Garage Misdiagnosis: Error or Rip-Off??

[YorkshireBloke]

Hi all,

Good learning for me, especially Adrian E (thanks for the roof bars!).

I won't be like MikiJayne and become the mechanic they couldn't find, haven't got a garage now, never had the skills.

What about "leveraging" contacts and knowledge to buy bits for others to fit? In the past I've bought wood / electrical components / etc cheaply for craftsmen (sorry, no women yet!) to fit on jobs.

I have had to understand that the margin earned on the bits by the tradesman has to be compensated for in a higher hourly rate ( cross subsidisation not possible).

Will a garage worth using let me do this??

Robert