Fiesta 2010 plate service cost

[cdafam]

Hey guys

I'm not exactly new around here, but have been here-and-there perusing the boards for tips that others have raised.

I wanted to raise myself a question of your experiences with service costs and whether or not you stuck with your original dealers for servicing?

I run a 2010 plate Zetec (manual 5dr; petrol) and have had problems in the past with my dealer (at 10,000km service they mixed up my tyre order after my wheels went severely out of alignment after only less than a year and charged me an amount that was not commensurate with the 'work' they did on the car). However I'm up for my 40,000th km, just dropped the car off and got a call back from a very nice bloke there. Basically I'm forking out:

$275 base service
$89 A/C de-odourising
$75 brake fluid
$89 fuel injector

He also said that since my drums are wearing dangerously thin (they are screeching quite a bit now) and hovering around 10% of wear left - which led to his suggestion for replacing the front brakes which I'm all for.

Now the quote was $320 for that. Is that right for stock brakes and labour? Also should i upgrade my brakes to something more durable? (i do plenty of stop and go and most my trips are in city and city bound).

I wasn't quite expecting a $800+ bill on servicing, and was wondering if I'm better off at an independent servicer in the future?
Many thanks all. I plan to offer all insights as I can in re Fiestas, they are a fine drive!