Talk about price gouging...

[nesslar]

Not broke, but might get there..........
Got a raise and won some decent cash in a goff touney, but that's all gone.....
Porsche has some work done and some new parts and upgrades, though!

[JeremyD]

I won't even let a door company quote me = they keep on saying they need to come out and measure, I keep insisting the measurement is 106 x 74 rough out and give them the address of my 2nd house. I know once they make their way out to the water the price increases by 50% - just like when I have the porsche parked in the garage.

[silvercar00]

Originally posted by look 171
Funny that many of you will pay at your P car wrench, or for some at the dealer without any problem.

I do that for "equity" type repairs....for example, I paid my P wrench 2200.00 fo go through my gearbox. The while-you're-in-there's included a clutch and a flywheel seal, among other things. Sure enough, one week later the FW seal leaked....and they pulled the motor and fixed it no questions asked.....I'd have slit my wrists if I'd done this DIY and had to do it over. They did it in a day. Now I can sell the car with a new clutch abd gearbox if I want ( not yet).

[lukeh]

I clipped a coupon for a $9.95 oil change at the local Chevy dealer. It says "foreign cars extra". Does it really cost them more to change the oil on a Camry than on a Cadillac? I know this doesn't stack up to the $1,700 water heater but I'm curious.

[singpilot]

Originally posted by ruf-porsche
And that is why I belong to AAA

I suspect the police agency has a contract when a car is involuntarily towed (and safely stored) into police custody. I did this for a while in college. AAA cannot do it in these circumstances.

[singpilot]

Originally posted by lukeh
I clipped a coupon for a $9.95 oil change at the local Chevy dealer. It says "foreign cars extra". Does it really cost them more to change the oil on a Camry than on a Cadillac? I know this doesn't stack up to the $1,700 water heater but I'm curious.

They have to go find a set of them thar furreign wrenches to work on them thar furreign cars. Funny numbers on them and all. Costs real money to do that......

[Joe Bob]

Train the wife.....what else does she have to do besides hair and nail appointments....

[Mike Feinstein]

Price gouging? How about $3.09 for a gallon of $1.79 gas.

[ruf-porsche]

Originally posted by randywebb
You haven't seen CHEAP BA$TARDS until you've grown up in the South -- and, yup, we're proud of it!

Nothing worse than a cheap ba$tard in the South is a cheap red neck ba$tard in the South.

QUOTE]Originally posted by lukeh
I clipped a coupon for a $9.95 oil change at the local Chevy dealer. It says "foreign cars extra". Does it really cost them more to change the oil on a Camry than on a Cadillac? I know this doesn't stack up to the $1,700 water heater but I'm curious. [/QUOTE]

That because they have to recoup some of their money that they used to buy new sockets and wrenches for them furrin cars.

Originally posted by Mike Feinstein
Price gouging? How about $3.09 for a gallon of $1.79 gas.

$3.09, this must have been last week reply. It 's up to $3.69 for a gallon of premium for the PORSCHE