just for shits and giggles - lets take a poll on service charges

[YarisSedan]

You got charged pretty fair in my opinion. Spark plugs were sold to you below list price with little markup. And 65 dollars is maybe slightly high but the spark plugs list i think at 24.95 a piece or 26 something like that for iridiums. So you saved around 30 bucks right there. So if you think about it he changed your plugs for 35 dollars. Give the technician a break he is only making maybe a 75 dollar profit for the work being performed. You are not paying by how easy the job is but the time. Which is covering the expense of the rent, expensive of the mechanics salary, expense of the parts, taxes fees etc. When it all comes down to it the same mechanic could be doing something else that was more profitable to him but stopped to perform a basic tune up. I mean if you really wanted to you could do what many people do is go out spend the money to purchase the tools. Spend time reading online how to perform a tune up. And then possibly stripping the head cause you didnt let engine cool down first. Breaking a spark plug because you overtightend it because you dont have the feel of how tight to make it since you ahve never had experience doing it before. Or leaving the spark plug too loose so now the compression of the engine shoots the plug out and strips the head.

Just to save yourself some money. If the mechanic damages any components he has to warrenty the job. If any of the parts are defective he has to warrenty the job.

All those factors should be considered. I have had MANY cars to into my shop from people trying to fix thier own cars. And the cost to repair thier attempt to repair thier vehicle exceeded what the original estimate would have been if they had just brought it to us in the first place.

I am sure any skilled tradesman any other fields would agree with me. Just like how some people try to do thier own pluming and break something in the process.

Sure you could probally get a lower price but you werent majorly overcharged. I would reccomend in the future to find a personal mechanic usually a 1 or 2 bay shop someone that will take care of you and can givey ou better pricing since they have little overhead but still be able to offer you warrenty on the work performed.

[Yaris Hilton]

When I was riding a bicycle all over the place (many pounds ago), I noticed that there are a lot of spark plugs lying in the streets. I've often wondered if those were plugs dropped in the engine well at plug change that hung up and later fell out, or plugs that had blown out as mentioned above. If you look down at the pavement along the streets, though, you'll see them pretty often.

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Originally Posted by YarisSedan

You got charged pretty fair in my opinion. Spark plugs were sold to you below list price with little markup. And 65 dollars is maybe slightly high but the spark plugs list i think at 24.95 a piece or 26 something like that for iridiums. So you saved around 30 bucks right there. So if you think about it he changed your plugs for 35 dollars. Give the technician a break he is only making maybe a 75 dollar profit for the work being performed. You are not paying by how easy the job is but the time. Which is covering the expense of the rent, expensive of the mechanics salary, expense of the parts, taxes fees etc. When it all comes down to it the same mechanic could be doing something else that was more profitable to him but stopped to perform a basic tune up. I mean if you really wanted to you could do what many people do is go out spend the money to purchase the tools. Spend time reading online how to perform a tune up. And then possibly stripping the head cause you didnt let engine cool down first. Breaking a spark plug because you overtightend it because you dont have the feel of how tight to make it since you ahve never had experience doing it before. Or leaving the spark plug too loose so now the compression of the engine shoots the plug out and strips the head.

Just to save yourself some money. If the mechanic damages any components he has to warrenty the job. If any of the parts are defective he has to warrenty the job.

All those factors should be considered. I have had MANY cars to into my shop from people trying to fix thier own cars. And the cost to repair thier attempt to repair thier vehicle exceeded what the original estimate would have been if they had just brought it to us in the first place.

I am sure any skilled tradesman any other fields would agree with me. Just like how some people try to do thier own pluming and break something in the process.

Sure you could probally get a lower price but you werent majorly overcharged. I would reccomend in the future to find a personal mechanic usually a 1 or 2 bay shop someone that will take care of you and can givey ou better pricing since they have little overhead but still be able to offer you warrenty on the work performed.

im simply asking for opinions here.