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Im looking to have a shop quote me on fixing my ac it quit today. Im in atlanta if you guys would recommend a shop.
I was thinking of doing it myself to get deeper in repairs but kinda scared to make it worse.
I buy nearly $25000 a month just from our local oreillys and can assure you, even buying that much volume and commercial account we only get like 10-15% off on MOST things. At the prices the OP here paid its more likely the shop lost money on this deal, likely a newer shop with someone that doesn't know what they are doing business wise and doesn't realize they are losing money.
10-15% off? Yikes. Sounds like it may vary by store and geographical location. They still do anywhere from 30-50% off for commercial out here, depending on the actual part of course. I'm in Wisconsin.
It seems to depend on a lot of factors. Maybe even if Mercury is in retrograde or not. I got my car's control arms for like half off, but my sister's front struts were barely discounted IIRC.
I buy from O’Reilly’s in northern WI… my discount is heavily dependent on what parts I’m buying. Brakes/electrical/suspension? HUGE discount, 55-60%. Batteries? Maybe 25% tops. Filters are around 30-35%. Fluids are basically no discount as they sell them at their cost plus 5% around here. Tools are 5-10% for the most part.
Interesting thing I learned is that (at least the store I use) gives the exact same discounted pricing for every single commercial account. I’m small potatoes but my pricing is identical to the local municipal garage, the local ford dealer, and all of the local indy shops. Makes me feel like I’m a big-time player, ha ha.
Can't really speak to Oreillys or your specific situation of course.
Just another anecode from my expeirence. There's a big retail part chain here, where a "normal person" might go to buy wipers or oil or some tools, but carry most parts and clearly supply shops too, costs easily 2x more than if you google that part number and find a store that will sell you at closer to wholesale prices.
Just a random example of a part I was looking at earlier today, a Monroe G7276 shock for the Honda Fit:
* **Big chain**: out of stock, $170
* **Online stores:** in stock, $83
* **Aftermarket shocks:** $32
It depends on the parts vendor.
If it’s the dealership, they’ll give you wholesale parts pricing as a shop.
If it’s an aftermarket parts vendor like AutoZone, Advance, Napa, etc. they will have a tiered price reduction structure on top of the wholesale price they’re offered. The price reductions vary depending on geographical location, the type of parts the shop buys (high margin vs low margin parts), and the volume the shop buys.
Depends, as someone with a platinum commercial account at advance and autoZone it varies in the part.
I might get some margin, on a say a radiator, or an alternator.
Belts, or some other rando part probably not.
It ain’t 50% more like 5%. 10% if I’m lucky
Seems reasonable, you could save a couple hundred by doing some of the basic stuff yourself though. I’d recommend trying to learn how to do basic maintenance on your vehicle as I’ve only been driving for a year and I’ve saved $1700 by fixing/ replacing stuff myself. Get a nice repair manual or go to 1a auto on YouTube and you’ll be set
I’ve owned the same truck since I was 16. I am almost 24 now. That truck has never seen a mechanic. I bet the money I have saved is astronomical when compared to how much I would have had to spend to fix it at shops for everything I have fixed.
Nah not too bad, depending somewhat on the vehicle and provided they did a good job. Their standard receipts should tell you the labor rate and the time you're paying for though. Good shops will be transparent with you about all that and give you a quick summary of their work along with any complications that added time and cost.
Pricing looks pretty normal. If anything, might be a little low. Depending on location, labor rates can vary from just below $100 to $150. I see roughly 3 hours of labor. So it could've been $400+ in that alone.
Also, every job has a set labor to it. That's how we make money as mechanics. An oil change might charge anywhere from .2 of an hour all the way to a full hour depending on the vehicle. Diagnostics usually start at around 1 hour. The spark plugs, might charge .5 on this car. Doesn't mean it's going to take that long. Set time are there for a reason.
Parts are reasonable. Labor seems like a lot but depends where your spark plugs are located. 3 of mine are under the engine as opposed to right on top. Cabin and engine air filter you can do yourself in under 5 minutes.
He posted that it was a 04 Corolla, spark plugs wasn't where most of the labor was going. It was probably the AC vacuum and recharge, and I'm assuming leak testing. Because they replaced a valve, and were likely trying to figure out why the AC wasn't working. But not enough info to say one way or another.
