From: Noon-Air on
Actually flat rate pricing is very common in retail. You don't have to like
it. You can pay the price, or DIY, or do without.


"sam diego" <mr_ed(a)isp.com> wrote in message
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> the Book is always unfair and I believe it amounts to price fixing and
> should be illegal. There is no competition and that's the reason the price
> is unreasonable. This violates the premis of capitolism and free trade.
> "crashq" <crashq(a)pacbell.net> wrote in message
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>> The dealers are simply going to their "book" which has the estimated
>> time to perform all of the typical automotive tasks. These books are
>> very liberal with times. Any competent mechanic can do most of these
>> tasks in half of the time or less.. I had a valve job done at the
>> dealer. $3000 later I had to buy medicine to treat the hemmorhoids from
>> my reaming.
>>
>> Do it yourself.
>>
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