I went to an official inspection station. There were at least 2 signs saying the cost of inspection posted there saying the cost should be $11. However, after checking ONLY the emissions by hooking a cord to the tailpipe and revving the engine up to over 2500 RPM for a counter, counting up to 50 times on the computer screen, he went to run my credit card for $220. This was $165 for the insurance and other fees on the form from CESCO, plus his $11 for the inspection, and $43 for padding fees, as in rip off fees that were not listed anywhere. When I confronted him, he claimed $10 was the charge for accepting a credit card which he never mentioned upfront. Even with that, it would be $33 in extra padding fees. Next he tried to tell me that its what the system told him to charge, and he wanted to refund me $23. I told him if thats the case I would go get cash and pay to avoid the cc fee, which he hadnt disclosed before charging me. Eventually he took it down to where he was charging me $11 for the inspection and $10 for the marbete. However, shouldnt the $11 be the total amount for his portion for the inspection, which should INCLUDE the marbete sticker?
Please, no unhelpful, useless, worthless comments that show you are part of the PR problem, telling me to move to the states for my objecting to being ripped off. The choice shouldn't be to accept being cheated vs moving to the states if I don't like being ripped off by Puerto Ricans preying on and taking advantage of someone who is new to PR.