The Reason We Charge More for Parts Than the Prices You See Online
It’s easy to explain.
Labor rates are artificially low in auto repair. They are subsidized by higher parts prices. It’s easy to illustrate. For decades there has been a constant flow of mechanics and others who open shops and announce that you can buy the parts yourself or they will supply them at cost. Virtually everyone one of them soon goes out of business because they do not charge enough to pay the bills (if someone points out an exception it is normally some kind of illegal “underground” shop working out of someone’s backyard while avoiding paying taxes and other typical costs of a legitimate business).
It’s really that simple.
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