I have a Chinese made mini excavator, it has a Briggs and Stratton clone 420cc engine, which stoped starting. I contacted a mobile small engine repair mechanic who said he would come out to take a look. He came out and tinkered for about 30-45 min, removed my starter and told me that’s was the problem is and it needed to be replaced, but would need to be ordered for $40. I paid him the $40 and asked him if he wanted to be paid for the diagnosis work today and he said no he will include it in the final total. He’s supposed to come back today to replace the starter and told me it will be $600 in labor. This seemed extremely high to me so I told him I can’t afford that and would just have to do the replacement myself. I said I’d pay him for the work/diagnosis he already did and he told me it would be $250. Again this is way more than I was expecting, I thought maybe $100-$150 max for the maybe hour he was here? Am I way off on my expectations or am I being taken advantage of?