Look, i understand that shops have expenses and need to make money to stay in business, but, i'm a savvy person when it comes to bike stuff, I do my research and i know how much i could get the same parts online for.
Paul was trying to make at least a 100% markup on the parts i needed for my bike. Then he wanted to charge me 85 per hour. In conclusion, a tuneup for my bike would have cost me about $650!!! not to mention he truly is as rude as his reputation states.
I figured i'd give it a shot, but ultimately, i called the guys at Xtreme Supermoto (xtremesupermoto if you're looking on google, i found them on CL..) and had the same work done for about $350 and he didn't mark up the parts very much and was incredibly receptive to all of my issues, and even threw in some things for free just because he saw that they needed to be done. He is affordable, FAIR, and a cool guy in general.
I will definitely refer my bike club to Mitch at Xtreme over Paul Zabor any time someone needs something. Sorry Paul, good luck with your business, you're bad reputation definitely precedes you!
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