dumb mother-in-law

[BLLDOGG]

Originally posted by KBeezy:
Charging .4/labor is being nice. If someone pulled that in to MY shop I would charge them a full hour of diagnostic time. Thats what you get when you're stupid, you pay the full hour of diag time.. Even if it takes me 30 seconds to diagnose, I'm here to make money. They were being nice if you ask me. [img]smile.gif[/img]


oh, by the way.. 1 hour of labor is $79 if any of you were wondering.

amen!! i totally forgot that would be considered diagnosis [img]graemlins/slap.gif[/img] ist only 75 though in my shop :\

[Fbody3400]

Its not even the parts that run up the cost nowadays, its the labor. Its usually more than the part :/

[95Batmobile]

Originally posted by BLLDOGG:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by KBeezy:
Charging .4/labor is being nice. If someone pulled that in to MY shop I would charge them a full hour of diagnostic time. Thats what you get when you're stupid, you pay the full hour of diag time.. Even if it takes me 30 seconds to diagnose, I'm here to make money. They were being nice if you ask me. [img]smile.gif[/img]


oh, by the way.. 1 hour of labor is $79 if any of you were wondering.

amen!! i totally forgot that would be considered diagnosis [img]graemlins/slap.gif[/img] ist only 75 though in my shop :\ </font>[/QUOTE]That's complete BS. Just because somebody is ignorant doesn't give you the right to screw them.

However, she was pretty dumb. Some people just don't pay attention to that stuff.

[BLLDOGG]

people are made aware of the diagnosis charge prior to service. its how i make a living. if u or they dont like it, learn more about what you have and dont be so stupid.

[shenanigans]

Originally posted by fbirdgt01:
No but, i wish my inlaws would leave. They live in St. Croix, USVI and have been here for a month so far. I need my privacy back, thank god they're leaving on saturday. Be glad she's 2 states away. LMFAO

I know what you mean on that...

my "in laws"(girlfriends parents) and my parents have been staying with us for like 2 months. not all the same time but one woudl leave and the others woudl come.

WE have a 3rd bedroom and bath in our place but its getting ****ing rediculous me and my girl want alone time. [img]graemlins/naughty.gif[/img]

we been enjoying our week of freedom

[camaro_speedemon]

Originally posted by BLLDOGG:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by KBeezy:
Charging .4/labor is being nice. If someone pulled that in to MY shop I would charge them a full hour of diagnostic time. Thats what you get when you're stupid, you pay the full hour of diag time.. Even if it takes me 30 seconds to diagnose, I'm here to make money. They were being nice if you ask me. [img]smile.gif[/img]


oh, by the way.. 1 hour of labor is $79 if any of you were wondering.

amen!! i totally forgot that would be considered diagnosis [img]graemlins/slap.gif[/img] ist only 75 though in my shop :\ </font>[/QUOTE]Sadly, you're the reason no mechanic other than myself or my wife will ever work on my car.

You're probably also the kind of guy that charges $80 to change an air filter and will recommend to make repairs on minor things that don't need to be fixed, or blow them extremely out of proportion, making the problem seem much, much worse then it really is.

[KBeezy]

Originally posted by 95Batmobile:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by BLLDOGG:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by KBeezy:
Charging .4/labor is being nice. If someone pulled that in to MY shop I would charge them a full hour of diagnostic time. Thats what you get when you're stupid, you pay the full hour of diag time.. Even if it takes me 30 seconds to diagnose, I'm here to make money. They were being nice if you ask me. [img]smile.gif[/img]


oh, by the way.. 1 hour of labor is $79 if any of you were wondering.

amen!! i totally forgot that would be considered diagnosis [img]graemlins/slap.gif[/img] ist only 75 though in my shop :\ </font>[/QUOTE]That's complete BS. Just because somebody is ignorant doesn't give you the right to screw them.

However, she was pretty dumb. Some people just don't pay attention to that stuff. </font>[/QUOTE]I am paid for how many cars I work on. If I get that car pushed in and on my hoist I have time in it, taking away from what money I could be making on a car that actually has a problem. If I dont charge, I will have lost money.


And no, I dont charge to change air filters [img]smile.gif[/img] And no we dont blow stuff out of proportion. Majority of what we do is maint. work -- engine, coolant, tranny flushes are big sellers. We always show the customer what "damage" or "wear" needs to be fixed, just to show we dont rip people off. People seem to think though, that when we tell someone their CV boots are torn and the grease is gone, their risk of the axle breaking is greatly increased, is total BS.. Though majority of them do fix it, you wouldn't believe how many ignorant people are out there. My favorite was the guy who had an Acura Legend that I sold $1200 worth of repairs too. 2 broken front springs, 2 torn axle boots, a leaking axle seal in to the tranny, and that was just what I found initially.

Like I said, I'm paid to fix cars and paid by the car, I'll dig to find problems but I refuse to send people home with their *** sore because I ripped em off. But dont come to me with a no-start due to the fact that your gas gauge reads a big ol' "E" ... Now if the gas gauge is faulty, thats a different story... But if its plain as day on "E" and you dont know why it wont start, I will charge you 1 hour of diagnostic for it tying up my hoist and my time.


Time is money baby.

[LD]

yeah, if she was dumb enough to take it into the shop she deserved to be charged
some stuff is common sense
It isnt the mechanics fault that people are dumb sometimes, if he has a car up on his lift trying to find a problem that doesnt exist he could have had someone with a real problem up there. If he doesnt charge, he just lost money
I woulda charged too

[JusFlyinBy]

Originally posted by KBeezy:
Like I said, I'm paid to fix cars and paid by the car, I'll dig to find problems but I refuse to send people home with their *** sore because I ripped em off. But dont come to me with a no-start due to the fact that your gas gauge reads a big ol' "E" ... Now if the gas gauge is faulty, thats a different story... But if its plain as day on "E" and you dont know why it wont start, I will charge you 1 hour of diagnostic for it tying up my hoist and my time.

Time is money baby.

Right, but you are still saying you would charge for the full hour when the car only took 25 minutes of your time. That garage wasn't being nice, they were just being fair. So in your case, you would screw the customer out of 40 bucks because they are "dumb and deserve it".

[KBeezy]

Nah, people know up front they pay for an hour of diagnostics. Thats bookrate. You pay what the book says. If I replace a timing belt in an hour (can be done) I'm not going to charge them an hour of labor, I'm going to charge them the full 4.5 hours of labor for that timing belt because you pay for what you get. If you want your car done by someone who knows wtf they are doing and want it done fast, they'll get it done, but you wont pay any less for it. Thats why flatrate technicians either make damn f'n good money, or no money at all. You have to be at or beat book-time [img]smile.gif[/img] Simple, as, that. .4 hours of diag, like I said, is being nice.

[99davenport]

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posted August 11, 2005 08:24 PM
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So when she called you, you didn't bother to try to help, you know by asking what it did when the key was turned?

Dead battery and no gas don't start very differently

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Well she calls and wakes me up every morning to ask about dumb **** and i work third shift so i told her what it might be and told her to call me back later. Well I woke up about noon and she had them already come and get it. Or I would have helped her more by asking...