Re: Repair Fraud?

aarcuda69062 <nonelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>In article <A9WdnSfpqK02t97eRVn-sA@xxxxxxxxxx>,
> Ryan Underwood <nemesis@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> "*" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>>
>> >>>> I balk at $20 for what I know is a $5 part,
>>
>> >Just curious........
>>
>> >How much do you pay for a couple of eggs, two slices of bread and three
>> >strips of bacon at a supermarket as opposed to what you pay at a
>> >restaurant?????
>>
>>
>> >Do you balk at that?????
>>
>> And actually, you have it even nicer with a mechanic - most of them will let
>> you bring your own parts that you can buy from whatever bargain bin you want,
>> as long as they aren't going to be warranting them against failure. I've
>> never
>> been to a restaurant where you could bring your own food to be cooked...
>
>How could you possibly know what "most" mechanics allow?

The analogy doesn't hold, because with food in a restaurant, the labour
costs are being bundled into the total cost. You don't get a split out
between materials and labour, in part because most of the cost of the
meal is labour.

On the other hand, when you buy a bottle of wine in a restaurant, the
only labour involved is the waiter or sommelier going into the basement
and bringing it up to your table. So the markup on that should be much
lower than on the food, which it is. Although it's still outrageous in
some cases.... certainly much higher than the degree to which any mechanics
mark parts up.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
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