&R with new seals, shifter bushings, etc. at one of the local P-car shops. One known for charging a lot.

When I swap motors I guess I will swap trannys too. Actually, it will make it easier to leave the tranny on the motor.

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[Mark Henry]

As a shop owner I have to get 100% behind the Bradhole on this one. Unless you do the labour yourself it is going to cost ya!

I get guys in all the time that want the job done cheaper or extras thrown in. The classic is the guy who starts quoting prices out of the magazines. There is a bit of cheap crap in the teens, but with the bugs 75%+ of it is cheap garbage and this is the stuff buddy is quoting out of said mags.

That shop cost money, that lift costs, those tools cost, compressor, welders, employees, benifits, puters, phone bills, accounting, stock, taxes, permits, disposal, heat, electric, leasehold improvments, signage, insurance, theft, mistakes, etc. etc. it all costs money!
Also the owner would like to feed his family as well.

Just this week I tossed a customer (and his $1000 in labour job) out of my shop, I couldn't stand his whinning about every nickle and dime. In my younger days I may have caved because I needed the job, nows it's like if you don't like the price there's the door. Don't let it hit your ass on the way out.

Another customer said he could get the parts for 5% cheaper (on $400, do the math) from "vendor B". I said fine but anything wrong like junk or wrong parts, returns or shortages etc. was his problem and if if I had to spend time correcting his mistakes that I would charge him by the hour.
He told me to order the parts.

Now if they did a crap job that's different.

End of rant