Posted by Hobo,NC on December 26, 2020 at 18:07:32 from (75.137.54.152):
In Reply to: Shop Rates posted by K-Mo on December 26, 2020 at 07:28:01:
1) The world is full of folks that will pay a premium be it convenience are faith it will be fixed the first time. The top shops are gonna get those folks and wine and dine them to keep them happy.
2) There is a shortage of qualified people in the trade and its not getting any better...
There is always gonna be those hole in the wall shops that get the low end low ballers. Those shops will always be low end shops with customers the top shop don't want need are has fired. Its the food chain effect.
I don't know how a man opens a new shop today many fold in a few years. They cannot build a blank check customer base with there massive debt they stay on the hole all the time.
The trade is not an instant winner it takes years to build skills to where you can knock out work efficiently. With so many other ways to make good are better money he will have to be dictated to hang in there...
Working on older vehicles in most cases is a lost leader I know quite a few shops that will not work on anything 20 years old are older the money is just not there. Even if it were you can make better money staying away form old junk...
The trade has one thing going for it you will have work to do till you die... Most work till they die because the retirement benefit package chucks...
There is always gonna be that one in a million that hits the road running and makes a good go at it... You have to admire them even if you don't like what they charge...
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