XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: kolson@freedomnet.org   
      
   On 4/2/2021 5:14 PM, Tekkie� wrote:   
   >   
   > On Fri, 02 Apr 2021 14:25:42 -0400, micky posted for all of us to digest...   
   >   
   >>   
   >> 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?   
   >>   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > Depends on the shop. They make a small profit on parts. I am just giving the   
   > other side of the story... What happens if the parts you supply are   
   incorrect,   
   > broken, poor quality, out of specs, what happens then? Are you sure the   
   sensors   
   > are bad? Just asking. Maybe a bad cat or broken wires, misinterpretation of   
   > data. Use OEM or OEM supplier sensors or you may have another set of   
   problems.   
   >   
   > They can be in REAL inaccessible places and tough to remove. It depends.   
   >   
   > Just like a lawyer would say: It depends. ;)   
   >   
      
   The shop I use for stuff I don't do myself doesn't care.  But then I buy   
   my tires and have other work done there.   
      
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