From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   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?   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
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