re: Purchase parts and expect me to put them on...

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bitching cause you can't scalp

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Usually a total price is known before an agreement is made. No one is getting "scalped" if they say "yes".

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without warranting the part itself but warranty the intall.

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That can open a whole can of worms.

"the part failed" "no,the part failed because you installed it wrong"

ensue shitshow

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So, I don't gaf. I had left over from original.

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The painters took on a risk of using paint where they had no certainly of its condition. Could've gotten frozen, could've had unknown shite mixed in it. Even if they said we wont warranty this at all they still could've eaten shite. If they are in business long enough, they will get bit enough to not take those jobs.

People do this all the time.
I just don't warranty parts i don't provide. Them u charge a little extra in labor.

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I just don't warranty parts i don't provide. Them u charge a little extra in labor.

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lol, at people thinking that supplying their own materials is being clever and getting a "good deal".


People work and are in business to make money. Someone showing up with their own parts isn't suddenly going to keep the mechanic from making his nut that day.

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Either that or he doesn't care about making money.

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He does well for himself.

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Only way it would work is if all his customers fully understand there is no warranty and they will pay the same labor to have the job redone if the part fails.

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They do.

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If I had to bet, I'd say your friend probably doesn't exist.

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lol ok pal.

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What's board's opinion on buying stuff and expecting a business to install them for you?

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My big problem with most repair shops are they only buy what they can get from their local auto parts delivery company...I usually buy high end replacement parts, that are usually "online only"

brake job example: stainless 8 piston brake calipers drilled slotted rotors and braided stainless brake lines

I "do" have a local shop that will put anything I bring them on our vehicles, as he knows the items I bring him for the jobs are always better than what he can source

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This was more of a rant on people buying stuff and acting like children when I tell them no... But after reading a bunch of these comments, it's painfully obvious a LOT of people don't realize how much it costs to run a business.

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If you communicate in real life like you do on here then you are just a shite business owner. We have no idea what kind of business you are talking about.

So they ask and you just tell them "no". How many of them say "frick that dude, I am not going back to him". How dare someone assume that someone who sells something might also install that item. But again, because your communication sucks we have no fricking clue what you are talking about.

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What's board's opinion on buying stuff and expecting a business to install them for you?

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why wouldn't you? Don't offer a warranty on the parts, charge them handsomely for the labor to install and move on.

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I have zero problem with it and if you don't want to charge them for your time and do the work, I'm assuming they will find someone who will.

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The nightmare for the business is that you have diagnosed the issue with little to no actual training. If the business respects your ability to diagnose then you may get that business to do the work.

Having some idiot parts salesman say it takes a "couple of hours" thereby setting an incorrect labor cost expectation is frustrating. He just wants to sell parts so he downplays how to do the work. Then the cheap-arse who tried to save $100 on the part bitches that the shop needs $125+ per hour. Yet they never consider that a good technician needs $40+ per hour, employer taxes and benefits, uniforms, building or truck costs, tool expenses, supplies expenses, operating costs, income tax. If a guy strikes out on his own to work with his two hands and earn a paycheck he best pray for good health and to never want a day off because if he doesnt work he doesnt get paid.


If they put your product into the workspace and you buy the wrong part the workbay is occupied while they sort out how to get the correct part, which will take more time and other opportunities will be missed because cheap-arse wants to take his time then he wants to come by and critique the work then restart his parts search. Any properly functioning repair does not want an open work order hanging around while they figure out how to get parts or redo misdiagnosed projects. The cash flow is negative from the first minute until payment is received so jobs must close quickly or else the shop will not survive.

All the big manufacturers of products and all the parts houses want to turn skilled technicians into workaday laborers while they take the easily earned margin derived from shipping a manufactured product. Doing warranty repairs for any manufacturer can be a losing proposition. If you want to live your life as a technician then you take these install-only jobs or become an authorized warranty repair shop for a brand, otherwise you maintain a full service philosophy business who sells a product then supports it. A repair-only shop must sell the parts or else it will always function as a paycheck rather than a sustainable business model