Some decades ago, I heard the same joke. But it was a steam
locomotive, and two taps for buck each. Knowing, $998.

A locksmith I knew. Got a rush call to open a car, guy had to be to
the airport. Having opened several of those, the locksmith knew which
tool, how far into the window, and in which direction to go. As he was
reaching into the car to recover the keys, the guy hollered. "Forty
bucks! I'm not going to pay you forty bucks... for.... THAT!!!"

Locksmith threw the keys back in, and started to walk off. After some
begging, the locksmith relented, and opened the car a second time.
Now, the bill is up to $80. Me, I am not that heartless.

--
Christopher A. Young
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"David" wrote in message
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There is an old parable in the electronics service industry
that goes something like this:

A person has an expensive piece of electronics equipment
that is not working correctly. He calls the repair center
and the next day a repairman shows up. He looks at the
symptoms, removes the back cover, gets out a screwdriver and
makes an adjustment inside. The equipment works perfectly
again. He submits the bill:

Repair expensive electronic equipment. Total $100.

The customer shouts, "That is outrageous! All you did is
make an adjustment inside." The repairman takes back the
bill and writes a new one:

Adjust expensive electronic equipment $1,
Knowing what to adjust $99,
Total $100,

David