05-18-2011, 06:50 AM
I thought I would get an oil change. Sears was out (yes out...) of regular oil for their $30 regular. $50 for the synthetic was all they had.
So I decided to keep my money local instead and go to that garage in Pahoa next to parts store and across from Longs. I walked in and asked the woman at the desk how much a oil change was. She look at me and with a straight face said:
"We charge about $75."
I had never ever heard of an oil change that expensive. Anywhere. About $75? Is that subject to change and be higher after you start I wondered? There didn't seem to be any good reason to ask just what kind of special magic oil they were going to use. So I politely said thank you and left.
I suspect a local might have been quoted a lower price. No way to know that for sure though. You can bet that they are not going to be high on my list of places to consider for any auto related work.
Worse yet, try to do 'the right thing' by keeping your money local, and that old adage "No good deed goes unpunished" comes to mind.
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Please don't pee on my leg and then try to tell me that it is raining.
So I decided to keep my money local instead and go to that garage in Pahoa next to parts store and across from Longs. I walked in and asked the woman at the desk how much a oil change was. She look at me and with a straight face said:
"We charge about $75."
I had never ever heard of an oil change that expensive. Anywhere. About $75? Is that subject to change and be higher after you start I wondered? There didn't seem to be any good reason to ask just what kind of special magic oil they were going to use. So I politely said thank you and left.
I suspect a local might have been quoted a lower price. No way to know that for sure though. You can bet that they are not going to be high on my list of places to consider for any auto related work.
Worse yet, try to do 'the right thing' by keeping your money local, and that old adage "No good deed goes unpunished" comes to mind.
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Please don't pee on my leg and then try to tell me that it is raining.