In a message dated 99-09-09 11:45:37 EDT, you write:

<< exhaust all
 reasonable means of resolution before posting warnings >>

I have to disagree with this. I once posted my story about a VW shop in
Annandale, Va, that wanted to charge me $400.00 for a Weber 32/36 carb, and
another $160.00 to "drill out a broken exhaust stud". I found the Weber carb
from Larry's Off Road mail order for about $190.00, and I later found the
exhaust stud was missing, not broken off in the head. At this point, no
discussion with this guy was necesssary, he was trying to rip me off. I
posted my (true) story, and the reader can draw their own conclusions from
there. If, after seeing the markup this guy charges, and that he would have
replaced an exhaust stud while telling the me, the customer, that it was
necessary to drill out a broken one when it wasn't, they choose to do
business with him, thats fine.          Jeff S.