My riding lawnmower drive belt came off when I hit an extension cord in my yard, rather then fix it myself I took into John Deere Longmont to have it checked out and serviced. After two weeks they called me and told me I needed new steering rods and drive belt, cost $950. The mower is only worth $600 so I decided to take it home and do the work myself. To get it back from them they charged me $175 labor for the time it took to look at the belt and steering (I talked to the tech and it took probably 15min for him to put a flashlight under to see the belt was worn). When I went to do the work myself I found the steering rods were not bent and the drive belt only needed to be reseated on spindle, whole job took me 45min. When I went back to confront them, they told me the parts were only recommended not needed, and there shop labor is $98/hr. Evidently there technicians take a 1 hour brake every 10 min of work, to charge over $700 in labor for a job that takes less then an hour by a homeowner with no experience.
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My riding lawnmower drive belt came off when I hit an extension cord in my yard, rather then fix it myself I took into John Deere Longmont to have it checked out and serviced. After two weeks they called me and told me I needed new steering rods and drive belt, cost $950. The mower is only worth $600 so I decided to take it home and do the work myself. To get it back from them they charged me $175 labor for the time it took to look at the belt and steering (I talked to the tech and it took probably 15min for him to put a flashlight under to see the belt was worn). When I went to do the work myself I found the steering rods were not bent and the drive belt only needed to be reseated on spindle, whole job took me 45min. When I went back to confront them, they told me the parts were only recommended not needed, and there shop labor is $98/hr. Evidently there technicians take a 1 hour brake every 10 min of work, to charge over $700 in labor for a job that takes less then an hour by a homeowner with no experience.