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From: rosen@siemens.UUCP
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Subject: Re: dodge omni repair bill
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Date: Tue, 9-Jul-85 09:20:00 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul  9 09:20:00 1985
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Nf-From: siemens!rosen    Jul  9 09:20:00 1985


>
> Was I robbed?
> ...
> 	Transmission Fluid/Filter      $66.30	;labor
> 	Check Brakes			70.20	;labor
> 	Misc Materials			25.95
> 	Shop Materials			13.65
> 				       ------
> 				       176.10
> ...
> 	Coil/Wires Installed		97.50	;labor
> 	Cables				22.62	;parts
> 	Coil				30.80	;parts
> 	Sealer				 4.38	;parts
> 	Shop Materials			 9.75
> 	Tax				 2.89
> 				       ------
> 				       167.94
> 

Surely you jest!  You might as well have went for a walk in Harlem at 2am on
a Saturday night with a few hundred bucks in your pocket.  It would have been
easier.

Let's see, to change the trans fluid (certainly a good idea for any car)
would probably cost you $15.95 + $15.00 for the filter at AAMCO.  To check
the brakes this would probably be about 14.50 (an over-estimate).  I am
assuming that they did just a check and not a replace.  This price would be
too much for an entire brake job.  As far as shop materials go, this is a
new found fad in ripoffs these days.  I read an article which stated that
auto shops are starting to charge for things like paper towels and soap so
the mechanic can wash his hands.  For $13.65 this must have included the
gold sequined paper towels and the extra heavy duty toilet paper for him
to...nevermind!  This is an outright ripoff.  And what the hell is 'Misc.
materials'?  Maybe a pan gasket for the trans, but for $70+ I would think
this price included that.  Oh well.

As far as the ignition stuff...well, I won't go into it but you got yanked
bad!  Please tell me that this is a joke, I hate to think that there are
people on the net who go out and get ripped off by a factor of 4 or so and
they ask their peers, "Did I get taken?"  If you think you got ripped off
call the BBB and scream, then call Chrysler and scream, then call your
mother and scream.  Don't let it happen again.

In my opinion, it pays to buy a shop manual and do the work yourself, even
if it means screwing something up a bit.  There is no way that an average
person can **** up a car as bad as an average mechanic.

So there.

Steve Rosen
rosen@gypsy