Or, you know, depinning the connector and replacing it? Sometimes there's a weird connector but I have a hard time believing they couldn't find a replacement if they tried. Some mechanics are just parts replacers and that's it. My friend had a muffler break off on his Civic and the mechanic gave him a straight faced $1500 quote because they "couldn't get a repair kit" and wanted to just replace all the parts. New pipe with resonator and new muffler is what they wanted to do. I welded it back on at home in an hour instead.