was I shafted?
 

Just had a kenwood installed in my '81 380sl at Best Buy. Not knowing a single thing about stereos, I thought one of you guys could fill me in...First of all, I thought it was kind of ridiculous that you spend 500 bucks and they charge an extra 150 bucks to install it! Plus, since the speakers I want in the back are bigger than the ones in it, I would have to cut the holes myself because they won't. Anyway, I opted to just pay $50 to have the unit put in the dash and I would do the rest. Had a appointment for 10:00. Show up, they look at it and say that the unit in it (stock Becker) is pre-amped (?) so they would have to bypass it and it would cost me $160.00! It took them 4 1/2 hours to get it done! My question is, was this pre-amp bypass necessary? Because the people that worked on my car were very unprofessional and if I got shafted, I intend to raise a BIG stink! Thanks in advance for your help!

What radio was in your car? Was it a becker 611or 612? There isn't any rocket science needed to work on your car. It is simple and straight forward so I don't know why they would have taken so long. It is obvious you took it to the wrong place.

Scott@lajollaaudio

not real sure if it's a 611 or 612 (it's out in the trunk of the car), I'll get back to you on that. I do know that it's pretty simple. am/fm cassette, with manual dials and "push in" selector buttons. Nothing electronic or digital (if that makes the difference?)

You had a becker mexico and the only thing with that is it has a small amp that is connected with an ambilical cord that sits behind the glove box. There is nothing complicated with this

Scott@lajollaaudio

Just went out to check it out and it had a becker europa #599.