Everything gets hiked up at Christmas anyway. It's unfortunate that we have to do so much footwork on our own just to keep from getting screwed. But they know that you were probably wanting to get done and get on in for the holiday...a lot of people might not say anything, just bend over and take their screwing. I shop around, too...I got my own family to support! My dad was a radiator man. I remember him searching for good core prices so things would work out for everybody. He was always up to his eyeballs in work. Some of my best memories from childhood (up until he dropped us all like a bad habit) were getting to go in on Saturdays and help him in "the shop". There were a lot of people that loved and respected him for his fair prices and good work. Even though I never hear from him anymore, I still take pride in that thing about him. He didn't have to gouge people to make money...
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"Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations given habitually, are what preserve the heart and secure comfort."
Humphry Davy
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