[PatBuckley]

Al,

So you went in expecting a six or seven thousand dollar paint job and with out saying anything to you the final bill was $15,000?

Or the price slowly went up bit by bit until your seven thousand dollar expectation was at $15,000....

I'm sorry, I don't give a rats ass how good the damned job was - I would be more than a little pissed off if that happened to me.

I don't care if it was Michaelangelo painting my car - I would have felt taken.

Pat

P.S. I am glad you like it and it turned out well....but around here there is a term for what happened.