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Basically 2k for heater work, was this a fair price?

Dear Pelican Friends,

I'm just trying to see if I paid a fair price for some recent work I had done...

Basically, to my surprise, the bill totaled about 2k. Maybe this is just what it costs, but I really expected closer to a grand.

Here's the rundown, I went into the shop for a leaky Targa top, potential parasitic draw, and inoperable heater.

Here's what I was charged:

-Targa assessment: ~$340, brought down to $140 (I contested the $200 of "research" for the fix, and they still didn't fix it--am sending it out at my choice to Dan Petchel who is a genius w/ Targa tops)

-Parts for heater: ~$540 for blower motor w/o fan, then blower sensor, bracket, hose, and hardware.

-Parasitic draw: $200 to confirm no parasitic draw

-Labor for heater: $100 for evaluation, $350 for testing to determine power problem for lack of power to the front blower fans and cleaned corrosion at heater switch contacts, $220 for install and transfer motor to rear fan assembly, $180 for replacing heater blower sensor/bracket.

Perhaps since it's just been a while I have forgotten how much a moderate sized repair is to the P-car, but was wondering if a few Pelican-ites could give me any type of feedback or gut check as to how reasonable these prices are?

Thanks!!!
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'86 911 Targa ("Georgia")
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