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Originally Posted by drmlee
places like SF or NYC don't charge the same as we get in socal. their rent, cost of living, etc is higher, so shops charge accordingly. my sister lives in the city (SF) and had a tire blow out. my friend owns a tire shop down here and give me wholesale pricing, I went to visit and brought her a tire. a shop in the city charged me $50-60 to dismount, mount and balance one new tire. whenever something breaks or she needs service, they charge double for everything compared to what the prices are in socal. a shop like GMG will ask for $5-600 to install springs, $380 is not that bad for NYC.
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There's some truth to what you're saying but, just to put in springs that's a over usual charge.