JumpStart by Robb Armstrong for November 20, 2004
Transcript:
"There you are Joe... she's as good as new!" "Charlene... I don't know how to thank you!" "Do you know what this would have cost me at the SUV dealership?" "Uh, yes." "Joe Cobb cancelled his repair job scheduled for Monday." "Darn it! There goes my vacation in Honolulu!"
as someome who worked as a tech (though for phones instead) the dealership prices are caused by them having bad “exclusive” deals with the manufacturers that forces them to buy “original” parts that cost 5 times the third party option