So You Need a Repair

Whether your oven breaks or your car’s taillights go out, you’ll likely need to repair something at some point in your life. You’ll have to pay for it to be repaired, but a budget-busting fee isn’t inevitable.

Why should you get price quotes before agreeing to a repair?

Many mechanics and repair shops charge significant “shop fee” markups and poorly justified fees because they believe that you, the consumer, won’t be willing or able to fight back.

What types of fees DoNotPay can help me avoid?

Types of Excessive Repair Fees

• Shop Fees: These fees are often justified as labor fees but sometimes aren’t itemized, so you can’t always tell what they actually represent.

• Part markup: The shop may charge you a huge markup on any necessary replacement parts compared to what the shop paid for the part.

• Unnecessary repairs: If you’re not very clear that only what you can see is broken should be fixed, the shop may “repair” or “replace” additional parts that don’t need to be fixed and then charge you for it.

• Breaking and then fixing parts: This is rare and especially notorious, but some sketchy shops actually break functional parts and then repair them at your expense.

We can find competitive repair rates for your specific car or appliance in your area to give you negotiating leverage. Additionally, we can help you spot attempts by repair shops and mechanics to charge you for unnecessary, overvalued, or even nonexistent services.

It Only Takes 3 Easy Steps:

1. Search for Quote My Repair on DoNotPay.

2. Enter the details of the repair you need.

3. Let DoNotPay find competitive rates for that repair in your area and any relevant information to keep you from being overcharged.

And that's it!