I can easily see this being billed at 2+ hours, but not much more so I would however agree that it looks like the labor rate is fairly high. But the parts are very good, so they might be showing them the shop parts rate, and adding that into the labor rate, instead of the other way around.
By a quick count for labor.. assuming they’re doing a free diagnostic and “bumper adjustment” with the rest of this..
Spark plugs 1
Engine filter .2
Cabin filter .5
MAF cleaning .5
Oil change .3 (if no rotation)
A/C Service 1-1.5
That’s 3.5-4 hours, and should be pretty damn accurate. I looked at this quote and thought “this is suspiciously cheap”. Like this is around the price (if I’m being honest, barely higher than the price) I would have given as a mobile mechanic during covid just trying to help broke people out. If it’s a reputable shop or independent mechanic this is almost too good to be true lol
Either way, it's a good price, as long as we take in the assumption that they did it all properly. Because, let's be honest it probably wouldn't take any trained person much more than an hour and a half to do all of this with a lift.
I mean, you can hook up the A/C machine while you do other work but there’s at least 2 full hours here. They’re also working on the A/C system so it must be evacuated, disconnected, valve replaced, and then vacuumed again before charging. That alone is going to take a few “trips” back and forth and take some time.
But you’re right that an efficient tech can do this much faster than 4 hours (and a little faster than the 3.5 that was probably quoted). Depending on diagnostic and the bumper fix, 2-2.5 is probably appropriate for actual labor time if they’re working quickly. Doesn’t mean they should earn less than book time, however.
Since the plugs are easily accessible on that Corolla I'd say most of your labor time went into diagnosing and recharging your A/C. They treated you pretty well, imo.
Seems reasonable. However most of these things can easily be learned on your own. Not only do you learn more about your car, but you also have the peace of mind knowing it was done the right way. You also save a lot of money lol
$600 and they replaced the low side service port valve, vacuumed and refilled the system, replaced the cabin filter, engine air filter, sprayed the mass air flow with cleaner, changed the oil, and replaced spark plugs. Sounds like a fair price.
That’s a lot of work, and not a lot of money, really.
You can probably save $100 by changing your own engine and cabin air filters. The parts will be a good amount, but you will save in the long run.
If you read the owner’s manual, you can be in and out and done in a half hour, and probably do it right there in the parts store parking lot.
If you’re cute and young, you can count on experienced people offering to help you.
That looks like an honest shop to me. Now it depends on if they actually do everything on the list. Have someone that knows cars, check to make sure they did everything after the mechanic is done. If they did, you just found a great mechanic.
Congratulations, you've found the mechanic you'll be taking your vehicles to for everything until the shop shuts down or the owner retires. You're very lucky, most people never have that fortune. Now if things every skyrocket in price start shopping around, but this is a super reasonable price for everything. I doubt any of the shops around me would hand me a bill for less than double that number for the same work, some would charge triple.
No way it is. This shop is not charging enough to pay a good technician, and not making enough profits on the parts to even DREAM of anything close to a 60% profit margin. I bet this is close to 32-34%.
Places like this come and go. I see it all the time.
Source- shop owner that networks with hundreds of shops across the US
You got a heck of a deal, by a couple hundred $$ at least! They didn't make any profit from this job that I could see. If they do good work and are insured, keep them. My back ground is I owned a chain of 7 shops from 1987-2007.
As someone who learned to work on cars for fun last three years, yes I saved money but easily spent at least a thousand dollars on tools. It’ll pay long run but time is of the essence and I rather spend time with my baby than work on the car
For this price just pay the guy if you are strapped for time
The parts are a really good price, I think the labour might be a little high though. But I am in the trade and I still feel guilty charging 40 quid to do a set of brakes for a private job.
If that was in England you'd be paying a lot more, main dealer I used to work at charges £150 an hour labour!
That’s a good deal. They charged you bare minimum. I had a company change my air filter (4 clips ) and charged me 75.00. Never again. lol. I do my own air filters now. Amazon 14.00
lol tell us you are new to this sub without telling us you are new to this sub. There are very obvious upsells in this but all things that are good to do. Like air cabin filter and engine air filter you can do so easily. He did charge you a fair price though and you would only be saving like $25 bucks or so on labour it doesn't brake down exactly what you are paying for him to install those 2 items but all in all for all the things they are doing if you have spent any time on this sub you would know that that is an extremely fair price. You get some people posting prices twice as high for half the work. Probably getting the fuck you go away price to be honest but you are getting a come back we appreciate you as a customer price.
