What the hell is going on with shops?

TXDart said

Here is a thought...Need a good shop see how much work they got....
All you shop owners like me are booked due to our good reputation....
I adjust my labor rate to my expenses and it has risen 3x in the last four years and I still am booked...
Matter of fact I am at work right now...got love that daylight savings time and Spring time....WOO Hoo.......

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Agree 100%. We stay so booked up there is no light at the end of the tunnel.
And we also stand behind our work In my opinion better than any shop. And when we quote a job,that is the price, barring unknown broken parts, like a cracked head on a head job. As far as broken bolts? We eat the extra cost. We just rebuilt a trans in a Lincoln and broke a exhaust to pipe bolt off in the manifold. We fixed it at no extra cost to the customer. This is part of the reason we stay so busy.I'm not telling anyone how to run their business. Just pointing out how we do it.