I read Reddit a lot, anywhere from 1-3 hours per day.

I often see posts on the HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical and other service related subs that all go the same way.

Home owner: my A/C quit, tech came out and found the entire system is dead, quoted 15k for replacement.

Reddit: doubtful, get a second opinion.

Home owner: a second company came out and found [some $20 part] was bad and replaced it for $100 all in. Working great now.

I recently had a bad experience with a dealership, and I only had my car worked on because it was needing something that can only be done by a very expensive machine.

I learned how to do my own repairs on pretty much anything, because I’ve had so many bad experiences with people, who try to take advantage of me thinking I’m some dumb sucker who doesn’t know the field of study they are in.

No less than 3 dealerships, when I was renting and did not have a garage, would try to tell me when I took my car in for one thing, that multiple other items were bad, but of course when I took the car somewhere else, like a small independent shop, those things were obviously fine.

Why does it seem like morals, honesty, ethics, etc has gone completely out the window?

I feel like so many companies that work in service operate with the attitude of “this dude don’t know shit, let’s tell him he needs all this other shit and charge him for it”.

Literally everyone I know has some horror story about car dealerships.