Hard to say - each has its merits and each has its drawbacks. The Federal magnuson moss act is good. But many state laws are better. Read more

You do it once a day, 4 days in a row. Done.
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The education system in the US is really in decline. Clearly, they don’t teach logic and reasoning as much as they should and reading comprehension is lacking on a broad scale as well. Read more

“The laws governing the sale”? You cite The Fair Labor Standards Act. Read more

Another reason that is nonsense (and why you obviously haven’t even thought about the dumb position you are defending) is that whoever is running the copies IS billing their time to the file (paralegals most likely, if the papers are important). Read more

That’s the moral of your story: When you find the shop you like, go to them. Not all of them are alike.
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Whose cost is the $200? Are you saying they wholesale it for 200 and tell the dealer/shop to charge 2300 for it? If so, that is bizarre.
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I believe I speak for all of us when I say that without pictures, we have to question the veracity of your story.
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What about the labor of the guy at the parts counter if the shop has one? Or the overhead of the shop itself? You want all that built into the mechanic’s labor rate?
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But what makes you think that is how they rationalize it? Have you quizzed law firms about this?
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Labor and materials of a photocopy? Never heard of that. I’ve seen retainer agreements that simply said, “Photocopies - $1/page.”
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Thanks.
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I am saying that it is an industry standard (in this industry and many others). As for how OK it is - depends on how big the markup is.
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I find stories like this odd. In MICH, the shop has to give you a written estimate in advance of getting the work done so there can be no surprises like that. Where did this happen?
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Really? Where are they defined (legally)? Since I am an attorney, I like to know where the various laws are and what they say.
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That might be (that a lot of people think that). But that’s not what I said. Just pointing it out . . .
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And what if the shop has dedicated parts guy and parts counter? The markup pays HIS salary (which is labor) but not the labor from the mechanic. Remember: There are a variety of different places that sell parts.
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I never said all mark ups are ok. In fact, I specifically said that mark ups CAN be too high. Read more

So if they sell you the part at retail, they are now price gouging?
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Um, what if the shop is a dealer and they have a parts counter with a dedicated, full-time parts clerk? And they pay him/her to do his/her job? The overhead of his/her salary is to be added into the mechanics’ labor on the parts that cross the counter? Read more