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How much would a baw tip a guy for changing a car battery?

Posted on 5/7/24 at 4:38 am
Posted by lsu xman
Member since Oct 2006
15600 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 4:38 am
I'm taking an elderly family members small SUV in for a new battery at a local AutoZone type store.

Let them do it so I don't have to make multiple trips for a core change refund.

Seems like it's more work than a waitress bringing me a lunch plate.

The battery will be around $120.
Posted by Gifman
by the mountains
Member since Jan 2021
9502 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 4:39 am to
A 20 would do it
Posted by DevilDagNS
Member since Dec 2017
2686 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 4:42 am to
Trick question. A baw changes his own battery.
Posted by Lima Whiskey
Member since Apr 2013
19395 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 4:48 am to
Why wouldn’t you change it yourself? Just ask for a wrench
Posted by MAXtheTIGER
Title town
Member since Dec 2006
988 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 5:02 am to
Get your boyfriend to do it and tip him with sexual favors

Double profit
Posted by CunningLinguist
Dallas, TX
Member since Mar 2006
18786 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 5:08 am to
Changing out a battery is super simple. That and changing a flat tire are required Dude 101 skills
Posted by LSUfan4444
Member since Mar 2004
53961 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 5:14 am to
Why not just bring to to a mechanic where the pricing structure is transparent? You could get 50 people here to tell you $40 is enough but if the store is short-staffed, $100 may not be enough.
Posted by terriblegreen
Souf Badden Rewage
Member since Aug 2011
9666 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 5:23 am to
You ain’t a baw.
Posted by Tampa Tiger
Fl.
Member since Nov 2006
667 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 5:23 am to
Depends on the car and battery location
Posted by stelly1025
Lafayette
Member since May 2012
8539 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 5:27 am to
You can't change it yourself?
Posted by phil good
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2013
1553 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 5:32 am to
Not sure but I paid a Walmart employee 40 to change a valve stem late one evening last week. Place was busy so I offered an incentive. It was a Sunday and no other places were opened.
Posted by greenbean
USAF Retired
Member since Feb 2019
4648 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 6:37 am to
Ask your husband.
Posted by Jenious
Member since Apr 2020
411 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 6:44 am to
quote:

mechanic


So they can charge you $187.50 for a battery change that you brought in? They'll claim it took 1.5 hours of labor and slap on $7.50 for "shop supplies" because they had to use a wrench.
Posted by Macfly
BR & DS
Member since Jan 2016
8131 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 6:51 am to
Nothing because it's part of their job to install that $40 battery that their selling you or us for $120.
Posted by WPBTiger
Parts Unknown
Member since Nov 2011
31202 posts
Posted on 5/7/24 at 7:08 am to
I bring a wrench with me when I go to buy a new battery and just swap it out myself.
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