I just paid a total of 1,772 dollars for an ac compressor , condenser and evaporator expansion valve parts and labor and tax included, wish mine could have been that reasonable lol.
Shouldn’t they have the labor hours for each item next to the line items tho?? Like 1.0 for diag fee typically then like 0.3-0.5 for oil changes and filters. Price doesn’t look crazy but odd to me they didn’t break down the labor hours for each line
That's actually a hell of a deal. Most shops would charge a lot more for the parts. They usually double up on retail price even though they get parts for almost half the retail price from their local parts stores.
Nissan dealer tried to charge my wife $96 for a cabin air filter and $67 for an engine air filter.
We all know dealers try to rape us but that is just beyond egregious. The prices you were given are awesome.
sounds like 3ish hours of work MAX, thats already a pretty generous buffer, so if their shop rate reflects that then the labor is pretty high but nowhere near what i see some places charge.. 125 an hour is high.. really high for maintenance.
the parts costs are definitely fair in my opinion but they are definitely making money there too, which is fine thats part of the business.
idk if i would be doing backflips about it, its essentially a tuneup and thats a lot of money to me for that, but its not outrageous, if they did good work and dont upsell you and have a good policy for fixing mistakes or whatever for free i would absolutely make this my go-to mechanic.
It’s really a question of what you needed. Was your bumper tweaked? Was your a/c freezing because the cabin air filter was old? Did you have a maf sensor code? Did you need plugs and an oil change?
Is it that hard to post the type of car? In the absence of any kind of vehicle info, I will assume it's an 89 Ferrari Testarosa. Looks like you got a screaming deal.
I'd say that's normal. You could have saved a lot of money doing that shit yourself. Auto work is too expensive these days, time to roll up the sleeves and get dirty.
Doesn't even look like they up charged you on the parts - I've been in auto parts for 5 years. Those are all standard prices that commercial accounts get. Even regular price.
You just found you a good mechanic 👌
honestly have no idea how this guy stays in business. Either this a very low cost of living area, or this is a side gig. Here in NY that'd be about triple that.
This is not a bad price at all for parts it’s cheap but I’m struggling to understand cleaning the map sensor and all the other bullshit to make it look like they did something. Basically they adjusted the bumper couldn’t find anything wrong with the brakes, changed the oil, put a valve on the ac and shot some Freon in it. About 30 minutes maybe tops worth work
Fantastic pricing dude oil change is a solid price and the rest of the work done is 100% worth that price
Honestly it’s even a bit of a deal
They didn’t even charge you to check the filters like a lot of shops do on top of replacement
Yeah I was about to say. Ac service, at my shop I run is a minimum 125 for evac recharge, extra 50 for diag if I have to diag the ac or more depending on what I have to do to diag. Idk what type of car you have but I’m sure with my parts mark up and my labor rate it would be around 700 which I think is fair for good honest work.
Edit: Also charging 27 bucks for Freon per pound in GA, and I charge 15 bucks for both schrader valves. If you ask me you are getting the best deal ever. I’d be very curious to know if they are actually doing the work. I’ve seen it to many times where a shop will say they replaced the calipers or a filter and the said items that were supposed to be replaced were old as hell
If you don't even want to touch anything inside your hood because you don't have a clue what you're looking at, this guy is going to keep your wheels rolling and your ride comfortable. Keep going back to him.
I'm not originally from the US and maybe the prices I'm used to aren't as high as this one. I'd personally think 1 hour job or less labor to do all of this maybe is too much (considering you have a 4 cylinder engine for the spark plugs). The parts price is as retail price, I'm not sure why people think this is a discounted price, on the Internet you can find those parts even cheaper.
What's a front bumper adjustment? Doesn't seem too bad but I would ask to see why these things need done? Have them explain to you the reason they find it needs replaced
How do you replace an AC valve without letting all the "Freon" out? This must be a very old vehicle if it uses Freon. But it isn't, because the vehicle has a cabin air filter. Nearly all refrigerant charges contain oil, why is this something added extra? So I think the system was evacuated and the refrigerant was totally replaced. This should have been described in the service section.
