On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, Randall wrote:
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> Tim Mullen wrote:
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> > I find if strange that all the ads for "brake jobs" on the TV and newspaper
> > always include turning the rotors/drums in the price.
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> IMO this is so they can sell you new rotors/drums at an inflated price.
> I once had a national chain insist that an almost-new rotor (less than
> 5000 miles) was too thin to turn. I also once asked to just have a drum
They want to turn them because they wear out quicker and then they get to
sell you new ones. Very convienent, eh? I had a place turn my rotors --
despite my written instructions not to -- and then tell me that they were
too thin to refit. We compromised. They didn't charge me, and I didn't
report them to the Attonery General.
David Scheidt
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