Raising Shop Prices(non-technical)

[Gregory Torres]

Lance,

Sounds kinda high to me...what was the problem?

Regards,
Greg Torres

Lance Lafargue wrote:

> I don't want to beat a dead horse, but wanted to share my experience today
> to remind others as it reminded me.....  I brought my vehicle into the shop
> to do an 85,000 mile check-up/maintenance and find the cause of a slow leak
> in my radiator.  It cost me $60.90 to find out that it would be $1400.00
> plus tax to fix all that was needed.  (I knew I shouldn't buy a Chevy
> Suburban for the family!)  The shop rate was $56.00, it supposedly took 'em
> an hour to find the problems, and I don't have the $1400 now.  My shop rate
> just went up!!
> Lance Lafargue, RPT
> New Orleans Chapter
> Covington, LA.
> lafargue@iamerica.net