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DAIZEE Samba Member
Joined: January 26, 2010 Posts: 7552 Location: Greater Toronto Area Ontario West Side
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Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 5:19 am Post subject: |
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Yep I can but I prefer he does it and for what its worth I only pay his cost, no markup as I do free labour around his shop and yard. I don't pay that dreaded labour cost either. Sometimes it takes longer to get done but I've learned to live with it. I trust my mechanic more than I trust any of my other doctors _________________ '09 2.5L Jetta 5 cylinder, 5 spd, super turbo, see thread in H2O Cooled Jetta, etc...
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djkeev Samba Moderator
Joined: September 30, 2007 Posts: 32432 Location: Reading Pennsylvania
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Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 6:31 am Post subject: |
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luVWagn wrote: |
Syncrozilla wrote: |
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[i]I buy my steaks online and when we go out for dinner, I bring my steaks with me and ask them to cook them for. |
This is what I tell my customers or perspective customers when they ask about supplying parts. I only allow it on rare occasions like a special part that's not easily obtainable etc. If you want to buy your own parts you should install them. My business model depends on my parts markup. It's pretty simple really.
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And using the same analogy, some restaurants DO let you bring your own wine - with a corkage fee. I've inquired with many shops about BYOP, and expressed willingness to pay some adder, or an increased labour rate... Some say okay, others say nope.
One concern some customers who are not mechanically savvy - when a business model relies on parts markup, how frequently will parts be unnecessarily replaced as part of repairs, in order to add additional profit to the job? Although, yeah, they can pad labour instead... |
Well, in my experience, restaurants that allow you to BYOB...... Do NOT have a liquor license. They CANNOT legally sell you a bottle of wine but you can certainly bring one in and they will gladly serve it to you, sometimes for free, other times for a small corking fee.
I've never seen an establishment with a license encourage you to BYOB.
That would be like going into the local watering hole and bringing a six pack of beer in with you and asking them to serve it to you!
I worked in shops that charged you Dealer Retail on cheap after market parts!
Be an educated consumer but allow the shop to make the money they need by selling the parts if at all possible.
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rym Samba Member
Joined: August 03, 2013 Posts: 119 Location: vancouver bc
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“The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten” – Benjamin Franklin ... |
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Hah! That is going straight to my purchasing department tomorrow morning! So true.. _________________ 1990 westy auto |
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Birdcage Samba Member
Joined: November 06, 2013 Posts: 203 Location: Collins of fort
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Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 10:45 pm Post subject: |
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You know I've never really asked, I just order stuff when I've been drinking and have it sent directly to the shop. I guess that why a two week project turns into a few months.
Although I do find if your a pain in the ass the shop probably hates dealing with you even more if you go this route. If you have to ask yourself if your this guy you probably are. |
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