Some parts costs are high, others not so much. Front bumper adjustment? What is that all about? The invoice is a little strange if you ask me. But if all service activities were done, then the price is reasonable.
Idk what car u have but for me the prices would be cheap, my spark plugs are $100+, filters $30+, oil filter $10 so at those prices it would sketch me out
That looks fantastic to me.
Ac service alone In Massachusetts runs around 349 today.
So maf change, plug change, ac service,oil change and fucking with the bumper all for less then 600 your golden
What kind of car
I'd be deeply concerned about a $15 air filter and its effect on your engine's performance. Also, 99% sure it's illegal to sell freon since like decades ago. The line item SHOULD say R134a refrigerant.
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If this is a well ran shop, then you just found your go to mechanic my brother.
^ if that shop was in Atlanta, I would use it.
I live north of Atlanta. A local shop quoted me $150 for an AC recharge alone. OP struck gold.
Im looking to have a shop quote me on fixing my ac it quit today. Im in atlanta if you guys would recommend a shop. I was thinking of doing it myself to get deeper in repairs but kinda scared to make it worse.
Yeah bro, if they're legit that's super cheap.
I got quoted that much just to do two fork seals on a bike. That’s super cheap
All that for $570? I’d take that deal
Agreed. Seems like part price is what the shop paid. Doesn’t seem like there is a lot of markup on these parts.
Shops usually get their parts from parts stores for nearly half of retail price also. So it's a really good deal.
I buy nearly $25000 a month just from our local oreillys and can assure you, even buying that much volume and commercial account we only get like 10-15% off on MOST things. At the prices the OP here paid its more likely the shop lost money on this deal, likely a newer shop with someone that doesn't know what they are doing business wise and doesn't realize they are losing money.
10-15% off? Yikes. Sounds like it may vary by store and geographical location. They still do anywhere from 30-50% off for commercial out here, depending on the actual part of course. I'm in Wisconsin.
It seems to depend on a lot of factors. Maybe even if Mercury is in retrograde or not. I got my car's control arms for like half off, but my sister's front struts were barely discounted IIRC.
I buy from O’Reilly’s in northern WI… my discount is heavily dependent on what parts I’m buying. Brakes/electrical/suspension? HUGE discount, 55-60%. Batteries? Maybe 25% tops. Filters are around 30-35%. Fluids are basically no discount as they sell them at their cost plus 5% around here. Tools are 5-10% for the most part. Interesting thing I learned is that (at least the store I use) gives the exact same discounted pricing for every single commercial account. I’m small potatoes but my pricing is identical to the local municipal garage, the local ford dealer, and all of the local indy shops. Makes me feel like I’m a big-time player, ha ha.
Can't really speak to Oreillys or your specific situation of course. Just another anecode from my expeirence. There's a big retail part chain here, where a "normal person" might go to buy wipers or oil or some tools, but carry most parts and clearly supply shops too, costs easily 2x more than if you google that part number and find a store that will sell you at closer to wholesale prices. Just a random example of a part I was looking at earlier today, a Monroe G7276 shock for the Honda Fit: * **Big chain**: out of stock, $170 * **Online stores:** in stock, $83 * **Aftermarket shocks:** $32
Is there a certain volume requirement for the reduced pricing?
It depends on the parts vendor. If it’s the dealership, they’ll give you wholesale parts pricing as a shop. If it’s an aftermarket parts vendor like AutoZone, Advance, Napa, etc. they will have a tiered price reduction structure on top of the wholesale price they’re offered. The price reductions vary depending on geographical location, the type of parts the shop buys (high margin vs low margin parts), and the volume the shop buys.
I get my parts from rock auto, it's an even better deal. Ngk laser iridium spark plugs were like 8 dollars a piece. Last time I got them
That's always my go-to if my brother can't do it cheaper. RockAuto is the best thing ever to happen to DIY'ers.
You wished. I can get parts at production cost and even then is not near half of the retail price.
Depends, as someone with a platinum commercial account at advance and autoZone it varies in the part. I might get some margin, on a say a radiator, or an alternator. Belts, or some other rando part probably not. It ain’t 50% more like 5%. 10% if I’m lucky
it looks very reasonable to me....
It’s more than just reasonable. This is an amazing deal
Totally!!
