Cost of living dude. It costs more and more each year to oay the insurance, light bill, etc. plus staff expect higher pay each year because their expenses keep going up as well. Good luck finding someone willing to do simple oil changes for less than $20 an hour. Add in the continously increasing rate of shoplifting coupled with the lack of work ethic with many younger workers.
It's getting hard for shops that have to pay employees to make any kind of money.
^^^^This is it in a nutshell^^^^
I am no business man and I don’t have my own business, with good reason. I am too nice, I try not to lie, and I like to make sure things are done right. You cannot make money doing things “right”, it just doesn’t work that way. That $20/hr oil change, you think it is the most knowledgeable mechanic doing it? Nope it is usually the least knowledgeable person in the shop, you want someone that knows what they are doing to change the oil in your bike you will have to pony up more $$$ or do it yourself.
This crap from the dealerships about “we don’t work on vehicles over this old” is just crap. If your worried about breaking plastic bits then quit making stuff out of plastic.
If you want to buy something and keep it for more than ten years you better learn how to work on it yourself. The world has gotten on a five year life span. Things are only made to last that long then recycle the item and get a new one.
I’m gonna stop here because I just don’t feel like typing everything going thru my head right now.
Eric
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