On 6/18/11, My car died on the Freeway. I had my Mustang towed by Apache Sands in Mesa to their service center to find out problem. I needed alternator, battery and oil change. $721.53. I paid my bill and asked why they were $110 more expensive than the Ford dealer would have been and how do you keep return customers?. Randy in Service said "Oh we do just fine" Randy then went through line by line and Apache was more expensive on every item.\r
Alternator $408.09 Ford dealer: $380 installed\r
Oil Change: $40.69 Ford dealer $32 including disposal fees\r
Battery: $141.96 Ford dealer $108 installation WAVED\r
Analyze fee: $48.82 Ford dealer Waived. \r
My wife asked Randy to convey to the management that we were not pleased with their prices and he retorted" Naw, I have been telling shops for 30 years they are too expensive It doesn't do any good. There is nothing they will do about the price" We left the shop and when getting into the car we noticed 2, 3 inch long gouges in the lef
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