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Date:         Tue, 16 Jan 2007 21:54:44 -0500
Reply-To:     Geza Polony <gezapolony@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Geza Polony <gezapolony@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Moral question--no Bob-related content

Another question to ask of technicians out there is this. What if, before
you begin, the customer says, "Ok, I'll pay you $85 an hour to diagnose and
fix the (whatever), but only on the condition that you're ultimately
successful." Would you go for it? What if the number of hours or cost had a
cap on it?
This approach seems fair to the customer, but I bet most car mechs would
rather do brake jobs than a deal like this.


Yes, a grey area. The only thing I can think of is to specify the conditions
as much as possible in advance--but then you sometimes get caught, as Joy
did, in a place where you're dependent on the mechanic, and don't have much
room to drive a hard bargain.
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