$425? Ouch. I hope your guy marked the subbed work up substantially. I would have a really hard time justifying that.
-D > On Jan 3, 2020, at 2:50 PM, Dimitri Seretakis <dsereta...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > No real material cost other than some cheap section of pipe that was spliced > in. A few bucks at most. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 3, 2020, at 2:38 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >> I’m no welder other than stick welding two edges of steel plate butted >> together laying on a flat floor. >> >> That being said, my exhaust guy does a much better job than that and would >> have charged significantly less based on my experience. For example, he >> welded the small catalytic converter on one side of my SL500 exhaust for >> $150, and that involved dropping the pipe from the manifold. >> >> Hmm. No, I don’t think you’re being too fussy. I wonder how much he marked >> up the subcontractor’s charge? There wasn’t anything unique as far as the >> materials, correct? >> >> -D >> >> >> >>> On Jan 3, 2020, at 1:52 PM, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> My mom took her 2005 G500 to the most esteemed Indy Mercedes shop in the >>> Boston area to have a few things repaired including the exhaust (I will not >>> name names). To be fair, I like the owner and I feel, based on my >>> experience with him that he does a great job with the mechanical repairs. >>> His “welder” is subcontracted. I expressed my dissatisfaction to him >>> regarding the quality of the welded exhaust repair but he politely defended >>> the welder and gave no apologies and didn’t ask for me to show him what I >>> found unsatisfactory. There was another area that was repaired in a similar >>> manner. The total cost was $425 for the welding. What do you guys think of >>> this repair? Am I being too fussy here? >>> >>> <IMG_2072.jpg> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone_______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
