Outrageous overbill by Kanter Automotive

MattP said
I'm not saying Kanter added additional cost on top of what was originally quoted.

I read it as Kanter quoted the job at $225 and during the course of repair they found additional damage that added $100. So now we are at $325. Figure shipping and you get the $340.75 OP was charged.



Everyone was happy until OP found out what Kanter actually paid someone else to perform the work and realized they had only been billed $146.44.


There’s no getting around that Kanter is only billing what he agreed to pay.

But, as long as people are willing to pay then more power to Kanter. They apparently offer a service that's worth that kind of markup to enough customers to stay in business. This is a prime example of knowledge is power. If the OP knew who to send it to he could have eliminated the middle man and saved a decent chunk of change.
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MattP
If the OP knew who to send the pump to it is unlikely he would have saved much money. The company that rebuilt the pump offers a substantial discount to volume customers. Kanter likely sends thousands of parts to the rebuilder and thus gets a huge discount. The OP is going to send 1 so he is going to pay retail not wholesale. For example: OP ships pump to rebuilder for $20, OP pays rebuilder retail price on pump rebuild probably $200, OP gets phone call and is told needs another $100 worth of work, OP pays return shipping of $20. Tell me what he saves?
~Michael