From: chamilton5280@invalid.com   
      
   On 2025-11-26, Carlos E.R.  wrote:   
   > On 2025-11-26 01:25, Ed P wrote:   
   >> On 11/25/2025 7:03 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>> On 2025-11-25 22:28, Ed P wrote:   
   >>>> On 11/25/2025 1:45 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>>>> On 2025-11-25 03:16, Ed P wrote:   
   >>>>>> Couple of weeks ago there was discussion of dishwashers.  I   
   >>>>>> mentioned mine failed the night before leaving for a couple of   
   >>>>>> weeks.  It is a 7 year old GE that does a good job so worth fixing.   
   >>>>>> I called Mike, the appliance guy while away so he could come today.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> I could have done the job after watching a video.  My guess for   
   >>>>>> time would be about an hour+ for the repair, plus time getting the   
   >>>>>> part. Mike said it is a common failure and he has probably done a   
   >>>>>> hundred of them and carries a couple of the circuit boards with   
   >>>>>> him. It was amazing to watch him do the job in about 20 minutes.   
   >>>>>> remove lower panel, removed door, disassemble door, remove circuit   
   >>>>>> board, then reverse.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Cash price $280.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Do you know how much was "work" and how much the components? These   
   >>>>> things are still much cheaper on my corner of the world, often the   
   >>>>> replacements boards are too expensive, not the workmanship.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Labor was $99   
   >>>> Part and tax $204   
   >>>> Credit card total $303.   
   >>>> Cash price $280.   
   >>>   
   >>> Ah, ok, so labour was not that exorbitant. The part was expensive. But   
   >>> now I am curious about some other thing: they charge differently with   
   >>> credit card than with cash?   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Seriously?  If you pay with a credit card, they pay about 3% fee, and   
   >> there is a record of the transaction.  As a business, you report it, pay   
   >> various taxes on the income, both business and personal.   
   >   
   > Well, I know that the cost for the merchant is different, but it is   
   > forbidden to charge differently. It is usually written in the contract   
   > with the bank.   
      
   Small contractors will often accept a discounted payment for cash,   
   which they need not report as income.  That's illegal, of course,   
   but it's a problem only if they get caught.   
      
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