U-Joints, '03 2500 CTD 4WD...~~Ranting..~~...the closing is on topic

From : marsh monster

Q: fmb wrote snip marshmonster hopes you ask me if im a tech... who said anything about asking for a discount that was the quote i received. i did not ask for any discount. if i decide to have the work done in a shop i expect to pay the man. the hmmmm.... relates to my previous posting where i said if nobody can repair this soon just how tough a job is it to r/r a u-joint on this this is a decision i will make with the intelligent input i get from respected posters. the decision is based upon if i have the skill set and tools to do the job myself in a reasonable time without injuring myself or the truck. i also decide when to spend my money and on what. there are lots of landscapers around here that would love to take on the job of mowing my lawn for $100/month. if choose to mow my own lawn with my own mower im not taking food out of his mouth im keeping food for mine. if i decide to do the u-joints myself im not taking anything away from the shop. thanks for your spicer input but your discount rant was uncalled for. fmb ========== ========== fmb my intent was not to suggest you were cosidering asking for a discount. i will admit i was off a bit as to the hmmmmm. i took it as a request for opinions as to whether the quote was inline with what was to be expected as far as the cost of the job and not as to whether it was a job worth attempting to do to save money. either way my take was that you were after info... and not a discount. so..if you took it thay way....understand it was not my intent to flame you but rather the rantings of a lunatic taking advantage of an oportunity to vent the frustrations of his trade. albeit in a perhaps confusing display of the written word. and.... you are perhaps correct. my rant is likely not called for. if my rantings are unwelcomed thats ok thats understood now thats fine with me. i jest like to rant. i like to rant alot. i live for the rant. i look for oportunities to rant. i think ranting is good therapy. i will stop ranting now i dont mind you cutting your own grass. im sure landscapers dont either. i dont mind if you work on your truck. i dont believe any tech should mind if you work on your truck. im all for helping a diyr save money. im all for giving diyrs the info they need to save money. however....... i take every chance i can get to rant about cheap customers defend my trade express my wishs for my trade to be accepted as highly technical and point out the fact that most folks will attempt to work the system if theres a way to do it. in closing fix yer own truck. its not hard...it requires a few special tools youre going to have to go spend about a hundred dollors or so on....but its definately definately doable. and again... you do not believe you to be a cheap tightwad want something for free gonna git over........sort of guy. yet. marshmonster believes you are innocent.....untill he proves you guilty .