Extortionists!!! I was a mechanic in the Marine Corps. I brought my vehicle in to have the AC system checked out because ACs are not my specialty. After the "free" check i was told that I needed a capture and recharge with a dye to determine any leaks. After waiting for a while I was told that I needed the entire AC manifold replaced and that the only place to get the part was from the dealer. I asked, "So the manifold is leaking?" He says, "Yes." As i said, I'm not toally privvy to AC systems. I get the quote and it's some ridiculous price that i can't pay at the moment. The guy tries to argue with me that it needs to be done now, but i simply say that I can't. I pay for services done and take my keys and drive off. Barely onto the road i notice that my AC is working worse than when i brought it in. I bring it back and speak to someone else and explain what just happened. He goes and talks to the mech working on my vehicle and the mech says that he was told to stop what he was doing and bring the car around. This was before he could recharge the AC system, which includes the dye to detect leaks, I know that you need to recharge the AC system WITH the dye to detect any leaks, especially when you're about to give a quote to a customer that's over $1k. When the mechanic brought my car around the second time, I met him outside to talk with him, and he told me that the system was just overcharged and that it should be fine now. I never told these people i was a mechanic because i don't go around flaunting to everyone that i was in the Marines, and this place rolled with that lack of knowledge and tried to extort me for something that didn't need to be done.