Over $6000 to install TTI headers on 66 Barracuda

Jeez, I've yet to meet a mechanic who I would concider a tradesman. Mechanics are responsible for me figuring out how to do everything myself- engines, trans, diffs and even paint. I have found that its not so much the mech but the shop. Up here they bill according to what their "black book" says how long certain jobs take. They then rush through it so fast to complete in less time but you still pay the black book time estimate. Your ride gets rushed out and the next one in with a new "black book" time estimate started. $80/hour shop rate a good part of the time turns into $160/ fer the shop. See their motivation? The business attitude up in Canada I have experienced is not "the customer is always right" but more like "screw that guy as hard as you can now, because he ain't coming back". I believe the only person you can count on is yourself. My rant