Re: Muffla shops

[Chris Picot <picot@cpcug.org>]

At 06:35 PM 3/9/97 +0500, Chris Taylor wrote:
>Turning the corner to get back to campus, my g-friend's probe's (yuck!)
>exhaust fell apart at the cat.  I'm not touching the damned thing,
>especially in a parking lot w/ no tools.  I recall someone complaining about
>a particular muffler shop.  Can anyone steer me towards/away from any
>particular shops, i.e. meineke/jiffy lube/??

I once called several different Midas shops and for the same work was
quoted anywhere from $125 to $525.  When I took it to the $125 shop the
figure became $213.  After, some dicussion and going to the back room, the
figure became $125 again.  Go figure.  In my opinion these are mainly sales
operations not service operations.  They rely on a lot of national
advertising.  It is my understanding that a muffler can be manufactured for
$10.  If you charge, say, $213 (or $525) to put it on and give a lifetime
warranty, you can do a lot of replacements and still make a very good profit. 

Chris


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