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CoryM · 12-12-2012, 11:37 PM

Eesh. That's bad.

I looked up the labour time, and it's written as 1hr for upper, and 1hr for lower so they are charging full labour for both. The thing is most of the 1hr is spent draining and filling coolant so it should be 1hr for the lower, then 0.1hr for the other hose. It's called "labour overlap" and they should be charging accordingly. Also, don't forget that they wanted to charge full labour time to do the Tstat as well. Again, most of the labour there is from the drain and fill of coolant. So guessing $250 in labour, $100 in hoses and $50 in coolant. There is the ridiculously high $400 for two rad hoses.

I would be tempted to go in and ask them about labour overlap just to see them squirm as I think it's safe to say they were trying to..... hose you.

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12-12-2012, 11:37 PM	#8
CoryM Drives: 2009 5-door, 5-speed Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: White Rock BC Posts: 687	Eesh. That's bad. I looked up the labour time, and it's written as 1hr for upper, and 1hr for lower so they are charging full labour for both. The thing is most of the 1hr is spent draining and filling coolant so it should be 1hr for the lower, then 0.1hr for the other hose. It's called "labour overlap" and they should be charging accordingly. Also, don't forget that they wanted to charge full labour time to do the Tstat as well. Again, most of the labour there is from the drain and fill of coolant. So guessing $250 in labour, $100 in hoses and $50 in coolant. There is the ridiculously high $400 for two rad hoses. I would be tempted to go in and ask them about labour overlap just to see them squirm as I think it's safe to say they were trying to..... hose you.