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Rob[_40_]

wrote:
All of these anecdotes remind me of the complaints about TV repair men charging $50 to replace a 25-cent capacitor if you brought it in to the shop, and $100 if he came out to your place. The argument always was that part of the charge was for knowing which part to replace.

I think that one was more like:
- 25c to replace capacitor
- 49.75 to know which one.

(not really depending on location)

However, that is a different thing. What this discussion is about is
more the charging of $250 for a repair that reasonably would cost $50,
just because of the middlemen involved and their scheme of scamming
people in dispair.