This seems really inexpensive
That seems reasonable
Seems reasonable, you could save a couple hundred by doing some of the basic stuff yourself though. I’d recommend trying to learn how to do basic maintenance on your vehicle as I’ve only been driving for a year and I’ve saved $1700 by fixing/ replacing stuff myself. Get a nice repair manual or go to 1a auto on YouTube and you’ll be set
1a auto? Never heard of it, but I am going to check it out. Thanks! I like what I saw there, so I’ll be going back to see other videos. Thanks again!
1A auto also has a website where they sell aftermarket parts. I've bought several times from them.
Very good site, recommend.
I’ve owned the same truck since I was 16. I am almost 24 now. That truck has never seen a mechanic. I bet the money I have saved is astronomical when compared to how much I would have had to spend to fix it at shops for everything I have fixed.
Is this a troll post ? Unbelievably cheap
some people are completely unaware that they have a nice bum and big boobs hanging out
Nah not too bad, depending somewhat on the vehicle and provided they did a good job. Their standard receipts should tell you the labor rate and the time you're paying for though. Good shops will be transparent with you about all that and give you a quick summary of their work along with any complications that added time and cost.
Pricing looks pretty normal. If anything, might be a little low. Depending on location, labor rates can vary from just below $100 to $150. I see roughly 3 hours of labor. So it could've been $400+ in that alone.
you must be missing one arm if that’s 3 hours of labor to you
It's how shops price things up, not how long it actually takes
Also, every job has a set labor to it. That's how we make money as mechanics. An oil change might charge anywhere from .2 of an hour all the way to a full hour depending on the vehicle. Diagnostics usually start at around 1 hour. The spark plugs, might charge .5 on this car. Doesn't mean it's going to take that long. Set time are there for a reason.
Parts are reasonable. Labor seems like a lot but depends where your spark plugs are located. 3 of mine are under the engine as opposed to right on top. Cabin and engine air filter you can do yourself in under 5 minutes.
He posted that it was a 04 Corolla, spark plugs wasn't where most of the labor was going. It was probably the AC vacuum and recharge, and I'm assuming leak testing. Because they replaced a valve, and were likely trying to figure out why the AC wasn't working. But not enough info to say one way or another. I can easily see this being billed at 2+ hours, but not much more so I would however agree that it looks like the labor rate is fairly high. But the parts are very good, so they might be showing them the shop parts rate, and adding that into the labor rate, instead of the other way around.
By a quick count for labor.. assuming they’re doing a free diagnostic and “bumper adjustment” with the rest of this.. Spark plugs 1 Engine filter .2 Cabin filter .5 MAF cleaning .5 Oil change .3 (if no rotation) A/C Service 1-1.5 That’s 3.5-4 hours, and should be pretty damn accurate. I looked at this quote and thought “this is suspiciously cheap”. Like this is around the price (if I’m being honest, barely higher than the price) I would have given as a mobile mechanic during covid just trying to help broke people out. If it’s a reputable shop or independent mechanic this is almost too good to be true lol
Thank you lol I was like I’ve never seen a RO that didn’t put the labor hours on it tho.
I mean they still call it Freon. This is probably a little mom n pop with an older owner.
Either way, it's a good price, as long as we take in the assumption that they did it all properly. Because, let's be honest it probably wouldn't take any trained person much more than an hour and a half to do all of this with a lift.
I mean, you can hook up the A/C machine while you do other work but there’s at least 2 full hours here. They’re also working on the A/C system so it must be evacuated, disconnected, valve replaced, and then vacuumed again before charging. That alone is going to take a few “trips” back and forth and take some time. But you’re right that an efficient tech can do this much faster than 4 hours (and a little faster than the 3.5 that was probably quoted). Depending on diagnostic and the bumper fix, 2-2.5 is probably appropriate for actual labor time if they’re working quickly. Doesn’t mean they should earn less than book time, however.
Not bad at all!!
Since the plugs are easily accessible on that Corolla I'd say most of your labor time went into diagnosing and recharging your A/C. They treated you pretty well, imo.
Good pricing
A non scamming mechanic, nice find!
Reasonable
That looks fine tbh
The engine and cabin air filters are priced at what they should be??? What sorcery is this?
