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Ultra prime example:
Wife's 97 Mountaineer developed serious engine problems. Ford Dealership estimate to repair $2,800.00 and up. I posted an add on Craigslist for an ASE certified Ford mechanic. A Ford MASTER Tech. responded, looked at the car. Estimated it at the same Ford service/repair hours, cut that in half, cut the parts costs in half. Then billed for actual time. (Now I did supply the shop and all necessities for the repairs.) Total actual repair to me was right at $300.00.
AND the Master Tech said he made more money fixing it out of Ford that he would have made at the Dealership! (By the way the Tech turned out to be from the same Ford dealership I went to for the originals estimate!) All of this in the last 30 days.
Now if the bill in question demanded the repair, even long out of warranty, be made at Ford then I would see a serious problem!
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