I wouldn't think soCould be they don't really want to do the job, got to be much easier ways to make money than working on a potentially rusty old FIAT? So they simply price it at a point where they will make a good profit from the job?, possibly hoping you'll just go away - or elsewhere?
It's bead and butter work
Even garages that mainly do MOTs take on shocks and arms as they don't tie up the ramps for long