yellowfever#154
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I just bought a A/C recovery unit from Snap-On for a small fortune and am curious what the going rate is to evacuate, leak test, and recharge a A/C system?
$180 + freon in my opinion is too much, but this is why Im asking. Maybe $180 is the going rate.
I was thinking more in the line of a flat fee of $100 + freon.
Pulling the customers freon and charging them for it is crap, especially if it is full or almost full. But Im sure no one complains so they are making tons of money there.
What are they billing for freon? We just raised our price to $1.15/ounce to match what the local A/C shops are billing.
i agree. thats why i don't tell them very often "they" say its an EPA rule. if that don't sound like BS, don't know what does. liein, thevin bastards. probably one of the reasons the a/c work is down
i like the flat fee idea:rock:
not sure on the price of freon. last i heard seems like $350ish for a 30lb bottle.
but i can ask monday & see
we do it for $68 labor plus freon $12-$18 lb oil from $2.50 -$4.99 oz dye $5-$8 oz
I paid $54 and did mine myself Tyler and it frosts up the windows! lol
I forgot about the oil fees, thanks for reminding me.
To pay for a tech's labor and to recoupe the cost of the machine, $68 isnt near enough. You guys must have cars lined up down the street for A/C work.[/QUOTE
Yeh one of the cheapest labor rates in town we are booked at least 3 to 4 days out. Make your money in volume it works for wal mart.
:dontknow::dontknow:EPA rule? To basically charge people for what they already have, that doesnt make sense.:dontknow::dontknow:
If I remember right we pay about $0.65/ounce so about $312 per 30 lbs bottle.
Yeh one of the cheapest labor rates in town we are booked at least 3 to 4 days out. Make your money in volume it works for wal mart.
i am by no means an expert on the issue, but very few people do a FLUSH. i had to search all over the lower 48 for a shop to do it for me when my AC pump blew up. so much junk in the lines, the new one crapped out the first day. no one seemed to do a flush. its an extra service you can offer anyone who has to replace the pump.
the R&R for the freon was $90 plus 1# at $25 plus the flush at $90 plus the oil at $15.
I paid full price a number of years back to have the ac compressor replaced on my wife's 'vette at the Chevy dealer. They offered a lifetime warranty on any major work they do, so I figured what the heck. They have since replaced the compressor every year. It just died again this past weekend. I am off to get it replaced for the -- get this -- 5th time!
It may have cost me $700 to get it done the first time, but man has it ever paid for itself in spades. The service manager keeps telling me that they are flushing the system each time, but if I were them, I would question the compentency of the techs doing the work.
So, I have to set an appointment to go back, once more, to get the ac compressor replaced. Once they've surpassed the value of my used car, maybe they should just replace the whole car instead of just the ac, lol.
I paid full price a number of years back to have the ac compressor replaced on my wife's 'vette at the Chevy dealer. They offered a lifetime warranty on any major work they do, so I figured what the heck. They have since replaced the compressor every year. It just died again this past weekend. I am off to get it replaced for the -- get this -- 5th time!
It may have cost me $700 to get it done the first time, but man has it ever paid for itself in spades. The service manager keeps telling me that they are flushing the system each time, but if I were them, I would question the compentency of the techs doing the work.
So, I have to set an appointment to go back, once more, to get the ac compressor replaced. Once they've surpassed the value of my used car, maybe they should just replace the whole car instead of just the ac, lol.