This is why whenever I go into the shop, I’ve had my guy friends who are mechanics look at my vehicle before hand, and we all reach a consensus on what the problem is. We recently did this with my brake master cylinder. That’s a job that would take maybe two or three hours, and cost me only around 2-300. Just for shits and giggles, and to see if I really would get charged more than mentioned, I went to a shop near me. I know cars. I was raised around them, tinkering in them, and learning how to fix things myself. I knew, for a fact, it was the master cylinder making my brakes spongy and making my engine make a sucking noise every time I applied the brakes. The shop I took it into tried to say it was my brake booster AND master cylinder, and that brake fluid has leaked into my brake wells, etc etc etc until he quoted me 700 fucking dollars. For reference, for a little car like mine that is an import, the cylinder, itself, with reservoir attached, costs 84.99 at my favorite online part store. Knowing the make of mine, and knowing structure ensured that there would be no leak to the areas he was talking about unless my lines were failing (and my brake booster being dead with a master cylinder failure would’ve meant no brakes whatsoever) I laughed, in his face, and told him point blank that all that needed changing was the cylinder, I’d checked all that, they were all dry, and that he wouldn’t be getting a penny out of me. I then demanded to see his a manger, or the shop owner, whichever was higher than him. He turned red faced, brought the owner out, and the proceeded to try to mansplain over me as I told the owner what had happened. Owner wasn’t having it, said they’d talk after I left, and then apologized. He offered to do the job at 200, but by then I didn’t trust them as far as I could throw my damn engine. So, instead, I told him I’d be buying the part and doing the work myself with my friends mentioned above. I also suggested, unless he wanted complaints to the BBB, that he have his guys stop overcharging women. This is just cars, though. I work on computers in my spare time (I’ve built every rig I’ve owned for the last ten years) and it’s almost as bad in the tech industry for chicks.
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