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Originally Posted by dbgrate
Thanks, guys,for the responses.For a couple of different reasons,I went and had the indie do "what he had to"...he put in a reman Behr compressor and replenished the 134,etc....Compressor was $790..labor & taxes brought it up to @ $1100....OUCH,OUCH...Used to have a guy to whom I could supply the parts and he'd just charge for labor..boy,do I miss him! What is it,the practice of garages doing a healthy markup on parts?That's the killer,I guess!
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I hope that came with dinner and a movie included, because that mechanic just had his way with you  . Labor is reasonable, but the compressor is about 5 times what I would pay for a reman.
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