Beware they will RIP you off!!!!!!

That was a simple fix, and the parts store will deliver. so I'm wondering why you didn't fix it yourself?

 

Third-party parts are pretty much always marked up; 100% may be a bit much, but 30-50% is common. Ask before you order, it might be cheaper for you to hail a ride to get the parts yourself or get them delivered to you first... assuming you can't do the work yourself.

 

Ok, even for a simple fix like a tension pully why let TA work on your truck? Heck even as a company driver the most I will let them touch is a light or tire.
As for the markup I doubt it was over 100%. As stated before it's common for any shop to markup parts. It's mainly, I've been told, to cover warranty work. Dunno how true that is, but sounds plausible.

 

This is nothing new

 

I thought the OP was going to tell us about a real shop or something. Pfft TA/petro always has jacked up part prices. If you are in a bind you use them for labor. That's all.

 

News flash this just in , shops don't sell parts or anything else for that matter at their cost. Especially truckstop chains.

 

Wait til he figures out without a discount fuel card they've been getting him for .40 per gallon or so above what most everyone else is paying....

 

Repair shops are in business to make money, same reason you drive. Would you haul a load for only the amount it costs you? You shouldn't expect other businesses to perform a service for nothing. Truck drivers aren't the only ones busting our ###, which actually we are sitting on it for 95% of our job. People that believe they are the only ones who "bust their #####" and should turn a profit for their services, while everyone else should be cutting them a break for their apparently worthless service are beyond annoying and ignorant.

 

I'm putting my money oh op is a lease guy