No apology necessary. I have been a licensed attorney for 25 years, and am
generally more offended than most, because I see it up close. The reputation
is well earned, and most unfortunate, because there actually are some honest
flok in the profession. John
miker15@juno.com wrote:
> You think mechanics sometimes are a bit pricy? I was somewhat incensed
> by the following copy of a letter i received today from the lawyer for a
> class
> action suit i am involved with against a thieving British Building
> Society (savings and loan) that self-helped themselves to some of my
> money - They look fairly "just" compared to this characters efforts!
> qte
> >I have costed by file in relation to work undertaken thus far.
> >I have kept my costs to a minimum and have not included
> >the very considerable amount of administrative work which
> >has been undertaken. I set out hereunder a breakdown of
> >the charges:-
> >
> >ITEMS CHARGED £
> >*********************** ****
> >Letters sent -
> >50 charged
> >@ £9: 450.00
> >
> >Letters/E-mails received -
> >96 charged
> >@ £4.50: 432.00
> >
> >Telephone calls -
> >37 charged
> >@ £9: 333.00
> >
> >Time recorded -
> >14 hrs 42 mins charged
> >@ £90 per hour: 1,323.00
> >
> >
> >
> >***********
> >(Running Total) --------- 2,538.00
> >
> >------------
> >
> >Mark up for care and attention
> >@ 50%: 1,269.00
> >
> >
> >TOTAL COST FIGURE
> >TO DATE: £3,807.00
> > ########
> >----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> >In addition, there are disbursements which include photocopying
> >charges and travel expenses which are fairly nominal.
> >
> >I look forward to hearing from you.
> >
> >Yours sincerely
> unq
>
> Four pound fifty to RECEIVE a letter or an email!! - i get several
> hundred emails a day and probably 40-50 phone calls...........guess i
> ought to start billing!
>
> And how do you like "mark up for care and attention"? - i guess you can
> save this if the lawyer doesnt give a sh*t!!
>
> Lets see what a photocopy costs in the end........
>
> Sorry to vent this completely irrelevant matter to the list and my
> apologies to those of you who have had the call to the bar (not the one i
> see most of you at!) but my posting it will preserve at least one life
> for another night..
>
> WHAT A F****N' RIP OFF!
>
> mike robson
> 69 roadster
> 70 BGT
> 53 Riley
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