A year and a half ago I took my car in to look at the breaks. They said that my rotors were bad. They said they could shave them down for $589. I said ok and immediately felt swindled. I called my friend who works on cars and he said it's more expensive to shave them down than to buy new ones ($150) and he would put them on for way less. I called Sun Auto back literally 2 min after I said ok and they said they were already done with one. I work in the machining business and know it doesn't happen that fast. Also, shaving them down is all labor cost which auto places generally charge$100 - $175 an hour. This is if they spend even ten minutes to do something. I told them I just can't spend that kind of money.
They said they would stop with just the one and I could come pick it up in 10 min. (That sounds safe!) They told me I had to pay $350 and I had to bring them back there to Sun Auto to finish the job because I would be charged more by other auto places. I payed and left.
When my friend went to take off the rotors he noticed they were a rusted on. Sun Auto never took them off! All they did was put new brake pads on to make it feel better when driving for about two weeks. A set of high end new brake pads cost $50. Lesson learned!