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KiloLee t1_ito5eu8 wrote

Inspector here: You can definitely go somewhere else, you don't have to justify it all. Tell them to go ahead and put the rejection sticker on, and then go elsewhere as you please. You can take the rejection sticker off before you take it into the next shop to keep the reasons true second opinion, but if it is rejected again, they will not / cannot issue a new rejection sticker, so be prepared for that. You don't have to tell them why it failed or anything, just tell them you weren't an inspection

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80_PROOF t1_itpfjvv wrote

Do you guys hate doing state inspections? I mean does it feel like it takes time away from other projects you're working on and it's only like 20 bucks or whatever it cost nowadays?

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KiloLee t1_itr59ko wrote

I could definitely understand if the flat rate/commission guys didn't like it, but I'm paid hourly, so it doesn't bother me at all. I have plenty of days where I'm just knocking out inspections back to back to back, and I'm getting paid the same as if I was busting knuckles doing other actual work

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80_PROOF t1_itrsdcz wrote

Thanks. One more: if you see a problem, maybe a minor non life safety issue, and you know it's going to be a major pain in the ass to work on it, will that influence weather or not you would fail that vehicle?

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KiloLee t1_itrv4t4 wrote

I can say with certainty that such things do happen, unfortunately. And not even just with inspections

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80_PROOF t1_itrvhk9 wrote

Gotcha. I see the same in construction inspections and figured it is similar across the board.

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