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you could easily beat the $ for the parts.
your shop marked up the parts massively because that's what mechanics do & how they make money. we, on this board, know that $20 gets ALL new rubber bushings, not just the alternator bushes. $190 for an alternator? If you check Flee Bay right now, you may just cut your wrists.
what you paid for, in some respect, is a guarantee on parts & labor.
you could have easily saved $ doing it yourself.
what they charged you for "diagnosis" seems criminal. as far as labor for the alternator, does it even take an hour? aweful, truely aweful.
with the 35 mile tow added to the above, you'd still be ahead.
however, i will say this: what is he supposed to do, work for pocket change? did he retire after replacing your alternator?
i run a business & everyday I hear the same bull$shit. people watch HGTV or DYI shows and think they can paint like me (www.finishesfauxfantastic.com). nobody wants to pay! add to that the limited, minimally skilled, know nothing, "crack heads" (who undercut everyone) and you want to pull your hair out.
people don't want to pay me a living wage for turning their ugly, disgusting, turd-like homes into diamonds. NOT ONE homeowner i've meet can, could, or even attempt to do what i do -and they ALL cry when you slide the estimate in their direction.
even more annoying, are the bad contractor complaints i regularly hear from cheap a$$es who got the rock bottom estimate. then i have to relate to them: 1) you got that for which you paid and 2) for every bad contractor story, i have three $hitty, thieving home owner stories.
funny how it goes.
i emphathize, not sympathize, with your position.
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