I took them a Chevy 350 engine to have it overhauled. They gave me an estimate and by the work order the final price was not supposed to exceed 10% over the estimate ($1150). This should have just been a basic tear down, clean, put new rings and gaskets and reassemble.
However when i went to pick my engine up the bill was $2475... FOR A REBUILD! I could have bought a brand new crate motor for that! When I asked why the bill was so high, they replied there was other things that needed to be done that could not be told till it was opened up... I understand that, but what i don't understand is how the work was done without me authorizing it. When I asked about that their piss poor answer mumbled was that the work needed to be done.
When i looked further at the work order I discovered they were charging me for things that did not HAVE to be done and that they were only trying to do what I had heard about them around town. That is inflate the price so high that i would not pay the bill and they could keep my engine to resell on their own. Its people like this that give me and everyone else in this industry a bad taste in our mouths!
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