modern warrior gunsmith...wow

[Steve G]

I understand that, but this would be $125 for maybe 30-60 seconds worth of work, with non specialized tools, and very simple understanding of the way to do the job. Auto shops are $90 a hour and require some level of specialized skills, and tools that are more than $30, not $90 for 1 minute of righty tighty lefty loosey.

Randal charged me $35 to stake a castle nut (first had to unscrew it and get the lock tite out), put together some pieces on my lower, and completely assemble my upper. A "reasonable" over charge for what MGW quoted me...$30 or $35, but $125?!! Please, that's ****ing absurd. I had this same issue in December 2014 with my last SSE (wanted to put on kak buffer tube) and they charged me $10.

Walmart charges $18 to change a tire that you bring them. Changing one tire definitely requires more effort and the same amount of "specialized tools" over my $125 barrel nut.

www.walmart.com/cp/Auto-Services/1087266

So then do it yourself! Maybe you can get walmart to do it?? LOL

[.40CALIbear]

Damn that's a lot of dough. A big shop here in Fresno charged me $40 to dimple a barrel for a gas block, assemble the upper, check headspace and test fire using their ammo. And that all happened while I watched. Just shop around or take it to Randall.

[Khromo]

It sounds more like a "we don't want to bother with this guy, he'll either pay up or leave us alone" rate. Kind of like when an FFL charges $150 for a transfer when there's a place across town that'll do it for $50. Why they would do that? No idea...

A lot of highly competent service providers don't want to bother with small jobs. It can be boring. It can push your queue out, to the annoyance of higher end customers with better stuff to work on. It takes up space. It eats up time. It's their personal choice, so who cares why they do it? They know why they do it. They can do whatever they want, and apparently, they don't want to fix the OP's gun!

Another thing to consider is a lot of folks who perform services have a highly developed sense of who might be more trouble than their business is worth. Cranking up the price is one of the easiest ways to get rid of a potential customer who smells like more trouble than he or she is worth.

This passage from post #4 might suggest there is another side to this tale:

"...maybe 30-60 seconds worth of work, with non specialized tools, and very simple understanding of the way to do the job..."

Or I'll get on the Internoogie and burn you down, right? Because that's what troublesome customers do.

[AreWeFree]

A lot of highly competent service providers don't want to bother with small jobs. It can be boring. It can push your queue out, to the annoyance of higher end customers with better stuff to work on. It takes up space. It eats up time. It's their personal choice, so who cares why they do it? They know why they do it. They can do whatever they want, and apparently, they don't want to fix the OP's gun!

Another thing to consider is a lot of folks who perform services have a highly developed sense of who might be more trouble than their business is worth. Cranking up the price is one of the easiest ways to get rid of a potential customer who smells like more trouble than he or she is worth.

This passage from post #4 might suggest there is another side to this tale:

"...maybe 30-60 seconds worth of work, with non specialized tools, and very simple understanding of the way to do the job..."

Or I'll get on the Internoogie and burn you down, right? Because that's what troublesome customers do.

LOL internoogie

[adamjay]

I'll cut that springy handguard thingy off for 50 bones, bro!

Get the tools, totally worth it.
Yes, way too much. Unless of course it isn't.

[Tanner68]

A lot of highly competent service providers don't want to bother with small jobs. It can be boring. It can push your queue out, to the annoyance of higher end customers with better stuff to work on. It takes up space. It eats up time. It's their personal choice, so who cares why they do it? They know why they do it. They can do whatever they want, and apparently, they don't want to fix the OP's gun!

Another thing to consider is a lot of folks who perform services have a highly developed sense of who might be more trouble than their business is worth. Cranking up the price is one of the easiest ways to get rid of a potential customer who smells like more trouble than he or she is worth.

This passage from post #4 might suggest there is another side to this tale:

"...maybe 30-60 seconds worth of work, with non specialized tools, and very simple understanding of the way to do the job..."

Or I'll get on the Internoogie and burn you down, right? Because that's what troublesome customers do.

Do it every day (Not the internoogie part.).