970 posts, read 1,082,145 times 3,442 posts, read 3,075,554 times 7,877 posts, read 10,139,390 times Originally Posted by Crackpot Good idea if your having a friend do the work as a favor for little or no money. Not a good idea if your taking it to a mechanic who has overhead and a shop to maintain. If the parts you bring are somehow defective will you expect the shop to do the job twice for the same fee? When you pay a shop to do the complete job parts and labor are guaranteed. When you bring the parts there is no guarantee by the installer. As a former businessman I never did a job where parts were supplied by others. The only exception could be vintage parts that may be difficult to get and you did the diligence to track them down. 2,341 posts, read 5,611,172 times 6,191 posts, read 11,232,249 times one in Brake Masters, and the other co-worker with Big O. I bolded the problem. Don't EVER go to EITHER of those two places.

I dunno...the shop I use most often (I have three vehicles) actually has a history of quoting me one price....then when I show up to pay the bill, it's usually a little less than the original quote. Now this may be a sales tactic but it always makes me happy and I've never had a problem with the work done. And if I were to have a problem, I am very sure they would address it correctly and promptly. The shop I use services the township police cars and is also used by many cops for their personal vehicles. They are pretty straight-up. But the bottom line is, I am OK with paying a little more to a shop I trust, rather than worrying about whether some chain franchise shop is going to rip me off. 4,786 posts, read 4,805,545 times Originally Posted by Teddy52 I guess I get it but at the same time you have the option to at least make money on the labor. If you turn me away you get nothing. Originally Posted by SabresFanInSA While this is true, experience has shown that most of the customers who are determined to low-ball you, are going to be a giant PIA anyway.

You don't want them. And shops that treat customers right aren't hurting for business anyway. Like I said to the OP, shop around. There are a few shops who will install your parts. Puppies For Sale Watkins Glen NyThere are also some mobile mechanics who will do a good job for you.Catahoula Pitbull Puppies For Sale Big O Tires »Vacuum Cleaner Repair In Phoenix Arizona Big O Tires in Bedford Sun: ClosedMon: 8:00 - 18:00Tue: 8:00 - 18:00Wed: 8:00 - 18:00Thr: 8:00 - 18:00Fri: 8:00 - 18:00Sat: 8:00 - 15:00 Store hours may vary due to seasonality. Other popular stores in Bedford: Visa ATMMastercard ATMDoritosUSPS - Postal ServiceSimple MobileZumba ClassMoneyGramDickiesCarharttVirgin MobileChaseBoost MobileFedexWestern UnionDeWaltZippoSkechersFitbitAppleUPS - United Parcel ServiceCoinstarCheck Free PayCircle KOakleyHiltiThe Salvation ArmyKrogerNikeATT WirelessH&R Block

24 hour store locations in Bedford More store locations in BedfordGiven the continuing campaigns by unions, workers, politicians and others to raise the federal minimum wage, it bears asking: Just who are minimum-wage workers, anyway? Perhaps surprisingly, not very many people earn minimum wage, and they make up a smaller share of the workforce than they used to. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, last year 1.532 million hourly workers earned the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour; nearly 1.8 million more earned less than that because they fell under one of several exemptions (tipped employees, full-time students, certain disabled workers and others), for a total of 3.3 million hourly workers at or below the federal minimum. That group represents 4.3% of the nation’s 75.9 million hourly-paid workers and 2.6% of all wage and salary workers. In 1979, when the BLS began regularly studying minimum-wage workers, they represented 13.4% of hourly workers and 7.9% of all wage and salary workers.

(Bear in mind that the 3.3 million figure doesn’t include salaried workers, although BLS says relatively few salaried workers are paid at what would translate into below-minimum hourly rates. Also, 23 states, as well as the District of Columbia, have higher minimum wages than the federal standard; people who earned the state minimum wage in those jurisdictions aren’t included in the 3.3 million total.) People at or below the federal minimum are: Disproportionately young: 50.4% are ages 16 to 24; 24% are teenagers (ages 16 to 19). Mostly (77%) white; nearly half are white women. Largely part-time workers (64% of the total). They’re employed in the industries and occupations you might expect: More than half (55%) work in the leisure and hospitality industry, about 14% in retail, 8% in education and health services, and the rest scattered among other industries. Broken down occupationally, the picture is similar: Nearly 47% are in food-preparation and serving-related occupations;

14.5% are in sales and related occupations, 7% in personal care and service occupations, and the rest are scattered. They’re also more likely to live in the South than anywhere else – in part because only one southern state (Florida) has its own higher state minimum wage. In both the West South Central (Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana) and East South Central (Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee) regions, 6.3% of hourly workers make the federal minimum or less — the highest rates among the nine Census Bureau-defined regions. They were followed by the eight-state (plus D.C.) South Atlantic region, where 5.1% of hourly workers made the federal minimum or less. The lowest rate, 1.5%, was in the Pacific region – not surprising, given that four of the five states in that region (California, Oregon, Washington and Alaska) have their own, higher state minimums. Economists continue to debate the extent to which minimum-wage laws reduce poverty, income inequality and/or overall employment.