Labor and pricing is sooooo misunderstood ...a certain job has an assigned
price it charges for the job , usually it's measured in hours. If it takes a technician 30 minutes to replace
the seals in a fork...but it calls for 1.5 hrs labor , take the labor rate and times it by 1.5 ...now if the tech does it in 30 minutes...then it works in his favor and he is making money .
But it still pays 1.5 hrs for the job...dealers hourly rates vary 55-80
bucks an hour.... sometimes the more work you have done...the more they can tweek it IF they want to.
So please don't look at how long it takes the tech to do the work... it has
nothing to do with the bill .
Most shops won't let you stand around in a shop for liability reasons... if something happens...they would be liable for any injury or accident.
Most techs don't want to explain why they are picking up a wrench...and explain why they are banging on your brake calipers...as you'd
have this look the whole time

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Most techs also don't want you standing over them ...would you ?