I know what you mean about going behind others as I get called to do that many times. Awhile back I had a big outfit call me and asked about changing a hydraulic pump on their loader. Seems they had had one guy come in and look at it and told them it was one thing, then had the dealership come in and tell them it was the pump. Funny thing is, based on what they told me, neither the independent or the dealership guy either one actually put a guage or flow meter on the machine. All they did was watch it, listen to it, make a wild guess as to the cause, and then quote an over the top price to repair it.
I guess they thought I would do it on the cheap for them as I have always tried to charge a fair price for my work. Thing is the company was notoriously hard to get your money from to start with so they already had one strike against them. Then when they tell me they don't want to pay for me to hook up any equipment to actually test and verify the true cause of the problem, and just wanted me to change the pump for them, I politely told them it wasn't going to happen that way. I don't mind working behind others in some instances but something like this was a nightmare waiting to happen, and as bad as things were at the time I'd rather set home and not make any money as I had get into a situartion with the potential to cost me money when I don't get paid because someone else misdiagnosed a problem.
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