I hear you, but... how many hours of effort on your part? and would you do that work for free for anyone else? Also, what if the car sustained damage while in your shop? would you blink at paying out whatever it cost for damages that you may have accidentally caused? Would you cover a callback for free?Daughters Santa Fe broke a front coil spring Saturday. For just under $400 I replaced the front struts with Monroe Quick Struts, oil change with a Mahle filter and Kirkland oil, and rotated the tires.
I get it, dealerships are awful. I avoid 'em too, too costly. But I don't expect the corner garage to work for free any more than I'd offer to work for free on someone else's car. Not sure how many garages are under $100 per hour now, plus it's pretty common to have a minimum time to charge, like a min of one hour labor, no matter how quick the job really was, since admin stuff isn't free (booking the timeslot, talking to customer, etc).