ripoff

[freeman_j]

Kind of figured you guys would respond that way. Oh well. Wasn't really dissin' the area just the prices. Take it as you will.

[Pony_Racer]

Quick ?. How much for 20%(or whatever is legal up there) black tint both pass and hatch window?

[03SVT]

I have tried tinting before.... It is well worth my time to pay someone else to do it! Back home (South Carolina), yes it is less, but I think they are probably ripping themselves off to undercut their competition. They also may be buying a lot more tint, and getting a little discount there too. It isn't like 50% cheaper... maybe 25% cheaper. Just my .02.

[PSiedTSi]

well you can get it for like $160 in the cities but thats not great film and it doesnt have a good warranty

[drift86]

freeman_j wrote:
I asked out of curiousity. I saw some of the tintmaster guys from Fargo at some of the car shows with the colored tint on their cars and was curious about how much it costs. Personally I think it is ricey, but that's my opinion.

I was mainly using the tint as an example of crazy prices. I wasn't talking about labor either (I guess on the tint I was). I was talking about the mark up on parts. They don't need to sell at cost, but they don't need to sell $100+ over either. If their business is suffering that bad where they need to do these huge mark ups to make up for it, they need to get out of business. That's just common sense to me.

As I said earlier I do my own mods so I am not worried about labor. I just thought maybe it would be more convenient to run down the street and pick up the parts then to order them online. Besides like I said earlier, half the parts you buy from the local shops are ordered online by them so you are basically paying a middle man. Even if I have to pay for shipping I still save tons of cash ordering online for myself and alot of companies don't charge for shipping so that's even more cash saved.

Also, it is stupid to use the quote: "You have to pay to play" because with the money you could save by avoiding these shops you could "Play" a hell of alot more.

I am just venting because I would rather go into a shop a deal with a real person, but I am not willing to get ripped off to do so.
i dont know if it was said already... but you must not understand that these buisnesses have whole sale accounts which gets parts some what cheaper than any joe schmoe who goes on the internet to buy the parts. so unless you got a whole sale account, you are paying right around what you would pay to get them off the internet.

[slow90gsx]

Wow,take some small business classes......your not in Cali anymore.

[n2o]

freeman_j wrote:
Believe it or not I am totally messin' with all of you.

You guys get riled up way too easy. We are all into the same hobby. How we choose to pursue it is our own choice.

and

freeman_j wrote:
It was just the more replies I got the more fun it was to twist them around and reply back. Besides, I need to build up my posts so I can use the arcade. J/K

Pretty lame coverup for some severe back pedaling

[24valvenotak]

burn...and with that, q the music