Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: $Revision: 1.6.2.14 $; site siemens.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!siemens!rosen From: rosen@siemens.UUCP Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: dodge omni repair bill Message-ID: <25300051@siemens.UUCP> Date: Tue, 9-Jul-85 09:20:00 EDT Article-I.D.: siemens.25300051 Posted: Tue Jul 9 09:20:00 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 11-Jul-85 06:33:02 EDT References: <119@emacs.UUCP> Lines: 53 Nf-ID: #R:emacs:-11900:siemens:25300051:000:2072 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