Rates · Myrtle Beach, SCStraight prices. No pork.
Prices change with the car and the problem, but here is how I bill, written down before you call.
The service call
Plumbers don't drive around for free. Neither do I.
Every visit blocks out part of my day: the drive, the diagnosis, the research, the estimate. So there's a $125 fee to come to you in the Myrtle Beach area, and more for the long drives. If I diagnose it and you decide not to have me fix it, that $125 is the bill.
If it's a quick fix, like a corroded battery terminal I have on the truck, you'll pay about $225: the service call plus the part and the time. An uncommon electrical gremlin that takes two hours to find costs more.
And the part nobody else offers: if I can't figure out the cause of your problem, you pay nothing. Not the service call, not the hours. If I find it, I get paid.
Cash, Venmo, Cash App and Zelle with no fee. Visa, Mastercard and Amex add 3%. No checks, no payment plans.
Your own parts
You don't bring bacon and eggs to a restaurant.
Except for brake jobs, I supply the parts. I make a fair, industry-standard margin on them, and in return the job is warrantied for two years, parts and labor. An alternator I supply that fails is my problem, not yours.
When you bring the part, there's no warranty, and if it fails I have to bill the labor twice. Plenty of the parts people buy are the wrong one, or used and already bad.
The battery math
Why a new battery runs about $400.
A DieHard from Advance Auto Parts costs $219.99 to $259.99 before tax, so $243 to $291 out the door, for the battery alone. Coming out and installing it is usually $160 on top. Batteries buried under a seat or behind a wheel well, or new terminal ends, push that to $175 to $200.
Book me for the day if you already know you need a list of things done. $600 gets you 12 PM to 6 PM at one place, and I can tell you which parts to buy and where to get the best price.
Car won't start? Call me.
Call or text. Myrtle Beach, Socastee, Murrells Inlet, Surfside Beach, and farther out for a travel charge.