In need of advice.... Transmission woes

[Lizardmen3477]

To swap a trans should be only few hours of labor an fluid like 5/700$ tops ive had shops charge as little as 200 plus fluid. 3k is insane an ya can find used trans cheap
An 7k in repairs are needed??. Id never go back to this shop tbeyre trying to **** you. Ya can go buy 2 more vxs for that

[housertl]

To swap a trans should be only few hours of labor an fluid like 5/700$ tops ive had shops charge as little as 200 plus fluid. 3k is insane an ya can find used trans cheap
An 7k in repairs are needed??. Id never go back to this shop tbeyre trying to **** you. Ya can go buy 2 more vxs for that

I'm going to see if I can get an estimate over the phone from AAMCO for a rebuild/replace. One thing that gets my hackles up is that their parts cost quotes seem to be 200-300% of what I can get that part for at autozone. They want something like $400 for the cost of the rebuild kit alone, $240 for an EGR valve, etc. The tough piece is that I'm overseas, and my wife is having to deal with most of this herself.