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   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   micky  wrote   
      
   > Are my business assumptions correct?   
   >   
   > I'm trying to get rid of some engine trouble codes,   
   > and I need to install 2 or 4 oxygen sensors.   
      
   Its very unlikely that more than one has failed.   
      
   > I know I can install one of them, and   
   > if I find a place where I can jack up the car and work underneath, I can   
   > probably do the remaining 2 or 3. I'd prefer to do it myself mostly for   
   > the satisfaction and bragging rights, but also to save money.   
   >   
   > However if I fail with 2 or 3 of them, I would take them to a shop to be   
   > installed.   
   >   
   > For no special reason except that I think I know how the world works,   
   > I've always felt that if I buy parts and bring them to a shop to be   
   > installed, the owner will make up the loss in profits on selling the   
   > parts with an increased charge for labor, or something, on the theory   
   > that the job takes the same amount of time minus 10 minutes to order the   
   > parts, and he shouldn't be deprived of the normal income.   
   >   
   > Is this true?   
   >   
   > Is there a difference if the shop's owner has a reputation for being   
   > honest?   
   >   
   > Or do honest shops just charge the flat rate for the job and skip the   
   > profit they would have made on the parts?   
   >   
   > If I were in their shoes and I felt obliged to do that, I would be irked   
   > by a customer like I might turn out to be, and I might even, I would be   
   > tempted to rush the job, potentially making a mistake.  Or to skip   
   > almost optional things like cleaning up great afterwards, or putting the   
   > paper floor mat in front of the driver's seat.   
      
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