watch out for alco marine and the new owners!
11-19-2011, 11:51 AM
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Not sure about boats but car repairs are generally charged by a flat rate. The way auto mechanics make $ is to beat the flat rate. If you can knock out a 10 hour job in 5 hours you make money. On the other hand though, if that 10 hour job takes 12 hours you still get paid 10 hours labor. You didn't necessarily get screwed.
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11-19-2011, 12:15 PM
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6 hours to clean/rebuild carbs??? NEVER heard or seen that in my life, personally have done dozens and and even the worst ones are a couple of hours......
Sorry to say you got taken but not much you can do about it IMO other then to find another shop or learn to do it yourself....
Sorry to say you got taken but not much you can do about it IMO other then to find another shop or learn to do it yourself....
11-19-2011, 02:09 PM
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You keep saying that you had the carbs "cleaned". If they were removed & disassembled then they were rebuilt. To r&r and rebuild 2 carbs is not cheap. Then there was the other work you mentioned and a water test? I don't think you were over-charged that bad. If they just needed cleaning, do it yourself with carb cleaner and compressed air.
11-19-2011, 02:27 PM
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6 hours to clean/rebuild carbs??? NEVER heard or seen that in my life, personally have done dozens and and even the worst ones are a couple of hours......
Sorry to say you got taken but not much you can do about it IMO other then to find another shop or learn to do it yourself....
Sorry to say you got taken but not much you can do about it IMO other then to find another shop or learn to do it yourself....
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Not sure about boats but car repairs are generally charged by a flat rate. The way auto mechanics make $ is to beat the flat rate. If you can knock out a 10 hour job in 5 hours you make money. On the other hand though, if that 10 hour job takes 12 hours you still get paid 10 hours labor. You didn't necessarily get screwed.
Flat rate is how a lot of the marinas and service centers work...a good tech can make money on flat rate a bad one starves!!!!
Just saying
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