A pressure bleeder is ~$25 or you can make one. There are plenty of instructions available online.

You will be doing brakes multiple times and frequently will be doing brake related things that are much more involved than simple "pad slapping" that many McBrake shops do. The $59.99 jobs that make buying a bleeder seem expensive only cover pads.

Times where you need to repack the bearings, change calipers or master or rotors or even flush and replace the fluid all cost more. Many shops are simply using inexperienced, low paid grunts with wrenches that people allow to work on their vehicles thinking a "professional" is handling it.

With DIY, you also get to decide the quality of parts installed and not rely on AutoZoo et al.

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85SD 240K & stopped counting painted, putting bac together. 84SD 180,000. sold to a neighbor and member here but I forget his handle. The 84 is much improved from when I had it. 85TD beginning to repair to DD status. Lots of stuff to do.