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The cost of the tweezing

Submitted by Guest on June 21, 2007 - 18:02.

$143 doesn't go to just removing to pebble, it also goes to some or all of the following:

- insurance
- benefits
- rent or mortgage
- utilities
- waste disposal
- accounting and tax services
- shop maintenance

The basic infrastructure costs for maintaining even a small auto shop are nontrivial.

The joke about $140 for knowing what to do applies as well: Most auto mechanics have paid money for school, training, and/or certification...and/or bit the bullet through sub-living-wage apprenticeships. Compensation for their knowledge is entirely reasonable.

So, my point is, that a tweezing out of a rock is not "free" to the auto shop, even though it may not involve consumption of supplies, or much time.

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