The Halls

I love vehicles. They always cause me pain. This truck I've had for 6 years, and it's been one of the more trouble-free vehicles I've had. But right now, it's torquing me off. A very simple looking bearing, called a carrier bearing just had it's rubber housing degrade to the point where it all fell apart. The bearing itself looks fine, and spins fine, but the rubber failed. Of course, you can't buy just the rubber housing. You have to buy the whole thing, $90 at the parts store.
AND, you have to have all kinds of gear pullers and the like to get the driveshaft apart to put it on, so I can't do it myself.
I called a couple places, and one guy said the part would only be $20 through them.
"Pencil me in, then" I told him, and took the truck there this morning.
He called me later and said "yeah, the estimate is $440"
WTF!?!?
"Oh, the other guy quoted you the wrong price for the part, it's really $230".
Nice trick. I also had the part on order at the parts store. I could have just brought them the part to use.

This happens to me everytime I need to go to a mechanic. They're all crooks. That's why I do as much myself as I possibly can.