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MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
California, shop labor rate 110 dollars a hour, mechanic makes 50% Sorta pricey driving a few thousand miles to save 30 dollars an hour or so.

HOW do you KNOW that????? Very few people are really honest about their REAL compensation. Kind of like EVERYONE on your Airline trip paid less than you and EVERYONE comes back from Vegas and did not lose or made money. If ANY shop gives close to 50% commission on a Labor Rate, THAT shows a dishonest shop. The "so called Mechanic" can only make bigger bucks by charging for uncalled for work or lying about the work he did to make big bucks. NEVER take your business to anyone that the worker is being paid a big commission to work and diagnosis your property or RV/Car. This is different between what Flat Rate really is. Flat Rate is what the job should pay and if the Technician beats it he makes more money. If you are extremely competent, you can beat the flat rate by almost 100% on some jobs. Doug