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   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   "micky"  wrote in message   
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   > 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.   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?   
      
   It varys with the shop.   
      
   > Is there a difference if the shop's owner   
   > has a reputation for being honest?   
      
   Not honest so much as operates that way.   
      
   > Or do honest shops just charge the flat rate for the job   
   > and skip the profit they would have made on the parts?   
      
   Some do, some don't.   
      
   > 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.   
      
   If they had any sense they wouldn't because that would   
   stuff their reputation if it went bad because they did that.   
   But the worst of them don't care about stuff like that.   
      
   > Or to skip almost optional things like cleaning up great afterwards,   
   > or putting the paper floor mat in front of the driver's seat.   
      
   That varys even when they supply the parts.   
      
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