Diagnostic Fee?

From : michael greenwood

Q: my goodness people! can you bring whats left of this thread to alt.gradeschool.debates please this is absurd. if you hate each other so much then just ignore one and other. the credibility of this group gets shot to hell when you see bickering like this. fwiw my mechanic charges me a flat $60 diagnostic fee *if* i choose to not have them do the repair. if they do the repair i get charged the normal hourly plus parts theres no seperate line item for diagnostic on the tag. i dont have a problem with that. they have knowledge and expertise in an area that i do not and i see value in it. the appliance repair guy that was at my house two weeks ago does the same thing. flat 1/2 hour charge to walk in the door so i might as well let them do the work so i get something out of that half hour. although in this case his diagnostic told him that i had to replace my oven. since the was so grim he waived the charge. there *are* decent and honest folk out there. --mike as usual you have to cloud the discussion. in the grocery example those creative accounting charges you whine about are included in the prices of the purchases. how does this cloud anything. is this your answer when you know that you are wrong. those charges are on top of the markup that already covers them it just allows them to increase their profits without obvious unreasonable markups. just as this example of mine shows the first one is the average grocery store and the second one is your way. both grocery stores have the same operating costs and the same markups yet the second one charges more and an idiot like you doesnt even see it and just goes along with it. i would hate to see how you would whine if they itemized completely and included employee bonuses future raises insurance training advertising etc. those costs are covered by the markup on the food. the costs of business in a garage are covered by the hourly charge and the markup on parts. the added diag charge is nothing more than a creative way to squeeze more money out of the customer. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .

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From : daguy

on fri 02 jan 2004 040229 gmt michael greenwood mgreenwood@pacbell.net wrote my goodness people! can you bring whats left of this thread to alt.gradeschool.debates please this is absurd. if you hate each other so much then just ignore one and other. the credibility of this group gets shot to hell when you see bickering like this. ya think dude think about it ya think i cant see that ya think there might be a message there fwiw my mechanic charges me a flat $60 diagnostic fee *if* i choose to not have them do the repair. if they do the repair i get charged the normal hourly plus parts theres no seperate line item for diagnostic on the tag. i dont have a problem with that. they have knowledge and expertise in an area that i do not and i see value in it. the appliance repair guy that was at my house two weeks ago does the same thing. flat 1/2 hour charge to walk in the door so i might as well let them do the work so i get something out of that half hour. although in this case his diagnostic told him that i had to replace my oven. since the was so grim he waived the charge. there *are* decent and honest folk out there. --mike mike you started out on the high road. you were right this whole thing has been taken beyond the ridiculous. thats normal around herel but never the less you took the high ground. then all of a sudden you got yourself right into the middle of the argument. geez make up your mind pal. as usual you have to cloud the discussion. in the grocery example those creative accounting charges you whine about are included in the prices of the purchases. how does this cloud anything. is this your answer when you know that you are wrong. those charges are on top of the markup that already covers them it just allows them to increase their profits without obvious unreasonable markups. just as this example of mine shows the first one is the average grocery store and the second one is your way. both grocery stores have the same operating costs and the same markups yet the second one charges more and an idiot like you doesnt even see it and just goes along with it. i would hate to see how you would whine if they itemized completely and included employee bonuses future raises insurance training advertising etc. those costs are covered by the markup on the food. the costs of business in a garage are covered by the hourly charge and the markup on parts. the added diag charge is nothing more than a creative way to squeeze more money out of the customer. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .

From : budd cochran

and his comment was better than 99.99999% of yours in what way the only reason tom/**guy you dont land on both feet in the middle of arguments is because usually your head is up your butt . . a natural location im sure and your feet are in your mouth. -- budd cochran in tribute to the united states of america and the state of israel two bastions of strength in a world filled with strife and terrorism. ------ on fri 02 jan 2004 040229 gmt michael greenwood mgreenwood@pacbell.net wrote my goodness people! can you bring whats left of this thread to alt.gradeschool.debates please this is absurd. if you hate each other so much then just ignore one and other. the credibility of this group gets shot to hell when you see bickering like this. ya think dude think about it ya think i cant see that ya think there might be a message there fwiw my mechanic charges me a flat $60 diagnostic fee *if* i choose to not have them do the repair. if they do the repair i get charged the normal hourly plus parts theres no seperate line item for diagnostic on the tag. i dont have a problem with that. they have knowledge and expertise in an area that i do not and i see value in it. the appliance repair guy that was at my house two weeks ago does the same thing. flat 1/2 hour charge to walk in the door so i might as well let them do the work so i get something out of that half hour. although in this case his diagnostic told him that i had to replace my oven. since the was so grim he waived the charge. there *are* decent and honest folk out there. --mike mike you started out on the high road. you were right this whole thing has been taken beyond the ridiculous. thats normal around herel but never the less you took the high ground. then all of a sudden you got yourself right into the middle of the argument. geez make up your mind pal. as usual you have to cloud the discussion. in the grocery example those creative accounting charges you whine about are included in the prices of the purchases. how does this cloud anything. is this your answer when you know that you are wrong. those charges are on top of the markup that already covers them it just allows them to increase their profits without obvious unreasonable markups. just as this example of mine shows the first one is the average grocery store and the second one is your way. both grocery stores have the same operating costs and the same markups yet the second one charges more and an idiot like you doesnt even see it and just goes along with it. i would hate to see how you would whine if they itemized completely and included employee bonuses future raises insurance training advertising etc. those costs are covered by the markup on the food. the costs of business in a garage are covered by the hourly charge and the markup on parts. the added diag charge is nothing more than a creative way to squeeze more money out of the customer. -- if at first you dont succeed youre not cut out for skydiving .