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re: Mechanic wanted to replace a burned out brake light bulb for $37.19
Posted on 11/7/19 at 4:12 pm to GetCocky11
Posted on 11/7/19 at 4:12 pm to GetCocky11
If you cant do it yourself, you deserve to get charged an hour shop rate which is 100+
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Posted on 11/7/19 at 5:17 pm to GetCocky11
The labor rate at the shop I worked for was $130 per hour. .2 of an hour is 12 minutes and 26 dollars. Include an $8 bulb and sales tax, sounds about right to me. Don’t like it, do it yourself and stop bitching.
This post was edited on 11/7/19 at 5:18 pm
Posted on 11/7/19 at 5:22 pm to MikeAV8s
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Don’t like it, do it yourself and stop bitching.
I did do it myself.
This post was edited on 11/7/19 at 5:23 pm
Posted on 11/7/19 at 6:35 pm to statman34
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Price Leblanc Nissan told me they would change the windshield wipers for $62. When I laughed she said "but that's for both of them"
Bro, you’re not accounting for time of labor, bro all mechanics are honest
Posted on 11/7/19 at 6:47 pm to GetCocky11
head lite bulb for a Toyota dealership changeout was 68$
Posted on 11/7/19 at 7:01 pm to Trevaylin
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head lite bulb for a Toyota dealership changeout was 68$
That can't be right. I read here that Toyota's never need repairs
Posted on 11/7/19 at 7:08 pm to GetCocky11
Get your husband to do it
Posted on 11/7/19 at 7:13 pm to sweetwaterbilly
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What kind of vehicle? I had to replace the headlight on my 2013 Silverado a while back and I'll never do that shite again. I'd pay twice what they were asking just to not have to do it myself. Damn near have to take the entire front end apart.
And there is the issue of the average person not having the correct tool to fit the torx/hex/propritery security screws holding the housing/lens assembly together on some vehicles.
Posted on 11/7/19 at 7:21 pm to GetCocky11
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GetCocky11
Soy Boy Confirmed
Posted on 11/7/19 at 7:22 pm to GetCocky11
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Mechanic wanted to replace a burned out brake light bulb for $37.19
That is less than a half hour of shop time and pretty fair IMHO.
For what price do you think you could run a shop, stock it with every bulb under the sun, and pay someone to install the bulb while keeping a cushion should anything go wrong while also paying taxes and making a profit.
I would not pay that but that does not mean it is unfair.
Posted on 11/7/19 at 7:25 pm to GetCocky11
You can’t replace your own brake light??????
WTF? It’s not rocket science
WTF? It’s not rocket science
Posted on 11/7/19 at 7:29 pm to GetCocky11
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I can't believe people pay for this stuff.
I’m guessing you look for discount sushi.
Posted on 11/7/19 at 7:47 pm to GetCocky11
Change it yourself woman.
Posted on 11/7/19 at 8:11 pm to FLTech
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You can’t replace your own brake light??????
Where did I say that I couldn't change my own brake light????????????????????????????????????????????
Posted on 11/7/19 at 8:31 pm to GetCocky11
If you cant change the bulb yourself you should pay a usless-frick tax.
Posted on 11/7/19 at 8:33 pm to EA6B
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propritery security screws holding the housing/lens assembly together on some vehicles.
Example of vehicle which requires a proprietary tool to change a halogen lightbulb?
Posted on 11/7/19 at 9:21 pm to Bedhog
I have failed inspection because that bulb isn't working and I dont feel like taking off my tire to change it.
Posted on 11/7/19 at 9:47 pm to Slagathor
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how much is 20 minutes of your time worth?
I could send like 30 emails from the waiting area in that time.
What a shitty way to spend 20 minutes. I'd rather watch a youtube video teaching me how to do it and then do it myself. Some still feel good when they learn to do something handy. 
Posted on 11/7/19 at 9:54 pm to mikelbr
I don't have a clue how to change bulbs (or wipers). But I just give the guy at Autozone $5 pay about the same for the bulb and he does it for me.
Posted on 11/7/19 at 10:00 pm to BottomlandBrew
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I'd have paid it on my old Infiniti. You had to take damn near half the engine apart to change the driver's side headlight. Most idiotic design ever.
Yes! I have the Infiniti M35 & you have to take the tires off & almost the entire front end. It's bs.
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