whats the diff? FOUND!! (rant over price added for free)

[fordman]

i think the forks dont care what size clutch you have

[ContryboyFE]

I don't know what the situation is where you are, but usually that "raping" is caused by your local government.

For example, here I get whacked $73 every time the local fire inspector walks in the door. He is here 5 minutes max and a few days later the local government sends me a bill for $73. And that is if the fire inspector does not find any problems. If he does, I get whacked more, like $50 for every fire extinguisher that has not been inspected in the last year, and more for other things. Those fees are automatic even if I can fix the problem with the inspector there.

And I get charged about $600 per year for THE RAIN THAT FALLS ON MY BUILDING and there is NO runoff from the property. Latest thing is now it looks like I will be socked again every year, this time for allowing the runoff to soak into the ground!!!! More permits, more paperwork, and more cost every year.

If I hire ONE employee, my paperwork to the state, county, city, local transportation district, metropolitan transportation district, fire district, and so on, goes up to the tune of about 100 wasted hours per year over not having the employee.

And the list goes on and on.

All of those costs require me to raise my prices. If I don't raise them to compensate, I don't eat and eventually I go bankrupt.

So before you lambast your locals, consider that the costs of doing business where you are may be excessively higher than the costs to their competitors in some other state or city.

I am not saying you should shop locally. Doing so for most people would be foolish as they cannot afford it. Just don't blame the business for things the owner has no control over.

i'm not upset at them doing business (all paper work + cost of being open= OVERHEAD, i get that). they were charging me for THEIR freight charges AND taxing me on the freight!!! i got online and found the exact same clutch on THEIR web site WITHOUT any extra charges. + tax it was only about $10 more AND shipped to MY house.