My son-n-law went to Tires Plus with a rough running 1986 Ford F150 pick up truck. I suspected a carburetor problems as did my brother-n-law who is an ASE certified machanic that lives in Mass. Obviously the truck would need a tune up after the carb problem was fixed. Thats a given.
Well Tires Plus did a computer diagnostic on the truck (funny how this truck is not computerized and has a one barrel carb not fuel injection. But we were charged $89.99 just the same.
Now my son-n-law declined having the carb replaced due to the price of $546.19 quoted to him for the repair. However he was never told that doing the tuneup was a waste of time without the carb problem being fixed. He was told that yes it was a high price but would make the truck run better and my son-n-law thinking he was doing the right thing because this was not a back yard machanic telling him, he agreed to the tune up.
He was charged get this:
part cost of part labor for remove & replace
Computer diagnostic 89.99
spark plugs 11.94 49.20
dist cap 29.99
dist rotor 10.99 49.20
ignition wires 49.99 57.40
PCV valve 6.99 5.00
Air filter 12.99 N/C
Fuel filter 10.99 24.60
oil filter 3.99
oil 17.00 12.00
Everwera 3-step
fuel cleaner 39.99 50.00
What the heck is this Ever-wear 3-step fuel system cleaner anyways. And 50.00 to dump it into the gas tank? Come on!
All I can say is they seen him coming and wish it had been me that brought the truck in, I'd of laughed them into the ground and went straight to discount auto or autozone and got all the parts for 55.00 then picked up a carb rebuild kit and sat in the hot florida sun and done the work myself. On my son-n-laws side though i have to say he didn't do the talking to the machnic it was his boss that talked to them it was his boss that referred them and it was his boss that paid the bill. Now my son-n-law can work 3 weekends for 15.00 an hour to pay off the boss for the rip-off job that Tires Plus did. I think His boss John Brown of Browns Tree Service is as much a rip off as he will get 1,200.00 worth of work out of his employee for a 600.00 tune up. What is this world coming too!
On the better note I told my son-n-law that he should work the side jobs with his buddy and get the bill paid in two days and the boss gets squat, and here I am reporting Tires Plus to you and the News media. So who will get the last laugh? Good luck all and watch your pocket books before you say okay get a second opinion.
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