[JuneBug]

I see both sides too. My regular job is selling service contracts on electrical equipment - back up systems for data centers, hopitals, banks, millitary - ok you get the idea! Anyway, battery maintenance is a big part of our business and we charge a lot for it. It can be risky, dangerous work but 99% of the time, anyone with a basic knowledge of DC systems and a few hundred bucks worth of tools - can charge HALF! what we charge and still make a sh!t load of money. Are they as good? They could be, and we've had field engineers decide to quit and do batt jobs - less hassle, they already have a relationship with customers and they make more money. Bottom line is - especially in this economy, people are looking for the best bang for the buck. And like Accumulator pointed out - most people are NOT autopians and don't fell the need (desire?) to get a car 100%, they want their daily driver cleaned and waxed and they ain't going to pay a lot for it. Dutrow - you may be on to something, stick with it - I wish you the best.