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Shop charged me $900 to replace an alternator on a Viggen ?
Posted by stephan_viggen [Email] (more from stephan_viggen) on Sun, 2 Jun 2019 15:11:58
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Unfortunately, my alternator gave up on the highway a couple days ago at night. Being new in the DC area, I searched for a Saab repair shop to have the car towed to. Found one that was also an official Saab/Orio repair.
Next morning, I called to inquire about the price. About $900 am I told for a Saab alternator. $450 for the alternator and about the same in labor. Car was fixed by the end of the day so I am super happy.
Yesterday, I pop the hood open to check the alternator and I found that it is a Bosch remanufactured sold at Rockauto for a bit more than $150.
I feel completely taken advantage off. I expect a shop to charge me more than online price for a part that they have in stock but not only this triple the online price but I was also told that this was a new Saab alternator. I am being unreasonable ? What should be a realistic markup for parts ? Don't you find that unethical to say that it is a new Saab part but install a much cheaper remanufactured one instead ?? I don't know how to handle this with the shop...
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Posts in this Thread:
- Shop charged me $900 to replace an alternator on a Viggen ?, stephan_viggen, Sun, 2 Jun 2019 15:11:58 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: Shop charged me $900 to replace an alternator on a Viggen ?, Jeremy R., Wed, 5 Jun 2019 09:11:45
- Re: Shop charged me $900 to replace an alternator on a Viggen ?, JTRI
, Tue, 4 Jun 2019 06:57:15 - Re: Shop charged me $900 to replace an alternator on a Viggen ?, Justin VanAbrahams
, Sun, 2 Jun 2019 17:57:36 - Re: Shop charged me $900 to replace an alternator on a Viggen ?, andtheHawks
, Sun, 2 Jun 2019 17:56:11 - Re: Shop charged me $900 to replace an alternator on a Viggen ?, AlaskanViggen, Sun, 2 Jun 2019 17:31:18
- Re: Shop charged me $900 to replace an alternator on a Viggen ?, crawdad
, Sun, 2 Jun 2019 16:25:21
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