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<blockquote data-quote="Prowler573" data-source="post: 3133921" data-attributes="member: 561023">Weird.The last time I went to Radio Shack to buy any install accessories the salesman asked me if I was hooking up some car stereo gear and when I told him &quot;Yes&quot; he looked at me like he had just found his savior. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gifHe had a Civic coupe with the OEM AM/FM/tape still in the dash and wanted a CD player installed but admitted to being totally clueless about such things. (2 points for him for honesty) He asked would I be willing to install it for him for less than the $85 Circuit City had quoted him.$85 for a simple HU install?!?No wonder CC&#039;s owners/stockholders are doing well...I had him go to WalMart and buy the appropriate wiring harness adapter and charged him $25 + a 6-pack of beer to put the deck in his car....an operation that took a grand total of under 30 minutes including heatshrinking the wire splices together.So - I walked away with a full tank of gas and a fresh 6-pack of MGD and he had a CD player in his car and spent around half of what CC would have charged.Two happy parties walking away from a deal satisfied.It was a good day. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Prowler573, post: 3133921, member: 561023"] Weird. The last time I went to Radio Shack to buy any install accessories the salesman asked me if I was hooking up some car stereo gear and when I told him "Yes" he looked at me like he had just found his savior. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif[/IMG] He had a Civic coupe with the OEM AM/FM/tape still in the dash and wanted a CD player installed but admitted to being totally clueless about such things. (2 points for him for honesty) He asked would I be willing to install it for him for less than the $85 Circuit City had quoted him. $85 for a simple HU install?!? No wonder CC's owners/stockholders are doing well... I had him go to WalMart and buy the appropriate wiring harness adapter and charged him $25 + a 6-pack of beer to put the deck in his car....an operation that took a grand total of under 30 minutes including heatshrinking the wire splices together. So - I walked away with a full tank of gas and a fresh 6-pack of MGD and he had a CD player in his car and spent around half of what CC would have charged. Two happy parties walking away from a deal satisfied. It was a good day. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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