I am not a lawyer or a mechanic, not do I play one or the other on TV. I am
the Director of Sales and Marketing for a private membership RV Resort. But I
do own a 1984 Vanagon, and have for over 4 years.

I would like to ad this:

A mechanic's time is valuable, As valuable to him as a lawyer's time is to
the lawyer, maybe more.

I don't want to get into the reason why it's acceptable for a lawer to charge
for their time and not a mechanic, though I think there is some good cause
for the mechanic to charge.

Lets just talk about being rude, and being polite. Which one of us wants to
give their time, time that could be spent earning a living for our families
to someone who thanks us by taking his business to someone else.
Unfortunately, in this age we think that if we got away with abusing someone
by taking advantage of them, that somehow we are smarter than them and that
somehow makes it "ok".  Well it dosen't.

It is the same idiology that lets us think that if someone drives a MB they
must be realy smart. Duhhhhhhhhhh.

If you take someones time, it's not a reward to take them your business.
Remember you called them. You asked them for help. You took their time.

Ron Semko
Orlando, Florida