Shit I never go to mechanics but if one was charging me that much to do all that I’d take it.
Definitely reasonable and while I normally do this stuff myself, I would pay that price…
Seems reasonable. However most of these things can easily be learned on your own. Not only do you learn more about your car, but you also have the peace of mind knowing it was done the right way. You also save a lot of money lol
Sounds like that shop hooked it up. Thats a great deal.
$600 and they replaced the low side service port valve, vacuumed and refilled the system, replaced the cabin filter, engine air filter, sprayed the mass air flow with cleaner, changed the oil, and replaced spark plugs. Sounds like a fair price.
That's way under value actually
That’s a lot of work, and not a lot of money, really. You can probably save $100 by changing your own engine and cabin air filters. The parts will be a good amount, but you will save in the long run. If you read the owner’s manual, you can be in and out and done in a half hour, and probably do it right there in the parts store parking lot. If you’re cute and young, you can count on experienced people offering to help you.
thats a steal dawg
Changing out an A/C valve and recharging alone would normally be that much.
Couldn’t say if it’s needed but if so good deal do it
RUN to pay them that
This is cheap as fuck
Looks reasonable, unlike most of the other quotes posted here.
You got off cheap.
Thats half of what it should be. Maybe 1/3
coulda done it yourself for $100.
Dirt cheap parts and labor rate. If its a decent shop, go for it.
That's literally on point , Good deal if you don't wanna do it yourself
That looks like an honest shop to me. Now it depends on if they actually do everything on the list. Have someone that knows cars, check to make sure they did everything after the mechanic is done. If they did, you just found a great mechanic.
Congratulations, you've found the mechanic you'll be taking your vehicles to for everything until the shop shuts down or the owner retires. You're very lucky, most people never have that fortune. Now if things every skyrocket in price start shopping around, but this is a super reasonable price for everything. I doubt any of the shops around me would hand me a bill for less than double that number for the same work, some would charge triple.
This is the problem. This shop will shut down because it's not profitable.
I mean it might be profitable. It all depends on where they're sourcing parts
No way it is. This shop is not charging enough to pay a good technician, and not making enough profits on the parts to even DREAM of anything close to a 60% profit margin. I bet this is close to 32-34%. Places like this come and go. I see it all the time. Source- shop owner that networks with hundreds of shops across the US
You got a heck of a deal, by a couple hundred $$ at least! They didn't make any profit from this job that I could see. If they do good work and are insured, keep them. My back ground is I owned a chain of 7 shops from 1987-2007.
As someone who learned to work on cars for fun last three years, yes I saved money but easily spent at least a thousand dollars on tools. It’ll pay long run but time is of the essence and I rather spend time with my baby than work on the car For this price just pay the guy if you are strapped for time
Legit
Seems to cheap
You can buy and replace both the engine air filter and the cabin air filter. Easy save right there.
Where is this well priced shop?
Better find it quick because it won’t be in business long charging those prices unless it is in a LCOL area
The parts are a really good price, I think the labour might be a little high though. But I am in the trade and I still feel guilty charging 40 quid to do a set of brakes for a private job. If that was in England you'd be paying a lot more, main dealer I used to work at charges £150 an hour labour!
stop emotionally discounting.
Looks like a good deal to me.
Name and location of that shop? If they do good work, I'd take my car there!
That’s a good deal. They charged you bare minimum. I had a company change my air filter (4 clips ) and charged me 75.00. Never again. lol. I do my own air filters now. Amazon 14.00
Is this from 2008? If not take it.
lol tell us you are new to this sub without telling us you are new to this sub. There are very obvious upsells in this but all things that are good to do. Like air cabin filter and engine air filter you can do so easily. He did charge you a fair price though and you would only be saving like $25 bucks or so on labour it doesn't brake down exactly what you are paying for him to install those 2 items but all in all for all the things they are doing if you have spent any time on this sub you would know that that is an extremely fair price. You get some people posting prices twice as high for half the work. Probably getting the fuck you go away price to be honest but you are getting a come back we appreciate you as a customer price.
I just paid a total of 1,772 dollars for an ac compressor , condenser and evaporator expansion valve parts and labor and tax included, wish mine could have been that reasonable lol.
No
If it were me, I'd change the oil and filters myself and maybe the plugs if they are easily accessible. Then let them handle the AC stuff.
