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Originally Posted by PushingMyLuck
I think this deserves another thread. I think a Porsche/exotic mechanic shop and any general purpose mechanic shop are two very different businesses/beasts, so specify which you're talking about in your post. In my comments, I am talking about an all-purpose indy mechanic.
You really think it's fair to say any mechanic making a decent living these days is a crook? A lot of failed businesses are simply badly managed by incompetence. Shop hours are $100+/hr. And you can have multiple bays. If you're good, and live in a dense area, you are always full. Billing hundreds of dollars per hour, and easily covering expenses. And you know about book hours vs. clock hours. My local mechanic lives in a good town and kids that go to "good" schools. He's 100% honest. He is so busy that he doesn't need to churn up fake repairs.
Maybe a successful mechanic is a crook.
But, it also could be a combination of skill, socioeconomic location, population density, and the way you run your business.
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1)- lots of people subscribe to the Peasant's Mentality (real term FYI) where anyone who succeeds / wealthy stole it or is "greedy" (Whatever the **** that means depends on how much money the Peasant has in relation, of course), but largely the view comes from an ignorant standpoint.
2)- with that said, the person you are quoting IS a mechanic, he ought to know the in's and outs.
YMMV.
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