From: Noon-Air on 4 Sep 2006 20:59 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 news:7d8c3$44f4ff3a$4f61b01$32059(a)DIALUPUSA.NET... > 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 > news:1155334500.260924.105050(a)74g2000cwt.googlegroups.com... >> 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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