If you do a job , say oil change. Just tossing this figure out as example . You charge $50 . Of that 1/2 is parts . Okay now, your labor COST is pretty much fixed ,say it costs you as a shop owner 20 dollars an hour to hire a guy , taxes etc. So ,if tech spends hour on job,you made $5 on labor ,not much . Now parts mark up 33-45% or so . So if customer brings in own parts , how much of that sale was profit ? Would you rather do a job and make $5 or do it and make $15-20 profit . Takes lot of 5 dollar profit jobs to keep shop open , and feed the kids . If anyone else got paid peanuts in their job they would be crying like no tommorrow. Most saying they let customers bring own parts when they HAD a shop ,keyword HAD !
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Today's Featured Article - The Rescue of a Fordson F - by Anthony West. Introduction I live in the UK and have for many years restored Fordson tractors (in the main model N's). I have also restored and shown model F's, E 27N's, Field Marshall Series 2, David Brown Cropmasters and the old rey Fergeson T 20. At one time I had seven restored examples which were shown and used in ploughing matches. As most restorers, I have a number of war stories I can relate on a range of topics that may help other like minded and interested people. Perhaps my first p
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