---- David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:
> At 03:59 PM 9/24/2012, Dave Mcneely wrote:
> >Well, maybe I have not kept up with the times, or maybe shops I have
> >dealt with have not.  I do know places that still work by the "book rate."
>
> I believe Jeff is saying the mechanics get paid by actual hour, not
> the shop.  Book rate is a bet the shop makes that your job will be
> easier than that.  Can be a bad bet in the rust belt...

but I know shops where the mechanics are paid as a fraction of the book rate, not by the hour.
>
> Yrs,
> d
>

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David McNeely