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Old 06-12-2009 | 08:45 PM
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Default WOW!!! Talk about screwed!!

I feel really bad for this guy.................

Look how bad this shop screwed him, and his car isn't even finished.

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Old 06-12-2009 | 08:57 PM
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Ouch...
Old 06-12-2009 | 08:59 PM
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Holy ****!!!! That is insane! Poor guy, they are screwing him, look at how much they charge for an oil change. And like $95 an hour!
Old 06-12-2009 | 09:12 PM
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The guy that owns the Vette is an idiot.
He didn't get a written estimate before hand so he could negotiate
pricing.
He is stuck with the bill they gave him.
Good thing another member there offered to give him a tube of
Astroglide- he is going to need it.

That shop is a joke-
they saw him coming and bent him over.
Old 06-12-2009 | 09:22 PM
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That's Canadian time and dollars.
Old 06-12-2009 | 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Cliff
That's Canadian time and dollars.
Then it would be even more in U.S. dollars.
Canadian dollar is worth more than U.S. dollar.

funny stuff!!!
Old 06-12-2009 | 09:47 PM
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god i would be so pissed off.. i feel really bad for the guy, but should have talked to them more in the beg. to figure out a total cost.
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Originally Posted by Cliff
That's Canadian time and dollars.
Yea, and Canada uses MTU's (Metric Time Units) so it's difficult to tell

Seriously though some of those prices are just retarded. $1150 to put on an exhaust? $168 for spark plugs? $118 in materials for an oil change?

Sucks for that guy, but thats why you learn to do stuff on your own or find a guy that you know other people have worked with before.
Old 06-12-2009 | 10:08 PM
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Talk about corvette tax! lol
Old 06-12-2009 | 10:34 PM
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Originally Posted by proporio
Then it would be even more in U.S. dollars.
Canadian dollar is worth more than U.S. dollar.

funny stuff!!!
They are about the same. $1 US is about $1.12 canadian. $132 for a oil change!!!
Old 06-12-2009 | 10:35 PM
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Yeah he got ripped off but the Canadian dollar is worth about 10 percent less than the US dollar right now and 95 Canadian dollars per hr is apparantly the going rate for shop labor where he is from. Still got screwed though...
Old 06-12-2009 | 10:43 PM
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think the oil change, exhaust, etc. is bad...........

30 hours to install a supercharger kit.........who's installing it? Jiffy Lube?
Old 06-12-2009 | 10:44 PM
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Originally Posted by proporio
The guy that owns the Vette is an idiot.
He didn't get a written estimate before hand so he could negotiate
pricing.
He is stuck with the bill they gave him.
Good thing another member there offered to give him a tube of
Astroglide- he is going to need it.

That shop is a joke-
they saw him coming and bent him over.
couldn't said it better myself
Old 06-13-2009 | 02:55 PM
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I don't know. The OP doesn't seem to have his shiz together, either.

Read post number 44 in the thread. That's how I feel about the subject (even though it's clear he still got ripped off by the shop.)
Old 06-14-2009 | 12:57 AM
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the lesson of the story is always get a written estimate before they do the work........ are a can of gas and some matches.....
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Originally Posted by proporio
Then it would be even more in U.S. dollars.
Canadian dollar is worth more than U.S. dollar.

funny stuff!!!
um... not sure where you're getting this from but just to clear things up:

132CAD is $115USD, give or take.
(1 canadian dollar is roughly 90 US cents).




That doesn't know what theyre doing.
They fed the guy some BS to up the price
He believed it & pointed the finger at the poor guy who sold him the kit.
Guess that's why it's best to go to forum vendors...
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did he pay for it ?
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he would have to...
Old 06-14-2009 | 08:00 PM
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Damn that sucks, guys seems like an idiot.
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Holy **** I can not belive the shop owners and operaters and can sleep at night knowing that they screw people over like that.

8k for a install, 100+ spark plugs, WTF!!



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