well, i did get an attitide, but it wasnt UNTIL he game me his, i think you might have missread or misunderstood my post but here is what he did: As i talked to the receptionist and he heard i wanted an estimate he asks me what kind of car it is, as soon as i replied he yells back "your looking at about 10k STARTING POINT" with a tone of superiority, i did not talk to him then, UNTIL he emediatly, with a challenging tone asks me "So do you still want to paint it?" this to me sounded arrogant and awfully uncurteous, coming from some one who lives from customers. Now i know i could have just walked away when he first gave me the figure but i got pissed and game him a bit of his own medicine. On the other hand i must clear up that I DID NOT walk in there with an attitude. I had visited various shops that day and had gotten numbers such as 3-5k. What made me mad and do what i did was how he acted towards me when i had a legitimate request to his company, to give me an approx. price.

Hope this clears that up sir.

Thanks for the Reply, and I am glad to inform that i had already found the shop that will be doing the job for me.