Why do some repairs service providers don't like customers/ clients buying the spare parts that needs to be fixed?

[Fidelia]

Many repairs service providers always prefer to go buy the spare parts of the equipment they are fixing by themselves. They don't like when the customers or clients go to buy the spare parts by themselves.

What could be the possible cause of that?

 

[eLdavis]

This is mainly because buying the spare parts is where they make most of their profits from. Most times they don't earn much from workmanship.

 

[Trush Jodie]

This is mainly because buying the spare parts is where they make most of their profits from. Most times they don't earn much from workmanship.

Does that mean they add to the price they quote for materials? Is that not unfair on the client? I think they should rather charge for workmanship.

 

[Starmix]

After they repair the spare parts they can make them look new, and once there is a buyer, the original price is tampered with a new price.

 

[Augusta]

Some do it out of greed as they don't want you buying it so that they can make money off it. Others want to buy the original parts as they know it better.

 

[eLdavis]

Does that mean they add to the price they quote for materials? Is that not unfair on the client? I think they should rather charge for workmanship.

It depends on how you look at it though. Like myself am a graphic designer, when i design a job i go to a printing press for printing, now on a normal day am not supposed to add to the printing price but just take my charges for designing, but here is the problem, most of them tend to under price the designing cost or some would refuse to do the work completely, so in cases like this, i would reduce the designing price and add to the printing price to get my complete profit. Or in some cases to cover other expenses like the cost of transportation and so on.

 

[Trush Jodie]

It depends on how you look at it though. Like myself am a graphic designer, when i design a job i go to a printing press for printing, now on a normal day am not supposed to add to the printing price but just take my charges for designing, but here is the problem, most of them tend to under price the designing cost or some would refuse to do the work completely, so in cases like this, i would reduce the designing price and add to the printing price to get my complete profit. Or in some cases to cover other expenses like the cost of transportation and so on.

It is fine if the prices are not exploitative in order to make abnormal profits for yourself. That's reasonable.