Re:RealPage rent-pricing case wraps with nearly $360M to ren...
by hedora on Sunday November 08, 2026 @11:15AM
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I know a mechanic through a friend that only works on cars of make A. I took my car of make B to someone down the street.
My mechanic friend heard about it, and gave me the following warning.
The mechanic I was working with had an application where you entered in symptoms (e.g. belt noise), and it would stack rank plausible-sounding repairs by profitability. (e.g., should you just replace the belt, should you replace the alternator, or replace the A/C compressor) It used the markup of the parts needed for each job, hours you can charge, actual hours worked, turnaround time (part lead time), etc.
I switched mechanics, and the maintenance cost of my car dropped 75%. It also was at least twice as reliable after that.
Apps like that (and the plumber one) should be illegal. Their only purpose is to defraud customers, so the developers + the customers should be facing jail time.
My mechanic friend heard about it, and gave me the following warning.
The mechanic I was working with had an application where you entered in symptoms (e.g. belt noise), and it would stack rank plausible-sounding repairs by profitability. (e.g., should you just replace the belt, should you replace the alternator, or replace the A/C compressor) It used the markup of the parts needed for each job, hours you can charge, actual hours worked, turnaround time (part lead time), etc.
I switched mechanics, and the maintenance cost of my car dropped 75%. It also was at least twice as reliable after that.
Apps like that (and the plumber one) should be illegal. Their only purpose is to defraud customers, so the developers + the customers should be facing jail time.