Are quick fixes a thing of the past?

[Dixie68]

The under tray on my Focus ST has come loose on one side; not a major problem but it needs to go on a ramp to get it resecured. I drove to four local garages earlier and none of them would even look at it. "Not worth my while mate", "I'm fully booked until Tuesday" were two of the responses I got.
Maybe it's just London but don't garages take passing trade anymore?
I'm tempted to get an oil change now as I know they'll need to remove and refit the under tray to do it.

[Dixie68]

I'd love to be able to bung it up on stands and do it myself, unfortunately due to me being a knackered old fart I can't

[Dixie68]

mighty kitten said:

Used to do these bits but had one too many "do I owe you anything ?" So it's a minimum £10 charge even if its 2mins

Now see that doesn't bother me at all, I can't do it myself so I've got no problem paying someone else to do it. I remember the days when if you had a problem when driving you just pulled into the nearest petrol station that usually had a garage attached and got them to fix it. Seems to be a thing of the past now though.