Ebay has hurt itself over the years. Especially on items that American vendors sell over the borders of the country. I believe it even purchased Pitney Bowes. The old postal machine company. They collect charges that they are not even legally reqired to do. With items being mailed outside the country. In my mind do they keep them or pass them along? We are entering or already are in a nickel and dime add on situation. Yet in total it is far from nickels and dimes today.

I changed a registration insurance coverage from one of our cars to another last month. Was always a free service by the insurance company. I cannot see the new 45.00 charge to do this.

Today I stopped to get a price on a construction machine and operator with a firm we have never used before. The guy started spewing out various individual charges. I had to say hold on. Give me an hourly rate and the float rate if you have it. You are not an equipment rental firm. The hourly charge includes the operator. With the way you are talking. I have no ideal of the cost plus what I am asking for does not require some things you are talking about. Well I have to see the job. Was the response.

Perhaps young people are buying into this crap. Not knowing better. Everyone has to make a dollar and I have no issue with that. Some are trying to position themselves to make a killing. I find firms like this one today do a lot of government work.

The last time I had paid for auto service on what I considered an easy change of one part. I would have done it myself. If there was enough room in our garage at the time or the weather was better.

The bill was so high and covered more than one page. I told them the only recourse I have is to stop buying things from the retail side of your operation. If I can get it other places. They tried well this is similar to what a new car dealers garage would charge. I told then that no even they do not charge around two hundred labor for a half hour job. I used to do this job myself when in business. With no complications it takes less than half an hour. Your mechanic was no longer. You also have a long list of surcharges on this bill. That do not apply to this job.


I should have know it was now a clip joint when there were about ten lifts and only one mechanic working. The combined retail and service operation has sold twice since. I think their newer practices damaged what was once a good business. This is a very large chain retailer in Canada. If something is not on sale there. Their retail is now above the average resellers price. This is a policy their own head office has engaged.


I remember that they had a hand tool priced at so much per month. It was probably just an error that they did not have the total price on the item or on the shelf edge. Yet I was unsure if that was the case. I had to take it to a bar code machine to get the price. Maximum effort to get their credit cards out there more. This company is listed on the stock market. In their minds they have become more important than their customers. Perhaps far too many people have dumbed down so far they have no chance today. Over time I hear some pretty dumb remarks in society today and I am not that smart myself.