Date:         Sat, 9 Sep 2000 08:24:29 -0700
Reply-To:     Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
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From:         Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
Subject:      Re: scammed-the neverending defense of good mechanics
              everywhere!!!
Comments: To: KENWILFY@AOL.COM
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I hear you there! I have been talking with a mechanic in town about my bus
on a 2xweek basis and has brain strorming with me etc. I feel guilty now
and feel like i should bring my rig in for some work (valve adjustment or
timing) just to sort of rewarding him for helping me with my bus issues!
Cheers


Matthew Pollard             http://www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356
Dept. of Chemistry               http://www.chem.uidaho.edu
University of Idaho                   http://www.uidaho.edu

On Sat, 9 Sep 2000 KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote:

> I actually had a funny experience not too long ago.  A guy called me to get
> my opinion about buying a Vanagon.  He told me he had never owned a Vanagon
> before and wanted to know what to get, exsisting problems, etc.  As we talked
> he told me he was a lawyer.  I jokingly told him that when he called me I had
> already started my meter and that he already owed me $50 for the phone call.
> He didn't seem too amused, but this is what lawyers do all the time.  They
> have a little meter on thier phone that prints out bills for time that are
> broken up into quarter hour increments and you pay to talk to the lawyer
> because his time is valuable and he is supposed to know his stuff.  Now I am
> not thinking of having one of these installed any time soon, but it would be
> good for folks to keep in mind that if they are getting free advice from a
> mech that knows his stuff it isn't something that is worthless.  Lawyers
> charge for it, and if mechs did too then maybe people would respect them more
> (or at least they would be wealthier, and then they wouldn't care if folks
> respected them or not :)
>
> Thanks,
> Ken Wilford
> http://www.vanagain.com
> John 3:16
>
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