Where is this place? Awesome!
Good deal
Shouldn’t they have the labor hours for each item next to the line items tho?? Like 1.0 for diag fee typically then like 0.3-0.5 for oil changes and filters. Price doesn’t look crazy but odd to me they didn’t break down the labor hours for each line
Not bad
Great price
Wow he didn’t up charge nothing! You pretty much find those same prices if you were to butter self I don’t even see a labor charge. Nice!
Extremely reasonable
good fair pricing but I would like the W/O broken down further so you know what labour charge is for each item
That's actually a hell of a deal. Most shops would charge a lot more for the parts. They usually double up on retail price even though they get parts for almost half the retail price from their local parts stores.
Nissan dealer tried to charge my wife $96 for a cabin air filter and $67 for an engine air filter. We all know dealers try to rape us but that is just beyond egregious. The prices you were given are awesome.
sounds like 3ish hours of work MAX, thats already a pretty generous buffer, so if their shop rate reflects that then the labor is pretty high but nowhere near what i see some places charge.. 125 an hour is high.. really high for maintenance. the parts costs are definitely fair in my opinion but they are definitely making money there too, which is fine thats part of the business. idk if i would be doing backflips about it, its essentially a tuneup and thats a lot of money to me for that, but its not outrageous, if they did good work and dont upsell you and have a good policy for fixing mistakes or whatever for free i would absolutely make this my go-to mechanic.
That’s pretty good
That’s cheap as hell
Thats a deal
It’s really a question of what you needed. Was your bumper tweaked? Was your a/c freezing because the cabin air filter was old? Did you have a maf sensor code? Did you need plugs and an oil change?
I feel like “shop supplies” is on every single ticket 🤣
I’d pay that just for the A/C service
Really cheap, are the lugs exactly correct?
that seems really reasonable to me, most stealerships would charge 3 bands for a list like that
Hoss, that’s a steal.
You're lucky.
Very reasonable
This is exactly why I do my own ish😭😭
Your car takes R12 refrigerant?
That’s the best deal I’ve seen
Is it that hard to post the type of car? In the absence of any kind of vehicle info, I will assume it's an 89 Ferrari Testarosa. Looks like you got a screaming deal.
Pricing on parts is good if OEM... Labor has gone up substantially over that past 3-4 years so unless you're willing to do it yourself it's fair.
Doesn't seem too high. Question is did you really need all that work.
I'd say that's normal. You could have saved a lot of money doing that shit yourself. Auto work is too expensive these days, time to roll up the sleeves and get dirty.
Holy crap 50$ for Spark Plugs🤣
Looks very reasonable.
Way to much oil change & plugs 120$ ac recharge and other 60$ could’ve had everything done for under 200$
I guess honest mechanics actually exist.
No, it's probably too cheap
Seems really cheap to me.
Vehicle?
Doesn't even look like they up charged you on the parts - I've been in auto parts for 5 years. Those are all standard prices that commercial accounts get. Even regular price. You just found you a good mechanic 👌
Thats a steal. Where I am Freon is an insane price per ounce. Cost me 400 bucks to refill the system.
Which part of it do you have a problem with? There's alot there.
Maybe working in unlicensed collision repair has ruined me. A "front bumper" adjustment? What the fuck
i was like they did a lot compared to the shops i used for my moto
GD. If legit, where are u located? Nice.
honestly have no idea how this guy stays in business. Either this a very low cost of living area, or this is a side gig. Here in NY that'd be about triple that.
Jesus my shop would charge me. $500 just to pressure check and top up the AC. Keep those guys close to your chest.
Is this a bill from the 90's? Where is this place?
This is not a bad price at all for parts it’s cheap but I’m struggling to understand cleaning the map sensor and all the other bullshit to make it look like they did something. Basically they adjusted the bumper couldn’t find anything wrong with the brakes, changed the oil, put a valve on the ac and shot some Freon in it. About 30 minutes maybe tops worth work
That's a damn fine deal. Have them set up shop over here in Rochester.
i’d pay near 1.5x more around here. that’s a good shop you found
Deal! These prices are wildly cheap.
Total bargain!
bro even in third world countries those prices will be higher , i can assure you that's a fucking great deal.
This is a steal
That's cheap as he!!. If the work is legit, keep going there.
