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Title: Because I'm so fat, the metal hinge in the driver's seat broke.
Post by: YAX on January 29, 2018, 11:31:11 AM

I took it into this mechanic.  Told him what was wrong, showed him the broken part and asked if I needed a new seat of if it could be mended.  He said they could weld it back on for $75.  I left it there and they welded it back on.  I came back and the bill was:

$85 diagnostic
$75 Welding service

I was like WTF??  Apparently, him talking to me about it was him diagnosing the issue. 

Title: Re: Because I'm so fat, the metal hinge in the driver's seat broke.
Post by: flint-rod on January 29, 2018, 11:39:15 AM

it sure is... i feel for you brother... but if you can't do it yourself... someone who can, has to make a living too... 160 bucks... that ain't so bad...

Title: Re: Because I'm so fat, the metal hinge in the driver's seat broke.
Post by: thePoster on January 29, 2018, 12:44:13 PM

Wow, that's crazy...

That's how it is where you live I guess..

I know in North Carolina in smaller towns..

What they say is what they say..

If they said 75 bucks... it's 75 bucks..

For instance, there's a tire place I buy my tires there... they quote me the price.. and that's it..

They'll say it's 55 dollars a tire... so 4 tires is 220..   and so when I get the bill.. it's 220 bucks plus tax.. maybe they already build the labor into it?!  I don't know..

But when I was in Florida a big city, I bought some tires, they quoted me the tires.. but after I got bill... it was the price of the tires, the labor was separate, they charged a disposal fee too.. Cheezez..

I like small town business. 

Title: Re: Because I'm so fat, the metal hinge in the driver's seat broke.
Post by: YAX on January 29, 2018, 02:34:54 PM

It's like that in most places.  This one guy's just a rip off because there's little competition where he is or maybe he just wanted to make more money. 

Title: Re: Because I'm so fat, the metal hinge in the driver's seat broke.
Post by: theking on January 29, 2018, 08:28:38 PM

Sounds like another case of too afraid to speak up at the moment so come online and whine about it.. ??? ;D

Title: Re: Because I'm so fat, the metal hinge in the driver's seat broke.
Post by: dogmai on January 29, 2018, 11:19:17 PM

Quote from: YAX on January 29, 2018, 11:31:11 AM

I took it into this mechanic.  Told him what was wrong, showed him the broken part and asked if I needed a new seat of if it could be mended.  He said they could weld it back on for $75.  I left it there and they welded it back on.  I came back and the bill was:

$85 diagnostic
$75 Welding service

I was like WTF??  Apparently, him talking to me about it was him diagnosing the issue.

Apparently this was the first time that you found out how they calculate labor cost.

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Title: Re: Because I'm so fat, the metal hinge in the driver's seat broke.
Post by: Gucci K on January 30, 2018, 07:56:49 AM

Yax so fat that when theking thinks of him in his mind, it broke his neck!   :2funny:

Title: Re: Because I'm so fat, the metal hinge in the driver's seat broke.
Post by: YAX on January 30, 2018, 08:37:19 AM

Quote from: ZDN on January 30, 2018, 07:56:49 AM

Yax so fat that when theking thinks of him in his mind, it broke his neck!   :2funny:

depends.. because fat beats ignorance.