Patman
Staff member
I don’t imagine that most modern shops would charge women any more than men because what they charge is all in their computer system. They have a set labor rate for each service and the cost of parts is a set price too.
But with an old school shop that doesn’t have any kind of computer system to determine what they charge, anything goes and it’s entirely possible that they charge different prices for different people.
That being said, small shops rely on word of mouth for their customers and these days with social media it’s even more important to have good customer service and good pricing. My girlfriend has a couple of different shops that she uses for her car and the prices that she pays sound very reasonable to me.
But with an old school shop that doesn’t have any kind of computer system to determine what they charge, anything goes and it’s entirely possible that they charge different prices for different people.
That being said, small shops rely on word of mouth for their customers and these days with social media it’s even more important to have good customer service and good pricing. My girlfriend has a couple of different shops that she uses for her car and the prices that she pays sound very reasonable to me.