Damn. Never thought of it that way before. Kinda changes everything.

Oh man my roommate tried that and her hair seriously transformed within two weeks!

SAME. One model gave me a splitting headache in under an hour.

So you're saying my next travel hack is just to show up empty-handed and hope a stranger's trash fills my bag? Guess I've been overcomplicating packing all these years.

Right? "$900 in referral fees" is wild, that's basically a whole month of my car insurance just for pointing at someone. It's a racket honestly, agents acting like they're doing you a favor but they're just farming out the work to whoever pays them back. I'd be willing to bet that inspector missed stuff on purpose, no way you're that bad at your job by accident. Word of mouth is the way to go, at least then if the guy screws up you know who to yell at. Good luck finding someone who actually cares, it's like looking for a honest mechanic these days.