$7.00 to fix a flat tire?
05-24-08, 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Wordbiker
Since he is against anyone being paid for services rendered, it would explain why he himself has no money: He doesn't charge anything for his work.
It makes sense though...I know people that would gladly drive Paris Hilton around for free, therefore making his services worth nothing by his own "logic".
It makes sense though...I know people that would gladly drive Paris Hilton around for free, therefore making his services worth nothing by his own "logic".
05-25-08, 11:23 PM
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.Or are you opposed to people being paid for work performed in general?
05-25-08, 11:42 PM
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Originally Posted by mark9950
No, services rendered charges should be according to income on an a sliding affordability scale,Which means it should be according to my income.Which means I would pay about $1.50 to fix my flat.Paris would have to pay $10,000 to get her flat fixed.
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05-26-08, 06:06 AM
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Originally Posted by mark9950
No, services rendered charges should be according to income on an a sliding affordability scale,Which means it should be according to my income.Which means I would pay about $1.50 to fix my flat.Paris would have to pay $10,000 to get her flat fixed.
Incidentally, most of the people in the world were born in places like China and India and Equitorial Africa. If, through no effort on your part, you happened to be born in the USA, you really shouldn't complain about what's "fair".
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05-26-08, 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by mark9950
No, services rendered charges should be according to income on an a sliding affordability scale,Which means it should be according to my income.Which means I would pay about $1.50 to fix my flat.Paris would have to pay $10,000 to get her flat fixed.
05-26-08, 07:02 PM
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." Spouting such Communist philosophy on Memorial Day!
Besides everybody else cares less about me,regardless.
I am a proud communist atheist,I prayed to this mythical jesus and got nothing in return,therefore I concluded he doesnt exist and may not ever have existed.
Here's some reading for you.
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05-26-08, 07:50 PM
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The GC forum must be getting slow, in order to revive this dead end thread. There, I did my part to feed the hungry troll, don't want him to get too thin.
05-26-08, 11:40 PM
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The OP is a socially misfit nutter. Just check out some of the other threads he's started. It seems the world is against him........
05-27-08, 12:27 AM
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Originally Posted by mark9950
Oh yes it is,republicans hate the low wage worker(just listen to rush limbaugh) ,and the democrats always talk about the middle class and rarely the low wage worker.Seems like the united states is against me anyway.
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05-27-08, 07:16 AM
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Originally Posted by mark9950
Oh yes it is,republicans hate the low wage worker(just listen to rush limbaugh) ,and the democrats always talk about the middle class and rarely the low wage worker.Seems like the united states is against me anyway.
05-27-08, 05:49 PM
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Then leave if you don't like the US.
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Originally Posted by mark9950
I never said I didnt like the US, ridht wingers always put words in our mouths,dont .BEtter stick to gays,guns and God.
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Originally Posted by mark9950
No, services rendered charges should be according to income on an a sliding affordability scale,Which means it should be according to my income.Which means I would pay about $1.50 to fix my flat.Paris would have to pay $10,000 to get her flat fixed.
Lock it up, move it to P & R.
05-29-08, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by mark9950
I am a proud communist atheist,I prayed to this mythical jesus and got nothing in return,therefore I concluded he doesnt exist and may not ever have existed.
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An LBS that was closest to me would charge $10, including the new tube. It took him about 10 mins.
Too bad the shop is no longer around.
Too bad the shop is no longer around.
05-30-08, 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by chephy
It is a reasonable price. Mechanic's time is worth something, and it's not exactly a two-minute job. If you think it's so fast and simple, do it yourself.
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Two minute job? What about risking EVERYTHING to open a bike shop? I have my own store and people say the same thing at times. All I think about is the $420/month Reality tax, $5400/year City taxes....ect...all on top of my House taxes. That guy's shop costs $100's day just to cover base costs. So at $7/flat he'll never make money.
05-31-08, 12:01 AM
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Two minute job? What about risking EVERYTHING to open a bike shop?
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I worked in a LBS as a teenager in 1974. A flat repair was $1.76, just a hair more than my hourly pay at the time.
I have paid for a flat repair, but only when I was out with no tools. I never ride now without tools, a pump and a spare tube.
I do not agree with comrade mark. The price is the price, whether you are rich or poor. Sorry to break your heart but capitalism is the way to go, even with flat tires.
I have paid for a flat repair, but only when I was out with no tools. I never ride now without tools, a pump and a spare tube.
I do not agree with comrade mark. The price is the price, whether you are rich or poor. Sorry to break your heart but capitalism is the way to go, even with flat tires.
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06-10-08, 11:29 AM
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If it benefits me,I am all for it.I care less about everybody else.Remember the me society that we americans voted in the 80s,ronald reagan.
Besides everybody else cares less about me,regardless.
I am a proud communist atheist,I prayed to this mythical jesus and got nothing in return,therefore I concluded he doesnt exist and may not ever have existed.
In my shop your flat repair would have just gone up to $40....
. That's capitalism at work.
Besides everybody else cares less about me,regardless.
I am a proud communist atheist,I prayed to this mythical jesus and got nothing in return,therefore I concluded he doesnt exist and may not ever have existed.
In my shop your flat repair would have just gone up to $40....
. That's capitalism at work.
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