XPost: alt.home.repair
From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com
In alt.home.repair, on Sat, 3 Apr 2021 08:28:38 +1100, "Rod Speed"
wrote:
>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'll post a whole new thread about this later, where everyone will see
it, but it turned out it was none of the 02 sensors. But I hadn't
replaced any either. I fixed it myself but it took me 3.5 years!
>
>> 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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