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Old 05-01-2010, 12:27 PM   #12
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No offense but that completely false...shops don't charge customers by the quart. A lot of shops will give you a little paint in a bottle as a courtesy but you aren't entitled to anything. They charge a flat rate rate per hour for materials, not by each material used.
Not false at all. That flat rate covers the cost of the materials consumed by the job, whether its a pint or half a gallon. It all averages out. So if they mixed a quart, sprayed 2/3 of the quart, ask for the left over. The customer has effectively paid for the materials used, including overage.
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