Labor Rates

[SAMIAM]

Originally Posted by Biggd

Parts have skyrocketed. As I said, I retired from the business 3 1/2 years ago and prices have gone up considerably.

Just for the hell of it I Googled up "Average dealer price to install lower ball joints" and "average time to install lower ball joints"
Answer was $400/$500 and 1 hour each

[Biggd]

Originally Posted by SAMIAM

Just for the hell of it I Googled up "Average dealer price to install lower ball joints" and "average time to install lower ball joints"
Answer was $400/$500 and 1 hour each

They will charge book time no matter what, because that's how flat rate works and most dealers pay flat rate. Independent shops can do whatever they want. I wouldn't trust everything you read on google.
I once had job that was under an independent extended warrantee, and I quoted the company $400. My shop was in Woburn Ma, they told me that they had a shop in Lawrence that would do it for $200.
I told them to make sure the customer had a gun with him when he dropped it off in Lawrence. I never took another job that was under an independent warrantee again.

[The Real BigGuy]

Originally Posted by Biggd

They will charge book time no matter what, because that's how flat rate works and most dealers pay flat rate. Independent shops can do whatever they want. I wouldn't trust everything you read on google.
I once had job that was under an independent extended warrantee, and I quoted the company $400. My shop was in Woburn Ma, they told me that they had a shop in Lawrence that would do it for $200.
I told them to make sure the customer had a gun with him when he dropped it off in Lawrence. I never took another job that was under an independent warrantee again.

Once had a boss who got a call from someone asking us to replace a vendor who wasn’t showing up. We quoted a price and the caller responded that his former vendor would do the work for $750 less. My bosses response, “we’ll do it for $1000 less than the price I quoted and we won’t show up either.”


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