That makes no sense to me. A decent wheel costs $70 and of course good ones way more. A spoke costs a couple bucks (tops), so with a decent labor rate, the guy could charge you $35 for the repair. I bet you could find someone to fix it for you.

I wonder if the shop owner stopped carrying repairs because customers are so used to the "disposable everything", that they just assume repair is alwas impossible, and anyone who offers to do it is some sort of scam artist.

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