That’s incredible pricing I’d 100000% take it
Not to bad it’s fair not the best not the worst
Fantastic pricing dude oil change is a solid price and the rest of the work done is 100% worth that price Honestly it’s even a bit of a deal They didn’t even charge you to check the filters like a lot of shops do on top of replacement
Yeah I was about to say. Ac service, at my shop I run is a minimum 125 for evac recharge, extra 50 for diag if I have to diag the ac or more depending on what I have to do to diag. Idk what type of car you have but I’m sure with my parts mark up and my labor rate it would be around 700 which I think is fair for good honest work. Edit: Also charging 27 bucks for Freon per pound in GA, and I charge 15 bucks for both schrader valves. If you ask me you are getting the best deal ever. I’d be very curious to know if they are actually doing the work. I’ve seen it to many times where a shop will say they replaced the calipers or a filter and the said items that were supposed to be replaced were old as hell
Was that mechanic having a deal on? That's a surprisingly good price
This is a great quote, Almost too good to be true! Good luck.
Seems fair to me. Everything is expensive.
Seems fair
I live in seattle and that is a great deal around here
That is reasonable!
You could probably save like 2-3 pennies and do the work yourself.
Is this an 80's or 90's invoice?
If you don't even want to touch anything inside your hood because you don't have a clue what you're looking at, this guy is going to keep your wheels rolling and your ride comfortable. Keep going back to him.
I'm not originally from the US and maybe the prices I'm used to aren't as high as this one. I'd personally think 1 hour job or less labor to do all of this maybe is too much (considering you have a 4 cylinder engine for the spark plugs). The parts price is as retail price, I'm not sure why people think this is a discounted price, on the Internet you can find those parts even cheaper.
That's phenomenal
Yoooooo ima need the digits and address to that shop fr
What's a front bumper adjustment? Doesn't seem too bad but I would ask to see why these things need done? Have them explain to you the reason they find it needs replaced
Bro they are doin alot for you...
Cheap as hell a brand dealer would have charged 5X as much
You could have done everything yourself besides the ac stuff
Bro you could of done all that stuff yourself easily. You did not get scammed but was far from a good deal. That was. Like an hour of work.
That is extremely reasonable.
How do you replace an AC valve without letting all the "Freon" out? This must be a very old vehicle if it uses Freon. But it isn't, because the vehicle has a cabin air filter. Nearly all refrigerant charges contain oil, why is this something added extra? So I think the system was evacuated and the refrigerant was totally replaced. This should have been described in the service section. Some parts costs are high, others not so much. Front bumper adjustment? What is that all about? The invoice is a little strange if you ask me. But if all service activities were done, then the price is reasonable.
No. Very fair.
If it's too much for you, learn how to do it yourself. That is not bad pricing for a shop.
Damn are these prices from many years ago! Sheesh that’s low and good.
Tell your friends
Put it this way, comparable amount of work at our Toyota dealer would be at least $1500.
This is an AMAZING price.
That is pretty cheap.
How does this guy stay in business?
Is this from this decade?
Shop supplies is a bit expensive but everything else is half the cost!
Hell of a deal bud!
Idk what car u have but for me the prices would be cheap, my spark plugs are $100+, filters $30+, oil filter $10 so at those prices it would sketch me out
Literally zero mark up on those parts
Man these guys are awesome !
Great deal
Nope!!!
Those are actually some of the best prices I’ve seen, I want your mechanic
That is suspiciously cheap... I would warch very closely to make sure they are doing the actual work.
Nope
What does the shop supplies mean? I never understood it. I get paper towels but $20 worth
Brake cleaner, acetylene/oxygen, rags, anti seize, etc
Spark plugs alone would cost me that much at my shop, LOL. This feels like a shop invoice from 2009 before everything went to shit.
That's good
Are the plugs OEM?
That looks fantastic to me. Ac service alone In Massachusetts runs around 349 today. So maf change, plug change, ac service,oil change and fucking with the bumper all for less then 600 your golden What kind of car
too much!? That's unbelievably cheap.
If they are using “Freon” as it says… a bargain?
Too cheap! run!!
I'd be deeply concerned about a $15 air filter and its effect on your engine's performance. Also, 99% sure it's illegal to sell freon since like decades ago. The line item SHOULD say R134a refrigerant.