My argument with this statement goes like this.....

>Do you stop by the supermarket and pick up hamburger patties, then drop by
>McDonalds and ask them to cook them for you?

When did Ole Ronny start selling $800 patties? (instead of $15 tops for
lunch) if it were just a few saw bucks here or there... I really doubt a VW
owner would sweat that matter. But Hundreds... Wake up and welcome to the
new economic millennium.

>I suggest that if y'all are gonna buy parts, learn how to turn a wrench
so's
>ya' can install them yerself.

Why do you think there are FLAPS every where?....people ARE installing them
themselves.... Did you ever wonder why????? Quality of service, Maybe?

>1.  It's just business.

Yeah and Business is always FAIR? Why else did they have to come up with
the BBB?

>2.  If you believe it's not fair, check the competition.

If you haven't noticed... we create the competition... any good shop
doesn't even need to advertise... unless they are somewhere unreachable....
they get their business from returns and referrals... by people who trust
them and tell others to do the same... then there are the shops who just
get their business from tow truck drivers trolling remote stretches of
Interstates... Most honest people shiver, just to imagine them.

Personally I believe a good garage knows it's your baby.... you know what
you want and what level of quality you'll except.... if a rebuilt starter
is fine by you... and you supply it, they will put it in. I think what
scares or turns off , me the most is a mechanic who acts like they know it
all and just tries to tell me what's best for me... without getting my
opinion on the matter.... but expecting MY money.... I got a sneaking
feeling that when it comes to your car and your money... nobodies going to
be telling you what to do... what makes anyone else... different?

Rob
87 Westy SyncroGL Cynosure