That is a rip-off. Either that or the labour-charges in your area are extraordinarily high anyway.
Say $20 for the arm bought directly. So £280 fitting-charge.
I don't know what would be a fair "call-out charge" or "miniumum order charge" locally to you- let's say $100.
So £180 for 5 minutes gives $2160 an hour overheads rate... the fitter sees only a fraction of that as wages.
Like many motorists I regard items like screen wiper blades as "consumables" you simply buy as common pattern-parts from your local car-parts dealer, and fit yourself.
Actually our main one, a branch of the Halfords chain, does offer a fitting service too, for little extra charge. I had to use it recently to replace a blown headlamp bulb, because although that should be a simple task normally, the bodywork design makes one lamp-holder extremely difficult to reach and I did not to risk damaging anything.
Is there not a similar shop near you?
