Originally Posted by
sydney
You gotta be kidding!
Around here retail space rents for $90/square foot per year triple net with the tenant paying for real estate taxes, insurance, and maintenance.
A small 1500 square foot LBS is looking at $150,000 a year before they hire any employees or cover other business expenses like utilities and liability insurance.
One somewhat larger LBS charges $80 to replace cables to cover that, materials and tax not included.
I don't think that includes housings since they're specifically mentioned as part of the $275 full tuneup.
Personally I find it less effort to do work like that myself than driving to the LBS, finding parking, dropping off the bike, driving home, driving to the LBS, finding parking, picking up the bike, and driving home which probably totals 1.5 hours.